ciRPiiis. 509 



black scales on patagia ; tegulse with dark medial lino; abdomen 

 ochreous, dorsally tinged with fuscous. Fore wing ochreous, tinged 

 with rufous especially beyond end of cell and slightly irrorated 

 with black scales; a prominent black point in lower angle of cell, 

 with small dentate fuscous mark beyond the angle ; a curved post- 

 medial series of black points and a terminal series. Hind wing 

 fuscous, the cilia reddish ochreous. Underside of fore wing with 

 the cell and area just below and beyond it to postmedial series of 

 points suffused with fuscous ; hind wing ochreous irrorated witli 

 fuscous, and with some black points on termen. 



Hah. Madagascar, in Coll. de Joaunis. Exp. 22-30 millira. 



According to Saalniiiller the male has the hind wing fuscous and 

 the female whitish, the former with abdominal tufts. 



1877. Cirphis flavostigma. 



Xanthia flavostigma, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 52, pi. 5. f. 11 (1864) ; Stand. 



Cat. Lep. pal. p. 19-'{. 

 Leucania shigukiris, Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) i. p. 80 (1878) ; id. 111. Hot. 



B. M. ii. p. 22, pi. 28. 1'. 11. 



Head and thorax pale ochreous tinged with rufous and mixed 

 with fuscous ; some black scales near upper edge of patagia ; 

 abdomen ochreous dorsally tinged with fuscous, the ventral tufts of 

 male black. Fore wing pale ochreous, more or less tinged with 

 rufous, especially in, below, and beyond end of cell, and irrorated 

 with black ; a black point at base ; an antemedial series of black 

 points connected by an obsolescent dentate line, oblique from costa 

 to submedian fold, then angled inwards on vein 1 ; orbicular and 

 reniform indistinct, yellowish, the latter with black point in lower 

 angle of cell and whitish streak on extremity of median nervure, 

 some fuscous suffusion above and below extremity of median 

 nervure, thence curved upwards to termen belo^v apex; a post- 

 medial series of black points connected by a crenulate brownish 

 line, bent outwards below costa and oblique below vein 4 ; traces 

 of a subterminal line excurved at middle and angled inwards at 

 discal and submedian folds ; a terminal series of black points. 

 Hind wing ochreous yellow, suffused with fuscous except on costal 

 area ; the underside glossy yellowish white, the costal area slightly 

 irrorated with fuscous, a discoidal point, postmedial series of short 

 streaks on the veins, and terminal series of points. 



The typical form from the Amur has tho ground-colour of foro 

 wing white, the markings more ferruginous and contrasting ; hind 

 wing with moro whitish on costal and inner areas. 



Hah. Amuuland, Ussuri ; Japan, Hakodate, 1 $ , Yokohama 

 (Jonas, Pryer, Manley), 4 cJ , 5 5 , typo singularis ; Cokea, Gensan 

 {Leech), 1 c? ; C. China, Kiukiang {Pratt), 1 5 5 Kashmir, 

 Goorais Valley {Leech), 1 5 . E.vik 36-42 millim. 



