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with blackish. Hind wings brown, suffused with blackish, chieily 

 on the costal and outer areas ; fringes pale greyish brown. Under 

 side brown, rather paler than above ; on the fore wings the cell, inner 

 end of space below, and submarginal series of spots, blackish ; on the 

 hind wings the discal and submarginal spots blackish. 

 Expanse, <? 34 millim., $ 38 miUim. 



Collection number, 667. 



One example of each sex from Kanshirei (1000 ft.) ; the 

 male captured in July, 1908, and the female in April of the 

 same. year. 



Euproctis simplex, sp. n. 



Antennae ochreous, shaft whitish. Head and thorax pale ochreous, 

 abdomen ochreous, greyish tinged on middle segments. Fore wings 

 white, slightly tinged with pale ochreous at base ; fringes silky. 



Expanse, 23-26 millim. 



Collection number, 742 b. 



Two male specimens from Kanshirei (1000 ft.), May, 1908. 



The abdomen of the smaller specimen is less ochreous. 



Palimpsestes taiwana, sp. n. 



$ . Fore wings greyish white, clouded with blackish at the 

 base ; antemedial band dark grey, margined by wavy black lines, and 

 traversed by a third line similar to the other two ; medial line black, 

 double, elbowed above middle, angled before the inner margin, com- 

 mencing in a black patch on the costa, marked with black on the 

 veins ; postmedial line, curved below costa, composed of black and 

 white clots ; a submarginal series of more or less triangular spots, 

 inwardly edged with blackish, and outwardly by a black line running 

 to apex; orbicular and reniform marks whitish, outlined in blackish ; 

 veins dotted with white, some white dots on the costa towards apex ; 

 marginal line black, wavy ; fringes pale grey, marked with darker. 

 Hind wings whitish, suffused with pale fuscous, traces of a pale post- 

 medial band ; fringes whitish. 



Expanse, 46 millim. 



ab. obsoleta, nov. 



$ . Base of fore wings not clouded with blackish ; only the 

 costal half of antemedial band and the costal spot of medial line 

 clearly defined ; a series of dusky longitudinal bars before the post- 

 medial line, the later more distinct. 



Expanse, 44 millim. 



Collection number, 1768. 



Both specimens from Rantaizan (7500 ft.), where they were 

 captured in May, 1909. 



Polyploca anea, sp. n. 



(? . Head and collar browm ; thorax brown, ochreous tinged ; 

 abdomen paler. Fore wings pale bronzy brown, suffused with 

 darker, and rather glossy ; a black dot near base ; antemedial line 

 black, double, slightly curved ; medial line black but faint, double. 



