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a specific name, yet his intention was clearly to base the genus 

 on Hiibner's species, and not to introduce a different one. 



Finally, the name Bhyacionia has sixty-two years' established 

 use as based on the type hastana, which is after all in accordance 

 with Hiibner's specification, and Stephens' intention, as ex- 

 plained above. It might be deemed incredible that anyone 

 would offer to cause so much confusion on such flimsy grounds. 

 Even if the change were made, the discovery of a casual mention 

 of Rhyacionia hastana in any publication of earlier date would 

 suffice to reverse the whole procedure. 



Thornhanger, Marlborough: Feb. 9th, 1912. 



NEW SPECIES OF BOARMIIN^ FROM FORMOSA. 

 By A. E. WiLEMAN, F.E.S. 



(Continued from p. 73.) 



Alcis (?) conjuncta, sp. n. 



^ . Fore wings whitish, suffused and clouded with ochreous and 

 speckled with blackish; antemedial line blackish, diffuse; postmedial 

 line blackish, dentate ; discoidal spot black, placed on a blackish 

 band from costa which connects the antemedial and postmedial lines 

 on dorsal area ; subterminal area blackish, interrupted by the ground 

 colour at apex and at middle, and traversed by a paler wavy line. 

 Hind wings ochreous, merging into whitish on the costal area, 

 speckled with blackish ; discoidal spot black, with traces of a trans- 

 verse line just beyond ; some large blackish freckles about middle of 

 terminal area and at tornus. Fringes of all the wings ochreous, 

 marked with blackish. Under side whitish markings faint. 



2 . Similar to the male, but on the under side the markings are 

 almost as distinct as on the upper side. 



Expanse 28 millim. 



Collection number, 1638. 



One example of each sex from Arizan (7300 ft.), August, 

 1908. 



Alcis (?) virgata, sp. n. 



(? . Fore wings white, yellowish suffused and striated with black 

 on outer area, dusted with blackish on basal area ; antemedial line 

 blackish, diffuse, indistinct ; postmedial line black, only indicated by 

 dots below costa, joined below cell by a black band from middle of 

 costa ; terminal area black, patch with yellowish at apex and about 

 middle. Hind wings white striated with black ; terminal area yellow 

 tinged, black strise thicker towards costa, some black dots on dorsum 

 towards tornus. Under side rather paler than above, otherwise 

 similar. 



Expanse, 26 millim. 



Collection number, 1644. 



A male specimen from Kanshirei, July, 1908. 



