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oblique black streak from apex ; spots along termen black ; fringe grey ; a distinct angled median line ; a black 

 spot at lower end of discocellular marks the reniform stigma; sometimes a black dot indicates the orbicular; 

 hindwing whitish, with broad dark grey terminal border and traces of two outer lines ; fringe white ; an unmark- 

 ed form occurs — ab. innotata ah. nov. (56 d), in which the forewings are dull uniform cinereous, without UmAala. 

 black markings, the inner, outer, and subterminal lines being pale grey. Japan. When fresh the third dorsal 

 segment bears a strong black crest. 



P. punctigera Butl. (56 d). Forewing dull cinereous with faint markings; inner line diffuse, dark grey, punciigera. 

 oblique, preceded by a pale shade; outer line obscure, double, angled outwards on vein 4, indicated only by 

 dark dashes on veins; subterminal very indistinct, pale edged outwardly with dark; a shght dark streak from 

 apex; orbicular stigma a round white spot in a black ring; reniform a small whitish lunule; hindwing rather 

 paler, with a dark outer line and broadish terminal border. Japan. 



P. nigrofascicula Graes. Forewing dark cinereous, traversed by numerous obscure pale grey and dark nigmfasd- 

 fuscous lines; basal area rather paler; the inner band of central fascia containing 5 blackish lines; a similar but ''"''*• 

 less distinct outer band ; subterminal plainer, formed of small pale spots ; reniform stigma a black point ; orbi- 

 cular obsolete; an oblique black dash from apex; hindwing yellowish grey, darker terminally: dorsum with 

 a black crest on third segment. Amiu-land. Described from 2 $2 bred from overwintered pupae. 



10. Genus: l^emacerota Hamps. 



Tongue present ; frons smooth ; palpi porrect, the second segment well scaled, the third short and smooth, 

 shghtly deflexed; antennae of <^ pubescent, slender, of $ simple, filiform; face and vertex hairy; thorax stiffly 

 haired; abdomen smooth, without crests; pectus, femora, and tibiae woolly; forewing narrow and elongate, 

 the costa faintly curved throughout; apex blunt; termen curved; hindwing broadly triangular, truncate at 

 anal angle; forewing with cell half as long as wing; discocellular vertical, externally biconcave; vein 5 from the 

 tooth a little below middle; 6 short-stalked with 7, 8, which are on a long stem; 9, 10 stalked; 11 free; hindwing 

 with the discocellular vertical in upper half, then very oblique and fine, scarcely distinguishable ; vein 5 from the 

 angle. Type N. cinerea Warr. 



N. umbrosa Wilem. Forewing dark fuscous grey in basal and terminal areas, pale brownish dusted with umbrosa. 

 darker in the median; a blackish dot on discocellular, followed by a transverse fuscous shade; inner line diffuse; 

 outer line marked with whitish at costa; subterminal line pale, rising from a whitish apical mark; hindwing 

 fuscous, with an indistinct paler median band. Yesso, Japan. 



11. Genus : Axia Hbn. 



Tongue well developed; frons smooth; palpi porrect, short, the second segment hairy below; antennae 

 of (J bipectinate to apex, of $ serrate; thorax and pectus woolly; abdomen smoothly scaled; forewing trian- 

 gular, rosy pink or purple, adorned with gold and silver patches and lines; cell broad; the discocellular oblique; 

 median vein strongly upturned at extremity, vein 3 appearing as its continuation, and vein 4 to rise above it ; 

 5 from or from above middle of discocellular; veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked, 8 anastomosing with 9 'to form an 

 areole; hindwing with costal cm'ved and closely approximated to subcostal throughout, vein 7 from just before 

 end of cell, ciu'ved ujjwards shortly towards costal, vein 6 straight and obliquely depressed; 5 from centre 

 of discocellular. Type A. margarita Hhn. 



A. margarita Hbn. Forewing pink; a silvery white streak from base along median vein and another margarHa. 

 along inner margin, the basal area between dull yellow; beyond cell a large triangular silvery blotch, with a 

 silvery dot obliquely beyond it, a browai oblique streak from costa joining outer hne, which towards inner margin 

 has a silvery edging ; terminal area dull yellow; fringe pink; hindwing and fringe yellowish white, the termen 

 sHghtly grey-dusted. Found sparingly in Spain, S. France, Italy, Istria, and Carniola. Still apparently a rare 

 insect. 



A. olgae Stgr. Of the same size and coloration as margarita Hhn. Forewing rose red with olgae. 

 broad golden terminal band, a long oval golden yellow basal patch, and a smaller one of the same colour at 

 the end of cell; the basal patch lies between the median vein and vein 1 and reaches beyond I3 of inner margin; 

 the golden terminal border at its lower end is obUquely swollen to below the end of the cell, where it is separat- 

 ed from the small golden patch at end of cell only by the uncolom-ed median vein; in margarita this smaller 

 patch is silvery, and is followed by a short silvery stria; hindwing dirty white with the fringe rosy. Borjom, 

 Transcaucasia. 



A. vaulogeri Stgr. (56 h). Considerably larger than margarita Hbn. Forewing violet red, becoming vaulogeri. 

 strongly darker beyond middle; at base of sub median interval a small triangular brown patch finely edged 



