Moths nciu to Japan. 117 



brown ; wings below rose-coloured ; primaries with three elong- 

 ated sub-apical black dots ; fringes as above, body creamy- 

 yellowish. Expanse of wings 21 mm. 

 Niigata, 9th September, 1881 (G. Lewis). 



This is readily distinguishable from ^[. ahen^ans by the single 

 angulated line before basal third of primaries, instead of the two 

 crossed lines and the more slender denticulated discal line. 



8. Nola micropJiasi7in, n. sp. 



$ Primaries pale silver-grey, with little longitudinal black 

 dashes along the costa and at the extremities of the veins ; two 

 more on the costal vein towards the base; three black spots in an 

 oblique series just before basal third ; a slightly arched post- 

 median oblique series of little black dashes on the veins, and a 

 second series about half way between the latter and the outer 

 margin ; fringe very long, its basal half white, with a series of 

 Avell defined grey spots ; its external half pale grey, bounded 

 internally by a darker line ; secondaries silvery-white, fringe 

 slightly spotted with greyish at apex; body grey; antenna? white, 

 broadly, but delicately, pectinated ; wings below silvery-wliite, 

 primaries, costa, and fringe of secondaries slightly greyish, with 

 faint golden reflections; body below whity-brown, sericeous. 

 Expanse of wings IG mm. 

 Yokohama (H. Pryer). 



I believe this to be the male of a somewhat rubbed Nola 

 Avhich was in Mr. Jonas's collection ; the latter is, however, 

 greyer in colour. 



LiPARlDiE. 



9. L(xUa gigantea, n. sp. 



$ Allied to L. camosa, but considerably larger, the primaries 

 cream-coloured, without smoky clouding or streaking, but with 

 the same irregularly angulated row of six black spots across the 

 disc; secondaries whiter ; thorax cream-coloured; head odireous 

 in front instead of sordid white ; legs white instead of yellow 

 and grey ; abdomen and under-surface white. Expanse of wings 

 52 mm. 



Yokohama (H, Pryer). 



10. Artaxa conspersa, n. sp. 

 Primaries above ochreous, the basal two-thirds sprinkled with 



