234 Mr. Pryer on np,vi spea'ps of Lepidoptera. 



Oh'gost/'gma insectalis, n. sp. PI. IV, f. 7. 



F.w, prevailing colour greyisli-brown ; several longitudinal 

 •whitish streaks from base to beyond middle, the largest of them 

 just above the inner margin, turned upwards and terminating 

 at the costa ; a transverse white streak just within the outer 

 margin : h.w. upper half streaked with greyish-white and black 

 three-quarters of the way across the wing, rest of wing broAvn- 

 yellow ; a central longitudinal interrupted black edged white 

 streak ; narrow marginal black hne with a row of small black 

 dots just Avithin the margin, notched at its tip. Expanse of 

 wings 8 lines. 



On the clear water canals about Shanghai, not common. 



OUgostlgma regularis, n. sp. PI. IV. f. 8. 



Basal half of both f. and h.w. streaked with white and 

 greyish-black ; outer halves pale brown, with a Avhite streak 

 more or less edged Avith greyish-black. Interior angle entire. 

 Expanse of wings 6 lines. 



Common amongst water- Aveeds round Shanghai. 



Pyransta Minnehaha, n. sp, PI. IV, f. 9. 



Body grey. F.av. a delicate rose tint ; on outer half, a line of 

 sUghtly darker colour, elboAved in the middle, and terminating 

 on the inner margin : h.w. grey, tAvo transverse lines nearly 

 across the Aving, one commencing above the middle and one 

 beloAV. Expanse of wings 11 lines. 



I took three specimens of this pretty little insect close beside 

 a cascade at the Snowy Valley (Chekiang ProA'ince) : it also 

 occurs in Japan. 



Lepyrodes bistigmah's, n. sj). PI. IV, f. 10. 



Dull grey-brown, Avith AA^hitish markings. F.w. the elboAved 

 line Avith about half-a-dozen faintly indicated spots, forming a 

 transverse line on the ovitside, and three, rather more con- 

 spicuous, on the inside ; about the centre of the wing is a 

 somewhat larger spot, intersected by the elboAved line ; nearer 

 the base are two small Avhite s23ots, one obliquely beloAV the 

 other : h.w. Avitli several irregular Avhite markings about the 

 centre, through part of Avhich runs a continuation of the elboAved 

 line of the former ; near the base are two distinct spots, one 



