OCT 31 



THE ENTOMOLOg"^ 



Vol. LI.] OCTOBEE, 1918. [No. 665 



NEW SPECIES OF PYEALID^ FKOM FORMOSA. 

 By a. E. Wileman and Eichard South, 



SurattJia (?) albistigma, sp. n. 



(J. Antennge ciliated. Fore wings pale-brown powdered with 

 black, chiefly on basal area ; medial line black, oblique and diifuse, 

 not clear towards costa ; a whitish mark at outer end of the cell ; 

 subterminal line of the ground-colour, faintly edged with blackish, 

 angled below costa ; terminal dots black, placed between the veins. 

 Hind wings whitish suffused with fuscous, terminal line darker. 

 Fringes of all wings of the ground-colour. Underside whitish 

 tinged with brown on the costal and terminal areas of fore wings. 



Expanse, 28 mm. 



Collection number, 1123. 



The type from Tainan, May loth, 1906. 



Another male, from Auping, May 27tb, is rather worn. 



Mesolki hipunctella, sp. n. 



9 . Head and palpi whitish marked with cinnamon-brown ; 

 thorax and abdomen cinnamon-brown, the latter paler beneath. 

 Fore wings cinnamon-brown with a darker irregular band beyond 

 the middle ; terminal line brown ; three white oblique streaks on 

 costa before termen, the second broadest, the third including basal 

 half of the apical fringes ; a white spot about middle of termen, 

 enclosing two black dots ; fringes brownish mixed with silvery 

 towards tornus and traversed by a darker line. Hind wings fuscous, 

 fringes whitish traversed by a fuscous line. Underside fuscous, 

 markings of apex and before termen as on upper side but only the 

 black dots of the latter distinct. 



1^ . Termen of fore wings very worn but otherwise similar in 

 colour and marking. 



Expanse, ^ 13 mm., ? 15 mm. 



Collection number, 456. 



The female described is from Tainan, April 14th, 1906. 

 Another specimen of the same sex from Kanshirei was captured 

 on September 14th, 1905. The male type is from Tainan, and 

 was taken on July 5th, 1904. 



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