108 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Crambus PURELLU8, 11. sp., Plate v., fig. 7. 



Primaries glossy white; a brown inconspicuous discal spot ; fringes white 

 flecked with grey. Secondaries white, with a conspicuous black line 

 narrowly edged internally with fuscous on outer margin. Palpi whitish. 

 Under surface of primaries shining fuscous. Secondaries white edged along 

 costa with fuscous. Expanse, 3" '^^ mm., ? 30 mm. 



Four specimens taken by myself at Hakodate in August, 

 1886, near to C. immaturellus, Christoph. 



Chilo gensanellus, n. sp., Plate V., fig. 9. 



(?. Primaries dark cinnamon-brown, with a transverse series of three 

 black dots on the disk, and seven along the outer margin ; on the external edge 

 of these last are some silvery scales, which project into the dark grey brown 

 fringes. Secondaries pale brown. Palpi blackish above, whitish beneath. 

 Under surface of primaries fuscous, secondaries shining whitish grey. 

 Expanse 23 mm. 



One example taken by myself at Gensan in July, 1886 ; two 

 specimens by native collector at Hakodate, June, 1887. 



Nephopteryx bicolorella, n. sp., Plate V., fig. 5. 



X • Primaries, basal half pale reddish brown, darker towards inner 

 margin ; outer portion dark greyish brown ; a dark brown line edged 

 internally with whitish traverses the disk of the wing from costa, where it 

 makes a slight bend, nearly to the inner margin ; submarginal line wavy, 

 pale brown. Fringes dark grey, intersected by a line of paler grey. 

 Secondaries fuscous-brown. Expanse, 27 mm. 



One specimen coll. Pryer, labelled Tokio. 



This species is nearly allied to iV. insigtiella, Mn. 



ELAMOPALPns BiPARTiTELLus, u. sp., Plate V., fig. 4. 

 Basal half of primaries chocolate, darker externally, and its limit bounded 

 by a whitish band ; the outer portion of the wing is pale chestnut, shading 

 hito fuscous-brown towards outer margin ; submarginal line faint. Secondaries 

 grey-brown, darker along the costa and outer margin. Fringes of all the 

 wiugs dark grey-brown. Expanse, 20 mm. 



One example coll. Pryer. 



Melitene bifidella, n. sp., Plate V., fig. 8. 



5 . Primaries reddish brown, suffused with fuscous ; basal third blackish, 

 its external edge is bordered by a stripe of violet-grey, followed by a 

 blackish band ; central fascia blackish, broad, and much expanded towards 

 costa, where it encloses a patch of violet-grey scales ; marginal band blackish, 

 separated from the central by an undulated line of the ground colour, and 

 edged externally with violet-grey. Fringes dai'k grey-brown. Secondaries 

 and under surface fuscous. Expanse, 23 mm. 



One example coll. Pryer. 



Propachys flavifrontalis, n. sp., Plate V., fig. 6. 



(?. Fuliginous grey-brown, appearing darker between the veins. Se- 

 condaries slightly browner than the primaries. Head yellow, collar blackish, 

 edged with yellow. Under surface fuscous-grey. Legs blackish, tarsi pale 

 brown. Expanse, 36 mm. 



