﻿58 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



NEW SPECIES OP HETEEOCERA FEOM FOEMOSA. 

 By a. E. Wileman, F.E.S. 



Geometrid^e. 

 Euchlcena (?) lilacina, sp. n. 



(J . Head and collar dark reddish brown, thorax and abdomen 

 grey brown ; antennae ciliated. Fore wings bluntly angled about 

 middle of termen, apex sUghtly produced ; grey brown tinged with 

 lilacine, costa sprinkled with black, discoidal spot black ; postmedial 

 line dark brown, oblique, outwardly pale edged, indistinct towards 

 the costa ; terminal Hne black, lunular ; fringes pale. Hind wings 

 angled on middle of termen ; grey brown, tinged with lilacine ; 

 medial line dark brown, inner edge diffuse, outer edge pale ; terminal 

 line dark brown, interrupted at veins towards the costa ; fringes 

 pale. Under side pale brown, suffused with fuscous, discoidal spots 

 black ; traces of a dusky medial and postmedial lines indicated by 

 black dots on all the wings. 



$ . Termen of all the wings crenulate, angled at middle ; the 

 apex of fore wings more acuminate than in the male. Colour and 

 marking agree with these characters in the male, except that the 

 medial line on under side is more distinct. 



Expanse, 36 milhm. <? ; 40 millim. ? . 



Two male specimens from Kanshirei, one taken in May and 

 the other in July, 1908. The July specimen has been described, 

 the May specimen is rather browner in colour and the transverse 

 lines are somewhat broader. 



The female type, also from Kanshirei (Wileman), is in the 

 British Museum. 



Zethenia crenulata, sp. n. 



g . Head pale brown, thorax dark brown, darker behind ; 

 abdomen whitish speckled with dark brown and tinged with ochreous 

 on the posterior edges of segments ; antennae ciliated, whitish marked 

 with dark brown on basal third, and dark brown marked with whitish 

 on remainder. Fore wings whitish sprinkled and clouded with 

 purplish brown, costal and dorsal areas, also the venation, tinged 

 with ochreous ; antemedial and medial lines purpHsh brown, oblique, 

 obtusely angled below costa ; postmedial line formed of black dots on 

 the veins, the costal three largest ; space between medial and post- 

 medial lines clearer of brown sprinkling than other parts of the 

 wing ; subterminal line blackish, white marked, only distinct towards 

 the costa, followed by a short streak from the apex. Hind wings 

 whitish sprinkled and clouded wuth purplish brown, the clouding 

 chiefly on basal and terminal areas ; discoidal spot black, medial line 

 purplish brown, attenuated towards costa; postmedial line represented 

 by black dots on the veins. Under surface similar to the upper side. 



Expanse, 46 millim. 



Collection number, 1886. 



A male specimen from Arizan (7300 ft.), August, 1908. 



