NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUID.E AND GEOMETRID.E FROM FORMOSA. 53 



Harwood has a female which he bred from a larva of 

 Platiiptilia hertrami, the cocoon which accompanies it is thin, 

 rather papyraceous ; glossy and more elongate than is usual in 

 Apanteles, but possibly the elongation may be accidental. 



(To be continued.) 



NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUID.E AND GEOMETRID^ 

 FEOM FORMOSA. 



By a. E. Wileman and Richard South. 



noctuid.e. 



AnacJirostis indistincta, sp. n. 



J . Fore wings pale brown with darker markings, and some 

 rather long brownish hairs on dorsum towards base ; costa marked 

 with dark brown, becoming blackish near apex ; transverse lines 

 indistinct, discoidal dot black ; terminal area freckled with darker 

 brown, interrupted terminal line black ; fringes pale. Hind wings 

 pale fuscous with dusky discoidal dot and terminal line. Underside 

 jpale brown with a slight reddish tinge, a black discoidal dot on all 

 wings. 



Expanse, 17 millim. 



Type, male, in the British Museum. Kanshirei (1000 ft.), 

 Formosa (Wileman), May 2nd, 1907. 



Anepa irrorata, sp. n. 



$ . Fore wings pale brown with slight rufous tinge, finely 

 irrorated with black ; antemedial line blackish curved and fairly 

 distinct ; postmedial line black, almost straight, inner edge rather 

 diffuse, outer edge bordered with clear pale brown ; a white dot in 

 the cell and a black point at outer end of the cell ; subterminal line 

 indicated by black dots, only distinct at costa and dorsum ; terminal 

 dots black, fringes greyish brown. Hind wings fuscous with a 

 dusky discoidal mark and oblique line beyond ; fringes paler. 



Expanse, 30 millim. 



Type in the British Museum. Sikkim (Dudgeon). 



This specimen was referred bv Colonel Swinhoe to A. doda, 

 A.M.N.H. (7), XV, p. 503 (1905). With it there is also a female 

 from Formosa collected by Hobson at Tamsui ; this is some- 

 what larger, the antemedial line is not clearly defined and the 

 white dot is less distinct. 



Geometridae. 

 Boarmia sabochrearia, sp. n. 



S • Fore wings whitish ochreous, shaded with brown on costal 

 area, freckled with brown on medial third, and clouded with darker 

 brown and black on basal and terminal thirds ; antemedial and post- 



