THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Vol. L.] JULY, 1917. [No. 650 



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NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA FEOM JAP AN AND 



FOEMOSA. 



By A. E. WiLEMAN AND ElCHARD Soj 



NocTuiD^. ( AUG21l9i, 



Eugrapta igniflua, sp. n. v'/T- c> 



5 . Head and thorax brown, mixed with orange ; abddmfitl^i^)^ ■■ - 

 Forewing pale brownish-grey, finely dusted with blackish ; two dark 

 brown sinuous lines at the base enclosing some orange scales ; ante- 

 medial line dark grey, sinuous, only distinct on dorsal area ; postmedial 

 line greyish, sinuous, inclined inwards under the cell, whitish, and 

 outwardly edged with brown and orange towards costa, preceded by 

 a white crescent and brown cloud ; a brownish cloud marked with 

 four orange elongate spots, each spot followed by a black dot ; sub- 

 marginal line dark grey, sinuous. Hind wings pale brownish-grey 

 with darker sinuous submarginal line ; two brown marks near tornus. 

 Under side whitish with black discoidal mark and two dark grey 

 transverse lines beyond. 

 Expanse, 32 mm. 



A female specimen from Japan in the British Museum. 



Dunira fasciata, sp. n. 



$ . Fore wings pale ochreous, costa faintly purplish-brown, a 

 black dot in cell and two at end of cell ; antemedial line faint purplish- 

 brown, indistinct about middle; postmedial band faint purplish-brown, 

 bidentate on inner edge, diffuse on outer edge ; terminal dots black. 

 Hind wings ochreous, whiter towards base ; terminal dots black. 

 Under side ochreous, markings of upper side traceable. 



Expanse, 17 mm. 



Collection number, 1248a. 



A male specimen from Yoshino, province of Yamato, Japan, 

 May 6tb, 1906. Also a specimen in the British Museum from 

 Japan (ex Coll. Leech). 



Hypenagonia mediifascia, sp. n. 



$ . Fore wings whity-brown ; basal area, limited by medial band, 

 tinged with ochreous ; medial band purplish-brown, darkest on the 



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