Hcteroccra from China, Jtqjan, and Corea. 540 



Hulodcs caranea, Moore, Lep. Ceyl., iii, p. 155, pi. clxvi, 

 figs. 8, 3a, and pi. clxvii, fiij^. 6 (18S5) ; Leech, Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. Lond., 1889, p. 141. 



Hylodes caranea, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, 

 p. 462 (1894). 



I have specimens from Kiukiang, Wa-shan, Ta-cbien-lu, 

 and Chia-kou-ho, taken iti June and July. 



Disirihatlun. FORMOSA; throughout INDIA, Ceylon, 

 and Burma; Java {Hampson) ; Central and Western 

 China. 



Genus Agonista. 



Rogenli.; Hampson, Fauna Brit, Ind., Moths, ii, p. 463 

 (1894). 



1258. Agonista f'uscescens, sp. n. 



Male. Velvety-brown. Primaries have darker sub-basal and ante- 

 marginal bands and a pale speck in the discal cell ; the secondaries 

 also have a darker antemedial band but this is less defined than on 

 primaries. Fringes of all the wings creamy-white. Under surface 

 fuscous-brown ; all the wings have a dark discal mark and indica- 

 tions of a dusky medial band ; submarginal line wliite inwardly 

 shaded with dark fuscous, this line is not distinct on primaries 

 except below the costa where it is indented ; marginal lines white, 

 wavy, edged outwardly with blackish, most distinct on secondaries. 



Female. Pale-brown. Primaries clouded, and on the outer area 

 bordered, with darker ; bands of the male represented in this sex by 

 blockish lines ; suljniarginal line siiuious, dusky with blackish points 

 on it, limiting the marginal border ; postmedial band dark brown, 

 attenuated and indistinct about the middle. Secondaries have 

 blackish sub-basal and antemarginal lines, a pale postmedial line 

 inwardly bordered with dark-brown ; a submarginal row of obscure 

 blackish s])0ts. Fringes hardly paler than the ground-colour. 

 Under surface similar to that of the male. 



Expanse ^ 78, 9 84-86 millim. 



One male specimen and two females from Chia-kou-bo, 

 taken in July. 



There is one female example of this species, from 

 Darjiling, in the National Collection at South Kensington, 

 included in the seiies of A. rcducens, Walk. 



Bistrilmtion. WESTERN CHINA; SiKHLM. 



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