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1391. Zctlics curtalis. 



Egnasia curtalis, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xxxiv, p. 1177 

 (1865). 



Described from Shanghai ; there are also specimens 

 from South-east Corea and Japan in the National Museum 

 at South Kensington. 



Distribution. Eastern China; Corea ; Japan. 



1892. Zctlics scmcia, sp. n. 



Pale brown, irrorated with fuscous and suffused withlilacine-grey. 

 Primaries have indications of a brown sub-basal line; antemedial 

 line brown, slightly curved, indented below the costa ; postiuedial 

 line fuscous-l)rown, obtusely angled beyond the cell thence sinuous to 

 inner margin, this line has an internal diffuse brown border which is 

 traversed by a dusky, sinuous, line ; submarginal line fuscous, wavy, 

 preceded on the costal area by a rufous-brown cloud ; a greyish, 

 triangular, costal patch between postmedial line and brown cloud, a 

 small irregular greyish apical patch ; reniform and orbicular stig- 

 mata outlined in fuscous-brown. Secondaries have fuscous ante- and 

 postmedial lines, the first almost straight and the second slightly 

 curved and outwardly edged with leaden-grey ; submarginal line 

 brown, dentate, outwardly edged with paler ; discal lunule blackish 

 surrounded with whitish. Fringes brown preceded by a black line, 

 another black line before the tips which are white chequered with 

 fuscous-brown ; the fringes of the secondaries are crenulate. Under 

 surface ochreous-brown suffused with whitish on the costal area of 

 the primaries ; all the wings have fuscous antemedial and postmedial 

 lines, the latter double and on the secondaries traverse a diffuse 

 leaden-grey band ; the stigmata on primaries are reproduced in 

 whitish, the reniform with two blackish dots upon it ; secondaries 

 have a blackish discal lunule and a sulunarginal series of clear 

 ochreous spots. 



Expanse 32-34 millims. 



Eleven specimens, including both sexes, from Kiukiang; 

 two males from Chang-yang, and one from Ningpo. June 

 and July. 



Hahitat. Eastern, Central, and Western China. 



Allied to Z. shimila, Guen., and superficially very like 

 Z. trimantesalis, Walk. 



