Hcterocera from China, Japan, and Gorea. 621 



line which is excurved below the costa, and the outer tliird is 

 limited internally by a bright ochreons line which is oblique and 

 slightly indented below the costa; subinarginal line wavy, most 

 distinct towards the costa, the area beyond is greyish ; a marginal 

 series of black dots. Secondaries fuscous with two darker, white- 

 edged, transverse lines, the costal area is suffused with whitish ; 

 fringes preceded by an interrupted blackish line. Under surface 

 greyish : primaries clouded with brownish on the costal area ; 

 postmedial line ditsky edged with ochreous towards the costa and 

 with an ochreous patch before it in the cell ; submarginal line 

 obscure, dusky, edged with ochreous towards the costa ; secondaries 

 have a blackish discal mark and two wavy transverse lines. 

 Expanse 34 millim. 



One male and two female specimens from Wa-shan, 

 three female examples from Chia-kou-ho. July. 

 Hahitat. Western China. 



1448. Bleptma curvilinca, sp. n. 



Primaries with the basal and outer thirds dark brown, the central 

 third greyish-brown suffused on the medial area with fuscous ; the 

 basal third is limited by a pale ochreous curved line and the outer 

 third is limited internally by a pale ochreous line which is slightly 

 excurved beyond the cell ; reniform stigma, blackish, narrow, 

 outwardly bordered with whitish ; orbicular black, punctiform ; 

 submarginal line sinuous, obscure, commencing in an elongate 

 whitish spot on the costa, the area beyond greyish. Secondaries dark 

 brown the area within the whitish postmedial line rather paler; the 

 submarginal line is wavy but only clearly defined towards the 

 abdominal margin. Under surface fuscous-brown; primaries have 

 two pale ochreous spots on the costa at the extremities of the post- 

 medial and submarginal lines, between these spots there is a large 

 dark brown triangle and a small one beyond the outer spot; the 

 secondaries have dark ante- and postmedial bands. 



Expanse 36 millim. 



Four specimens from Chang-yang, five from Wa-slian, 

 and four from Chia-kou-lio. Both sexes are included in 

 the series. Occurs from May to August. 



Habitat. Central and Western China. 



Allied to B. tripartita but darker ; the ante- and post- 

 medial lines are curved, and there is a pale spot at the 

 costal extremity of the submarginal line. 



