134 Mr. Butler's descriptions and remarks upon 



therefore finally decided, renders any attempt to found a 

 system of classification upon the external structure of 

 the imago alone wholly futile. 



HADENID^. 

 Ejna claripennis, n. s. 

 Allied to E. ecliii of Europe ; of the same size aud with nearly 

 the same pattern ; the markings of the primaries are, however, 

 more diffused and consequently less sharply defined, the discoidal 

 spots are grey with white margins, the "orbicular" bemg oval, 

 oblique, and diverging from the " reniform " spot, which is also less 

 angular than in E. echii; below the "orbicular" spot and upon 

 the interno-median area is an oblong blackish spot (as in Dianthecia 

 capslncola), followed by a small fusiform white spot; below the 

 latter there are no more white markings upon the central belt, the 

 white internal patch which occurs in E. echii being absent ; the 

 white maculation of the fringe appears also to be wholly absent ; 

 the secondaries are white instead of grey, very glossy, and with a 

 faint golden appearance in certain lights, the discal line and outer 

 border are faintly indicated in grey ; the body is sordid whitish, the 

 collar marked on each side with a little arched line ; on the under 

 surface the differences are more marked, the primaries being 

 greyish white to beyond the cell, the disc grey, and the outer 

 border pale greyish brown ; the disco-cellular lunule is grey ; 

 secondaries with the discal lines much less distinct and nearer 

 together than in E. echii ; tibiiE and tarsi of front legs greyish in 

 front ; not distinctly banded as in the European species. Expanse 

 of wings, 29 mm. 



Nikko {H. Pryer). 



DicJionia intermissa, n. s. 

 Intermediate in some respects between D. convergens and D. 

 protea ; in pattern, both above and below, most like the former, 

 but in the colouring of the primaries approaching the latter ; the 

 form of the discoidal spots, the presence of a pale spot below the 

 " orbicular," and the well-defined marginal black dots also 

 correspond with D. protea ; the pale scales on the primaries are, 

 however, of a yellowish brown, rather than greenish, tint, and the 

 reniform spot aud the disc towards external angle are sprinkled 

 with rust-red scales, somewhat as in D. convergens ; the lines 

 which bound the central belt are wider apart than in either species, 

 and resemble those of D. genistce ; the secondaries are of a smoky- 



