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43. Lyccena argia, Men., Cat. Mus. Petr., ii., p. 125, 



t. X., fig. 7 ; P. Z. S., 1887, p. 415. 

 LyccBna opalina, Pouj., Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 1885, cxliii. 

 Agrees well with Japanese specimens. 



44. Lyccena argiolus, Linn. 



Lyccena ladonides, de I'Orza, Lep. Jap., p. 20. 



L. levetti, Butl., Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5), xi., p. 111. 



Seems fairly common at Kiukiang. 



45. Ly Ciena moorei, n. s. (PL VII., fig. 4). 



Male. Upper surface : all the wings smoky black. Fringes of 

 primaries dusky, rather paler at anal angle ; those of the secondaries 

 white, with some darker scales at the extremities of the nervules, 

 giving a slight chequered appearance. Under surface pale grey. 

 Primaries with an elongated discoidal and a central series of six 

 black spots ; the last is linear, and all are surrounded with whitish. 

 On the outer margin is a series of black marks more or less V-like 

 in shape ; these are bordered on each side with whitish, and 

 precede a black line interrupted by the nervules. Secondaries : 

 three basal spots, that on the anterior margin being large and 

 somewhat triangular in shape, whilst the third is dot-like, and 

 situated on the extreme edge of abdominal fold ; an elongated 

 discoidal and a central series of seven spots, the initial one being 

 large and almost round, third and sixth oval, — these, as also one 

 between the discoidal and first spot of central series, are black. A 

 submarginal series of V-shaped black marks, a row of marks, 

 chiefly small and hnear, but including one large round spot, edged 

 internally with orange, between the submedian nervure and first 

 median nervule. Fringes grey, with a black line at their base. 



Female. Same as male in colour and arrangement of markings, 

 but spots on under surface are larger, especially those of central 

 series on secondaries. 



Expanse, 29 mm. 



Though not closely allied to any known species, this 

 insect has a superficial resemblance to Lycana Jischeri, 

 Ev., but the absence of any caudal appendage at once 

 separates it from that species. The arrangement of 

 spots on under surface is also very different. From 

 Meletus hamada, Druce, which it agrees with on the 

 upper surface, it may be distinguished by the very 



