138 Mr. J. H. Leecii on 



Oue male specimen from Ichang and one from Moupin, 

 the latter taken in June and the former in J.uly ; one 

 female from Ship-y-shan obtained in September. 



Hahiiat. Central and Western China. 



The fuscous patch is only faintly indicated in the 

 female. 



459. Euproctis 'pauinrcda, sp. n. 



Male. Primaries pale buff, with a fuscou.s blotcli on inner area 

 before the middle. Secondaries paler. Undersurface as above in 

 colour, but tinged with blackish on costal area of primaries. 



Female. Diaphanous ; sordid white, primaries with an ochreous- 

 grey tinge. 



Expanse ^ 31-35 millini., $ 40-44 millim. 



Two specimens of each sex from Moupin, taken in 

 June. 



The fuscous blotch in one example of each sex is well 

 defined, but in the other j^air it is much reduced in size 

 . n the male, and barely traceable in the female. 

 i Habitat. Western China. 



460. Euproctis recurvata, sp. n. 



Primaries yellow, basal area darker limited by a pale curved line; 

 beyond the middle of the wing there is a curved and recurved, 

 fuscous, transverse band ; this is interrupted by the venation and 

 inwardly edged by a pale line. Secondaries paler. Undersurface 

 pale ochreous. 



Expanse 26-32 millim. 



Three male specimens from Chang-yang, and one from 

 Ningpo. 



In the Ningpo specimen, which is the largest, the basal 

 area of primaries does not appear to be darker than the 

 ground colour, and tlie undersurface of all the wings is 

 deeper in colour than in the Chang-yang examj^les. 



Hahitat. Northern and Central China. 



461. Eiiproctis hijmnctajieo:. 



Somena hriniMcta'pe:>\ Hampson, 111. Tvp. Lep. Het., viii, p 



57, pi. cxl, fig. 13 (1891). 

 Euprodis hipunctapex, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, i, p. 484 



(1892). 



