178 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



566. Gno2)liria vittata, sp. n. 



Head and collar orange ; thorax black, tegula' yellow ; abdomen 

 colour of secondaries, but darker towards the anal extremity, and 

 also beneath. Primaries black, costa and inner margin narrowly 

 yellow ; tliere is a paler yellow stripe from the base of .the wing to 

 middle of the outer margin ; fringes blackish to just below stripe, 

 remainder yellowish. Secondaries ][)ale ochreous tinged with fuscous. 

 Under surface ochreous tinged with fuscous, the primaries clouded 

 with blackish. 



Expanse 44 millim. 



Two male specimens from Ni-toii, and one from Omei- 

 shan, taken in July. 



Habitat. Western China. 



567. Gnophria (?) sinensis, sp. n. 



Primaries pale brown with a black dot on the middle of submedian 

 nervure, and a dusky one in the cell. Secondaries creamy whitish. 

 Under surface as above, but the discal area of the primaries is suffused 

 with fuscous, and the costa of secondaries is pale ochreous. Antennae 

 with short cilia and bristles. Head and thorax colour of primaries ; 

 abdomen whiti.sh. 



Expanse 34 millim. 



One male specimen from Chia-kou-ho, taken in July. 

 Habitat. Western China. 



Genus (EoNiSTis. 

 Hiibner, Verz,, p. 165 (1818). 



568. (Eonistis quadra. 



Noctua quadra, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, p. 511 (1758). 

 Bombyx qtiadm, Hlibn., Bomb., figs. 101, 102 (1800). 

 (Eonistis dives, Butl., Ann, and Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) xx, 



p. 398 (1877) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het., ii, p. 7, pi. xxii, 



lig. 11 (1878). 

 CEonistis quadra. Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 598 ; 



Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, p. 78 (1894). 



Some Japanese male specimens are rather darker tlian 

 European examples, and some of the females are brighter 

 yellow ; but otherwise there is no important difference 



