al 
198 Mr. A. G. Butler’s Descriptions of new 
are more slender; the dusky external border is wholly 
wanting ; the fringe i is shining grey ; expanse of wings— 
male, 2 inches 8 lines ; female, 3 inches 8 lines. 
Tokei (Fenton). 
87. Spirama simplicior, n.s. 
Near to S. japonica, S. retorta, and allies, but both 
sexes above with the typical female coloration, the male 
being only slightly darker than the female, ‘and most 
noticeably so in havi ing the basal half of the secondaries 
blackish brown ; the principal differences between this 
species and female of S. japonica are in the smaller 
black spot at the extremity of the scroll-like line of the 
primaries, and in the almost straight instead of dentate- 
sinuate pale stripe beyond the dark discal belt of the 
secondaries ; the ground colour is also of a more rosy 
flesh-tint, with no white stripes; the males are easily 
separable, that of S. japonica being black-brown, with 
bronzy reflections above and below (as usually in this 
genus); under surface of male S. simplicior always with 
a trace of red, frequently sordid rose-red throughout ; 
female bright orange, the lines rather more slender than 
in S. japonica; expanse of wings—male, 2 inches 6 
lines; female, 3 inches, 4 lines. 
Tokei (Fenton) ; Nikko (Maries) ; Yokohama (Jonas). 
OPHIUSIDA. 
88. Chrysorithrum fuscum, n. 8. 
?. Primaries with the same pattern as C. amatum*, 
but the whole of the lilacine grey areas replaced by olive- 
brown; the black spot representing the ‘‘ orbicular ” 
wanting ; the outer border paler than the rest of the 
wing; secondaries with the black diffused bands narrower, 
and the central orange belt of a different form, wider, 
and with undulated inner margin ; body greyer ; expanse 
of wings, 2 inches 7 lines. 
Tokei (Fenton). 
89. Chrysorithrum rufescens, Ni. s. 
g@. Also allied to C. amatwn, but the primaries with 
pink instead of lilacine ground colour, and with the dark 
* Catocala amata, Brem.; Ménétriés, Cat. Lep. Mus. Petrop. ili., 
pl. xvii., fig 4. 
