Heterocerous Lepidoptera from Japan. 423 
with ochreous, followed by a slightly irregular white- 
edged central belt, which is dark fuliginous-grey inter- 
nally, but cinereous externally ; the undulations of the 
white external edge of the central belt dotted internally 
with black; a black disco-cellular dot ; costa within the 
band black varied with grey; an undulated ochreous 
stripe immediately beyond the central belt, partly inter- 
rupted above the middle by an irregular abbreviated 
transverse blackish stripe, and at the first median branch 
by a blackish spot; external border grey; fringe grey, 
traversed by a darker line, and tipped with white ; 
secondaries silvery grey with sordid fringe; body above 
dark brown, a silvery white transverse line just behind 
the thorax; head and base of abdomen yellowish ; 
wings below leaden grey; the disco-cellulars and an 
angulated discal series of spots blackish; a dusky 
subapical streak; body below brownish ; legs blackish 
above, the tarsi with whitish bands ; expanse of wings, 
1 inch 1 line. 
Yokohama (H. Pryer). 
Nearest to the South African ‘‘ Cidaria”’ scotosiata of 
Walker. 
136. Scotosia ignobilis, n. s. 
Most like ‘‘ Phibalapteryx”’ floridata from Kast Florida ; 
dark smoky grey; primaries irrorated with cinereous at 
the base, crossed near the base by a slightly sinuous 
blackish line; central belt of the same form as in 
Cidaria picata, slightly darker than the ground colour, 
edged with black, and traversed by two blackish lines ; a 
black disco-cellular dot ; external border dusky, traversed 
by a squamose undulated cinereous submarginal stripe ; 
fringe with a whitish basal line; secondaries crossed by 
numerous parallel dusky lines, three across the centre of 
the wing rather better defined than the others, the third 
being partly black; fringe whitish; under surface whitish ; 
disco-cellular spots black, followed by four dusky angu- 
lated lines, the third of which is blackish; external 
border broadly grey; legs above black, barred with 
white ; body and legs below sandy whitish ; expanse of 
wings, 1 inch 5 lines. 
Yokohama (H. Pryer). 
