of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan. 305 
Genus SEBASTOSEMA. 
Warren, Nov. Zool., iu, p. 100 (1896). 
238. 
Sebastosema (2) tripartita, sp. n. (Plate XXX], fig. 5.) 
?. Head and thorax brown; abdomen greyish brown, edges of 
the segments furnished with blackish spines, on segments 6 and 7 
there are double rows of spines and these are fringed with brownish 
hair. Forewings brown on basal and outer marginal areas, whitish 
brown on medial area ; antemedial line black, oblique, limiting the 
outer marginal area ; submarginal line indicated by some blackish 
dots towards the costa. Hindwings pale brown, darker on the outer 
marginal area; discal dot black. Fringes brown. Under surface 
similar to above but the brown colour of the forewings is paler, 
especially on the basal area. 
Expanse 44 mm. 
Female type from Sendagaya, Tokyo, November, 1894. 
Local distribution. Honvo. 
Habitat, JAPAN. 
Collection number, 923. 
Genus EPIONE. 
Duponchel, Cat. Lép. Eur., vii (2), p. 211 (1829). 
239. 
Epione magnaria, sp.n. (Plate XXXI, fig. 29.) 
?. Pale ochreous sparingly powdered with brownish. Forewings 
have a linear blackish discal dot ; antemedial and postmedial lines 
brown, the first curved towards the costa and the latter almost 
parallel with the outer margin but slightly bent outwards before the 
costa. Hindwings have a curved brown line that appears to be a 
continuation of the postmedial on forewings. Underside paler, all 
the wings have a brown postmedial line and there are faint traces of 
the discal mark and of the antemedial line on forewings. 
Expanse 36 mm. 
Female type from Nikko, October, 1893. 
Local distribution. Honpo. 
Habitat. JAPAN. 
Collection number, 539, 
