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912 (4). Propedesi's excisa, sp. n. 



Antenna dirty white, annulate with fuscous towards the 

 base. Palpi white, black beneath and at the base. Head 

 and thorax white. Fore wings with the termen very oblique, 

 strongly sinuate beneath the produced apex : white, dusted 

 with greyish fuscous, the markings dark greyish fuscous ; a 

 triangular basal patch, wider on the costa than on the dorsum, 

 is followed by a costal spot before the middle, succeeded by 

 three smaller ones beyond the middle ; an oblique patch at 

 the outer end of the cell is parallel to the outer edge of the 

 basal patch, it reaches down to the fold and upward nearly to 

 the costal spot, and is accompanied by tufts of raised scales, 

 as is also the outer edge of the basal patch itself ; there is a 

 series of spots along the termen, with a parallel shade-line 

 faintly indicated before them ; cilia brownish cinereous. 

 Exp. al. 20 mm. Hind wings with strongly produced apex, 

 the termen more deeply excised than in the fore wings ; 

 brownish grey ; cilia brownish cinereous. Abdomen brownish 

 grey. Legs dirty whitish. 



Type, ? (70602) Mus. Wlsm. 



Bab. Japan (Pryer, 1886). Unique. 



912 (5). Propedesis japonica, sp. n. 



Anten?ice dirty white, very faintly annulate. Palpi 

 whitish, shaded externally with greyish fuscous. Head and 

 thorax whitish, tinged with greenish grey. Fore wings 

 greenish white, sparsely dusted with olive-grey, with a trian- 

 gular patch of pale olivaceous grey at the base, wider on the 

 costa than on the dorsum, its outer edge consisting of raised 

 scales; a slight olive-grey shade- spot on the costa before the 

 middle, followed by three others beyond it ; an oblique 

 fuscous streak at the end of the cell, consisting of raised scales, 

 and preceded by other tufts of raised scales (white dusted with 

 fuscous), one at the upper edge of the cell, one resting on the 

 middle of the fold, another preceding it below the fold; the 

 termen shows a faint indication of greyish marginal spots 

 preceded by a parallel greyish shade; cilia pale cinereous. 

 Exp. al. 20 mm. Hind wings pale rosy grey ; cilia greyish 

 cinereous. Abdomen cinereous. Legs whitish. 



Type, ? (70603) Mus. Wlsm. 



llab. Japan {Pryer, 1886). Unique. 



This species differs from excisa in the different outline of 

 the wing as well as in the markings; both in the fore and 

 hind wings the apex is less produced and less acute, the 

 termen being only very slightly sinuate. 



