THE ANNALS 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SEVENTH SERIES.] 

 No. 35. NOVEMBER 1900. 



LVI. — Asiatic Tojrtbtcidjs. 

 By the Rt. Hon. Lord Walsingham, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. 



[Concluded from p. 409.] 



Laspeyresia, Hb. 

 1127 (1). Laspeyresia iridescens, sp. n. 



Antennae greyish fuscous. Palpi short, recurved, slightly 

 erect, with appressed scales ; very pale ochreous. Head small 

 and prominent ; greyish. Thorax brownish fuscous, sprinkled 

 with whitish ochreous scales. Fore icings with the termen 

 slightly indented below the apex ; brownish fuscous, minutely 

 and profusely speckled with whitish ochreous (with a strong 

 greenish iridescence in a bright light if held at certain angles) ; 

 on the outer half of the costa are some short whitish ochreous 

 oblique streaks, the spaces between them being greyish 

 fuscous (darker than the ground-colour) ; from these streaks 

 run one or two very inconspicuous slaty grey lines, and the 

 ocelloid patch, which contains three blackish spots, is bounded 

 outwardly by a similar line ; cilia brownish grey, with a 

 slender dark line along their base; underside strongly irides- 

 cent, costal markings not visible. Exp. al. 17-19 mm. 

 Hind wings dark brown, slightly paler towards the base ; 

 Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 7. Vol. vi. 29 



