402 Mr. A. Gr. Butler on new Species 



Liparidse. 



27. Leucoma auripes^ n. sp. 



J . Allied to L. vau-nigra^ but larger, without the black 

 line on the discocellulars of primaries, the costal area of the 

 same wings duskj, and the veins clothed with silvery scales ; 

 the antennae longer, with a black belt near the base and with 

 black pectinations ; the anterior legs golden yellow, and the 

 tarsi of the remaining legs testaceous. Expanse 2 inches 



6 lines. 



? . Larger, the costa of primaries scarcely dusky, the front 

 legs with the femora white below. Expanse 2 inches 9 lines. 

 Yokohama [Jonas). 



28. Artaxa intensa^ n. sp. 



Allied to A. jlavinata. Primaries golden yellow, with a 

 central angulated whitish-bordered band speckled with brown 

 scales, fringe sericeous ; secondaries bright ochraceous, whitish 

 on costal area, fringe pale yellow ; body yellow, prothorax 

 and centre of tegul^e whitish : wings below altogether paler, 

 creamy whitish, more or less ochraceous beyond the middle, 

 without markings. Expanse, ^ 1 inch 3 lines, ? 1 inch 



7 lines. 

 Yokohama [Jonas). 



29. Area Jonasii^ n. sp. 



(J. Primaries pale sulphur -yellow, a large pale-centred 

 brown spot at the end of the cell, the apex with a reddish 

 brown, depressed, conical, costal spot, from which two small 

 squamose spots are continued obliquely downwards ; secon- 

 daries sericeous white, yellowish externally ; body white, the 

 collar and metathorax pale sulphur-yellow ; head and pectina- 

 tions of antennae gravel-orange ; palpi, tibige, and tarsi 

 ochreous : wings below pale sulphur-yellow ; primaries with 

 the costa ochreous, apical portion of costal area sordid orange ; 

 secondaries with a small ochreous discocellular lunule. Ex- 

 panse 1 inch 6-11 lines. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



30. Lymantria famida^ n. sp. 



Allied to L. dispar, the male larger, dark smoky brown ; 

 the markings of primaries similar ; secondaries darker, uni- 

 formly dark smoky brown, the fringe varied with paler spots : 

 wings below like those of L. dispar in pattern, but differing 



