of Heterocera from Japan. 479 



from above ; palpi extremely short ; the antennge compressed, 

 the joints imbricated ; shoulders square, in aline with the costal 

 margin of primaries : primaries trigonate, produced at apex, 

 outer margin slightly concave ; secondaries subtrigonate, the 

 costal margin straight, abdominal margin slightly concave, 

 anal angle produced, outer margin convex ; legs clothed with 

 long hair to the end of the tarsi. Type H. msignts. 



47. Hypsomadius insignis, n. sp. 



Wings above shining silver-grey, crossed by two lines, tlie 

 inner one of primaries and the outer one of secondaries irre- 

 gularly dentate-sinuate, these and the inner one of secondaries 

 testaceous : primaries with the outer line oblique, running to 

 apex, dark red ; apical area above the line irrorated with 

 black ; fringe dark red ; costal margin ochreous : secondaries 

 with the fringe testaceous : body 'grey, pro thorax white, sides 

 of abdomen and anus rosy ; head orange, with four lateral 

 patches of crimson scales ; legs below whitish ; femora whitish 

 above ; tibife yellow, with a black central spot above, rose- 

 coloured at the sides, the whole of the joints clothed on each 

 side with a long fringe of bright rose-coloured hair, venter 

 crimson. Wings below shining I'ose-coloured, crossed by in- 

 numerable grey liturse, most densely in the primaries, the 

 latter wings with a grey indistinct oblique line running to the 

 apex; costal margin, apex, fringe, and veins near apex yellow. 

 Expanse 2 inches. 



Yokohama {Jonas). 



Saturniidae. 



48. Caligula japonica, Moore. 



The pupa of this species, but not the imago, has been de- 

 scribed by Mr. Moore. It is nearly allied to C. simla^ but may 

 at once be distinguished by the inner transverse stripe on both 

 wings, which in the primaries is nearly straight (slightly 

 concave), instead of 3-shaped, and in the secondaries angu- 

 larly sigmoidal, instead of being regularly convex with an 

 abrupt angle near the abdominal margin. Expanse, $ 5 inches 

 2 lines, ? 5 inches 1-5 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



49. Caligula Jonasii, n. sp. . 



(S . Primaries with whitish costal margin ,* interno-basal 

 area, limited by an angulated dark red-brown stripe, dull red ; 

 discoidal and subcostal areas, and a band immediately beyond 

 the subbasal stripe, and bounded externally by a second simi- 



