EPISILIA. 487 



ferruginous suffusion be^'ond it, obli(jue from costa to submedian fold, 

 then angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin ; 

 orbicular and renitbrm ferruginous defined by grey, the former small, 

 very oblique, triangular, the latter indistinct and strongly angled 

 inwards on median nervure, the cell before, below orbicular, and 

 between the stigmata suti'used with blackish ; the postmedial line 

 rather iJl-defiued, strongly dentate, angled inwards in submedian 

 fuLl ; the subterminal line only detined by the ferruginous suffusion 

 before it, oblicjuely incurved from costa to vein y, then angled 

 inwards in submedian fold ; a terminal seiies of ferruginous points. 

 Hind wing pale brown ; the underside pale, with the costal area 

 suffused with rufous. 



Ilah. W. China, Pu-tsu-fang, 1 S type. E.iy. 31 millim. 



*840. Episilia bislrigata. (Plate LXXIII. fig. 5.) 



Jgrotls histriyala, Mssu. IStubel's Reise, p. 14'J, pi. 15. f. 13 (IS'JD). 



2 . Head and thorax dark red-brown ; palpi with the 2nd joint 

 blackish at sides ; tegula) with black medial line ; abdomen greyish 

 brown. Fore wing red-brown tinged with purplish red ; a black 

 fascia below the cell to middle of wing ; the subbasal and ante- 

 medial lines obsolete ; the cell filled in with black; orbicular 

 purplish brown, small, elliptical ; reniform small, open above and 

 below, defined on outer side by black ; postmedi;d line very indis- 

 tinct, excurved from costa to vein 4, then oblique ; the sublerniinal 

 line only indicated by the area beyond it being blackish, angled 

 outwards to near termen at vein 7 and dentate to termcn at veins 

 4, 3, 2 and at tornus. Hind wing pale, uniformly suffused with 

 brown, the veins brown; cilia whitish : underside whitish. 



JJah. CoLOMUiA ; EcuAi>oE, Loja, in Coll. Schaus. Exi). 30 millim. 



841. Episilia terrifica. (Plate LXXIII. fig. 6.) 



Sc(a</rotis terrifica, Smifli, Ent. News. Pljilad. 18'J3, p. 98, pi. G. f. li ; id. 

 Trans. Am. Eiit. !Suc. x.\i. p. 42, p!. 2. f. 2. 



S . Head and tliorax grey mixed with fuscous brown ; sides of 

 palpi and frons blackish ; teguhc with blackish medial line ; abdomen 

 grey irrorated with fuscous and the ventral surface with black. 

 Fore Aving whitish irrorated with brown and fuscous ; a slight 

 black streak in base of submedian fold; clavilbini elongate, whitish 

 slightly dolined by black; oibirular and reniform while dt'tincd by 

 black, the former elliptical, open above, the cell before and between 

 tlicm suffused with black ; the postmedial line somewhat dentate, 

 slightly bent outwards below costa, excurved to vein A, then in- 

 curved ; the subterminal line rej)resen(ed by a somewhat diffused 

 brownish shade, slightly curved towards costa, then oblique; a 

 terminal series of black points ; cilia v^hitc, with a fuscous line 

 thrungh them. Hind wing while ; the lostal area slightly tinged 

 with brown; the underside with the costal area slightly irrorated 



