526 NOCTUID.E. 



5786. Litliacodia cupreofusca, n. sp. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 20.) 



5 . Head and thorax deep cupreous red-brown mixed with 

 ochreous white ; palpi blackish, the tips of 2nd and 3rd joints 

 white ; antennae with the extremity of basal joint white ; legs 

 blackish, the tibiae and tarsi ringed with white; abdomen whitish 

 mixed with brown, the crests black. Fore wing deep cupreous 

 black-brown mixed with some grey and yellowish white especially 

 on basal area; subbasal and antemedial lines represented by black 

 stria? from costa ; orbicular and reniform with slight whitish 

 annuli defined by black, the former round, the latter constricted at 

 middle ; postmedial line black defined by yellowish on outer side, 

 bent outwards below costa, then minutely waved, excurved to 

 vein 4, then incurved and slightly excurved below submedian fold, 

 some pale points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line very in- 

 distinct, greyish, slightly angled outwards at veins 7, 6 and 

 interrupted at middle ; a terminal series of small black lunules 

 slightly defined by yellowish on inner side. Hind wing whitish 

 suffused with reddish brown ; a fine black terminal line ; cilia 

 brown mixed with whitish and with fine whitish line at base ; the 

 underside whitish thickly irrorated with red-brown, a slight black 

 discoid al lunule and traces of a curved postmedial line. 



Bab. Java, Arjuno, 8000' (Dohertij), 1 $ type. Exp. 32 millim. 



5787. Lithacodia formosana, n. sp. (Plate CLXIY. fig. 21.) 



Head, thorax, and abdomen grey-white mixed with black ; palpi 

 black, the extremities of 2nd and 3rd joints white ; antenna? 

 ringed bkxck and white ; tibia? and tarsi banded with black. 

 Fore wing apple-green mostly suffused with black-brown except 

 the postmedial area from discal fold to inner margin ; subbasal line 

 blackish, waved, from costa to vein 1 ; antemedial line blackish 

 defined on inner side by green, irregularly waved, bent outwards 

 to inner margin ; orbicular and reniform pale green defined by 

 black, the former round with black centre, the latter constricted 

 at middle and with black spots in upper and lower parts ; post- 

 medial line black defined on outer side by green, bent outwards 

 below costa, then sinuous, slightly angled inwards at discal fold, 

 incurved below vein 4 and angled inwards at vein 1, some ochreous 

 white points beyond it on costa ; a whitish subterminal line 

 defined on inner side by black, excurved below vein 7 and at middle 

 and ending at tornus ; a terminal series of black lunules and spot 

 below vein 4 ; cilia brown mixed with some white. Hind wing 

 white, the inner half tinged with fuscous ; a slight dark subterminal 

 shade ; cilia with a dark line through them ; the underside white 

 tinged with rufous and irrorated with fuscous, a black discoidal 

 point and sinuous postmedial line excurved from costa to vein 4. 



Bab. Formosa, Kagi District, 7000', 1 J , 3 $ type. Exp. 24- 

 28 millim. 



