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*358. Ilema cribrata. 



Lithosia crihrati, Stgr. Roiu. Mom. iii. p. 18.*, pi. 10. f. 11 (18S7) ; Kirby, 

 Cut. Het. p. 332. 



cf , Pale orauge-j-ellow ; patagia with black points ; fore legs 

 tinged with fuscous in front. Fore wing with the costal edge blai;k 

 towards base; the interspaces irrorated with groups of a few black 

 scales. Hind wing paler. 



Fore wing with vein from well below angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 

 stKilked ; 11 curved and closely approximated to 12. 



Hah. Amur, Askold, type f cf in Coll. Staudinger ; Japan ; 

 C. China. Exp. 30 millim. 



359. Ilema sororcula. 



Noctim sororcula, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 398 (1767) ; Staucl. Cat. p. 55; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 330. 

 Bomhi/.v aureola. Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. f. 98 (18-'7) ; Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., 



Haust. ii. p. 94, pi. 18. f. 1 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 394. pi. 40. f. 5. 

 Lithosia (■ffincola, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 97, pi. 8. f. 5 (1864) ; Kirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 324. 



Head and thorax orange-yellow ; antennae, pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen greyish fuscous ; anal tuft orange-j ellow ; wings palo 

 orange-yellow. Fore wing of male with the costal edge black to- 

 wards base ; the underside fuscous exce[»t marginal areas. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from well below angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked; 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Hah. Britain; France; Germany, Zell. & Frey Colls.; Hun- 

 gary; Switzerland; Dalmatia; Denmark; Russia; Turkey; 

 Armenfa ; Amur; Japan, Hakodate; Tibet, Moupin. Exjp. 2t)- 

 30 millim. 



Larva, Meyr. Lep. Brit. p. 28; Barrett, Brit. Lep. ii. p. 213, pi. 67. f. 1. 



Whitish or yellowish, hairs fuscous; dorsal, subdorsal, and 

 broader lateral lines black ; blackish dorsal patches on somites 3, 

 7, 11 ; a whitish patch on 8 ; tubercles orange-red ; sides fuscous; 

 head blackish. Food-plant, Lichens ; 7-10. 



360. Ilema nigripes, n. sp. (Plate XXIII. fig. 6.) 



cJ . Fulvous orange ; palpi with the third joint black ; antenna) 

 and greater part of legs black ; ventral surface of abdomen witii 

 black bands. Fore wing with the basal part of costa black ; under- 

 side with black suffusion iu cell extending as streaks beyond its 

 angles. 



5 . Fore wing without the black on costa or underside. 



Fore wing with veins 3, -4 from angle of cell ; 6 from below 

 upper angle; 7, 8, 9 stalked; 10, 11 free. 



Ilah. SiKHiM ; Assam, Khasis, 1 cf , 1 $ , type. Exji., S 42, 

 § 40 millim. 



