220 



ABCrlAD.E. 



*45U. Conilepia nigricosta. 

 (Koui^tis ni</ricosta, Leech, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 598, pi. 30. f. 11 ; Kirby, Cat. 



Jilt. }). ;}3j. 



J . ]leud black, with patches of metallic blue ; vertex of head, 



thorax,and abdomen orangi - 

 yellow ; tibiae, tarsi, and 

 l)art8 of femora aud fore 

 coxie metallic blue. Fore 

 Aviug clothed with powdery 

 white scales ; the costa 

 metallic blue ; the base, 

 inner margin, and terminal 

 |. area orange -yellow. Hind 

 wing pale orange-yellow, 

 111 half of cell. 



Fig. 139. — Conilepia nigricosta, J. 



with short brown fascia in termii 



Ilab. Japan, type t d in Coll. Leech. E.ci). 40 millim. 



Genus LITHOSIA. rp^p^ 



Lithosia, Fabr. Ent. Svst. Suppl. p. 459 (1798) (juadra.\ 



ISetina, Scbrank, Fauna Eoica, ii. (2) p. 165 (1802) quadra. 



Proboscis fully developed; palpi upturned, reaching middle of frons and 

 clothed with rough hair; frons rounded; antenn?; with cilia and bristles; 

 tibiai with the spurs rather short ; abdomen clothed witl: rougli hair. Fore 

 wing long and narrow, the ternien short; 2 from before middle of cell ; 3, 4 

 from angle or shortly .stalked ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from well below upper 

 ansjle ; 9 given off from 10 aud anastomosing with 8 to form the areole, 7 Irom 

 tnd oi' areole ; 11 oblique, lliud wii g with vein 2 from middle of cell ; .'5, 4 

 slalkttd; 5 absent; 0, 7 stalked iu female, coincident in male; S from middle 

 of cell. 



A. Fore wing of male v.lth the co.sta black with yellow fascia 



below it ' suhciD'icola. 



13. Fore wing of male with the costa greyish quadra. 



*460. Lithosia subcosteola. (Plate XX lY. fig. 15.) 

 Lithosia subcosteola, Druce, A. M. N. H. (7) iv. p. 200 (1899). 



S . Head black, the vertex orange- yellow ; thorax and abdomen 

 yellow ; fore and mid tibia) and tarsi black above. Fore wing 

 I'liscous black with a purplish tinge ; the base and a subcostal fascia 

 yellow, the latter expanding at apex ; the costal edge fuscous, tinged 

 with metallic green on basal half; some metallic green iu cell just 

 beyond the yellow base. Hind wing yellow. 



Hah. C. Chi.na, Hunan {Pratt), type f d in Coll. Druce. E.vj}. 

 40 millim. 



401. Lithosia quadra. 



Koctua quadra, Linn. tvst. Nat. i. p. 511 (17.'^8); Esp. Schmett. iv. 

 p. 82, pi. 92. ff. 2-6; Godt. L6p. Fr. v. p. 13, pi. 41. «. 2rA; Steph. 



J The form of tlie palpi shows that Fabricius' description was taken from 

 quadra, not complana. 



