182 Mr. J. H. Leech on Lepidoptera Heterocera 



Genus PSEUDOMICRONIA. 

 (Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 461 (1887).) 



Pseudomicronia archills. 



Micronia archilis, Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. xv. p. 23, pi. iii. fig. 33 



(1891). 

 Pseudomicronia archilis (soror), Alph. Rom. sur Le"p. vi. p. 63, pi. iii. 



fig. 1, $ (1892). 



This species, which was discovered by Mons. Biet at Ta- 

 chien-lu, was obtained by my collectors in most of the localities 

 they visited in Western China. Alpheraky records it from 

 the province of Kan-Sou, July. 



In one form, which so far has been received only from 

 Moupin, the ground-colour and that of all the markings is 

 suffused with brownish. 



Hob. Western China. 



Genus MICRONIA. 



(Guerre, Phal. ii. p. 22 (1857).) 



Micronia aculeata. 



Micronia aculeata, Guen. Phal. ii. p. 26, pi. xiii. fig. 8 (1857) ; Hamp- 



son, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 117 (1895). 

 Micronia gannata, Guen. I. c. 



One specimen was received from Huang-mu-chang, where 

 it was taken in July, and I captured one example at Foochau 

 in April. 



Distribution. Throughout India, Ceylon, and Burma ; An- 

 damans ; Java; Borneo; Formosa (Hampsori] j Wester? 

 China ; Foochau. 



Genus AUZEA. 



(Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxv. p. 1487 (1862).) 

 Auzea obliquaria, sp. n. 



Pale brownish grey, tinged with violaceous. Primaries 

 have a fine oblique brown line, angled below costa, before the 

 middle, and a broad oblique olivaceous-brown line from apex 

 to about the middle of the abdominal margin of secondaries ; 

 there is a whitish patch sparingly irrorated with fuscous on 

 the costa before apex; this is preceded by an olivaceous- 

 brown cloud, and has a small spot of the same colour on its outer 

 edge. Under surface orange freckled with fuscous : primaries 

 are suffused with purplish grey on the disk, and have a 

 yellowish patch on costa towards apex 5 a pale oblique line 



