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blackish, indented above anal angle. Except at anal angle 

 the line at base of the fringes of secondaries is blackish 

 instead of light brown, as in M. angelica, and the antennae 

 are more broadly pectinated than in that species. 



Expanse 44 millim. 



One male specimen from Moupin, July. 



Hob. Western China. 



Myrteta sericea. 



Orthocaberct sericea, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iy. p. 439 (1879). 

 Orthocabera brunneiceps, Warren, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1893, p. 387, 



pi. xxxi. fig. 23. 

 Myrteta sericea, Hampson, Farina Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 152 (1895). 



Four specimens from Nikko in Fryer's collection. 

 Distribution. Sikhim; Kha*sis (Hampson)] Japan. 



Myrteta unio. 



Acidalia unio, Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 50, pi. ix. fig. 12 (1880). 

 Cabera magna, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 416. 



One female specimen in Fryer's collection and I received 

 one example of the same sex from Mr. Manley of Yokohama. 

 Distribution. Askold; Japan. 



Myrteta argentaria, sp. n. 



Silvery white. Primaries have a blackish discal spot and 

 are traversed by three dusky bands, the first of which is 

 rather more oblique than the others ; submarginal line dusky, 

 parallel with outer margin except towards inner margin, 

 where it terminates close to the inner angle ; marginal band 

 dusky. Secondaries have a blackish discal spot and two 

 wavy dusky bands ; submarginal band dusky, diffuse on its 

 inner edge; the middle of outer margin is slightly angled 

 and there is a black spot on the angle. Fringes tinged with 

 greyish. Under surface .white; all the wings have a black 

 discal spot, and the secondaries have a diffuse dusky sub- 

 marginal band ; in some specimens the primaries also have 

 traces of a dusky submarginal band. Antenna serrated. 



Expanse, d 46, $ 48 millim. 



Three male specimens and three females from Omei-shan, 

 Fu-tsu-fong, Chia-ting-fu, July. 



Hob. Western China. 



Genus BAPTA. 



(Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 294 (1829).) 



Bapta bimaculata. 



Phalcena bimaculata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. 635 (1775). 

 Geometra taminuta, Hiibn. Geom. fig. 90. 



