from China j Japan, and Corea. 443 



black spot about centre of the wing and blackish suffusion 

 along abdominal margin. 



Expanse 45 millim. 



Three male specimens from Pu tsu-fong, June and July. 



Var. divisaria. 



The primaries are suffused with brownish ; the central 

 fascia is divided transversely into two parts, the outer being 

 dark brown arid the inner paler brown. Secondaries whitish, 

 with discal spot and dusky central line which swells out into 

 a spot about the middle and towards each extremity. 



Expanse 43-48 millim. 



Two male specimens from Omei-shan, July. 



Hob. Western China. 



Phyllabraxas conspicuaria, sp. n. 



Primaries white, with olivaceous markings j basal patch 

 pale olive-brown ; central fascia clouded with darker olive- 

 brown, enclosing white discal spot and limited outwardly by 

 an oblique series of black dots ; the inner edge is slightly 

 curved below costa ; outer marginal area clouded and suffused 

 with dark olive-brown, limited inwardly by a pale olive- 

 brown band and enclosing two diffuse white spots. Second- 

 aries white, freckled with greyish ; incomplete central band, 

 discal spot, and shade between the latter and abdominal 

 margin darker grey. Fringes grey and whitish, preceded by 

 an interrupted blackish line. Under surface : primaries have 

 the basal two thirds dusky, limited by a series of darker dots 

 and enclosing a white discal spot ; outer area dusky, with a 

 whitish spot at apex and another about the middle : second- 

 aries are whitish, freckled with grey-brown; central band 

 blackish, macular ; discal spot, a small cloud on abdominal 

 margin, and three spots on costa also blackish. 



Expanse 39 millim. 



Three male specimens from Pu-tsu-fong, June. 



Hab. Western China. 



Genus ABRAXAS. 



(Leach ; Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 297 (1895).) 



Abraxas evanescens. 



Calldbraxas evanescens, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 420. 

 A fine series from Oiwake and Yesso in Pryer's collection. 

 My native collector took the species at Hakodate in August. 

 Hob. Japan and Yesso. 



