from China, Japan, and Corea. 449 



Abraxas reticularia^ sp. n. 



Primaries white, sparingly dotted with brownish ; traversed 

 by two diffuse blackish-brown transverse bands and a diffuse 

 longitudinal band of the same colour ; the outer of th'e trans- 

 verse bands is bifurcate on the costa and expands on the 

 inner margin, sometimes it is intersected by a thin whitish 

 line ; above the black discal spot there is a blackish cloud, 

 from which a spur descends to longitudinal band. Second- 

 aries white, speckled with brownish and exhibiting traces of 

 a brownish central band ; discal spot blackish. Fringes 

 white, more or less chequered with brownish. Under surface 

 similar to the upper. Body yellow, marked with black. 



Expanse 40-44 millim. 



Five male specimens and one female from Ta-chien-lu, 

 Omei-shan, Ni-tou, and Che-tou : July. 



Hob. Western China. 



Abraxas curvilinearia^ sp. n. (PI. VII. fig. 12.) 



White. Primaries sparingly freckled with greyish brown ; 

 basal patch dark ochreous, bordered with brown ; discal spot 

 brown, surmounted by a brownish cloud on costa ; there is a 

 transverse curved and recurved brown band beyond the middle, 

 expanding towards inner margin. Secondaries have a series 

 of five brownish spots, terminating in a brownish bar, out- 

 wardly bordered with yellow, on abdominal margin. Under 

 surface : colour as above, markings faintly reproduced. 



Expanse, c? 44, 2 46 millim. 



One example of each sex from Chia-ting-fu, July. 



Hob. Western China. 



Genus LiGDlA. 

 (Guen. Phal. ii. p. 209 (1857).) 



Ligdia japonaria, sp. n. (PL VII. fig. 1.) 



White. Basal area of primaries smoky brown, spotted 

 with black and limited by a curved series of black spots ; 

 above the anal angle there is a smoky-brown patch, inter- 

 sected by the median nervules and connected by a narrow 

 blackish band with a blackish blotch on the costa ; discal 

 spot blackish, with a spot above it on the costa and one below 

 it on inner margin, and there are some spots and clouds of 

 the same colour on the outer marginal area. Secondaries 

 have a blackish central spot and broad transverse band, and 

 there are some marks of the same colour on abdominal margin 



