from China, Japan, and Corea. 653 



Distribution. Europe; Altai; E. Siberia; Amur; Japan; 

 Yesso ; N. America. 



Cidaria aridaria, sp. n. 



Primaries pale brown with an ochreous tinge; central 

 fascia broad obscure brown, outlined in blackish, the inner 

 edge is indented below costa, and the outer edge bidentate ; 

 submarginal line double, but most distinctly so towards the 

 inner margin, blackish and wavy, beyond it there are two 

 dark clouds, one on costa and one below it, the latter con- 

 nected with an oblique blackish streak from apex. Second- 

 aries fuliginous grey, with a darker discal spot and indications 

 of a paler central line. Fringes grey, paler on secondaries, 

 and preceded on all the wings by a blackish lunulated line. 

 Under surface grey-brown : the basal two thirds of primaries 

 darker, limited by a paler band which is diffuse on its outer 

 edge ; secondaries mottled with darker, the basal two thirds 

 limited by a dusky line followed by a pale band ; all the 

 wings have a blackish discal spot. 



Expanse 32 millim. 



One female specimen from Wa-shan, Western China : June. 



Cidaria viridata. 



Cidaria viridata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc.Lond. 1867, p. 661 ; Hampson, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 365 (1895). 



A male specimen from Ornei-shan, and a female from 

 Ni-tou : July. 



Distribution. Sikhim; Khasis (Hampson) ; Western China. 



Cidaria ambustaria, sp. n. 



Primaries greyish with a faint olive tinge ; basal area 

 suffused with fuscous and traversed by two darker, almost 

 blackish bands ; the central fascia fuscous grey, with a 

 median band of the ground-colour, and limited by whitish- 

 edged black lines, the first line wavy and slightly curved, 

 and the second wavy and outwardly produced above the 

 middle ; outer marginal area fuscous grey, clouded with 

 darker towards apex and transversely intersected by a wavy 

 whitish line, which is most distinct towards costa. Second- 

 aries pale fuscous grey ; basal two thirds suffused with darker 

 and limited by a dusky line which has an obtuse projection 

 at the middle. Fringes : of primaries fuscous grey marked 

 with paler ; of secondaries pale fuscous grey marked with 

 darker ; preceded by a blackish line in each case. Under 

 surface fuscous, rather paler on secondaries ; all the wings 

 have a dusky discal mark and transverse band. 



