THE ANNAI.S 



AVO 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SEVENTH SERIES.] 

 No. 35. NOVEMBER 1900. 



LVI. — Asiatic Toetrtcidj!. 

 By tlie Rt. Hon. LoRD Walsingham, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. 



[Concluded from p. 409.] 



Laspeyresia, lib. 

 1127 (1). Laspeyresia tridescens, sp. n. 



Antennrc greyish fuscous. Pal/>i .sliort, recurved, slightly 

 erect, witii appros.'^ed scales ; very |)alc oclireous. I/eadnmi\\\ 

 and promiiietit ; greyish. Thorax brownish fuscous, sprinkled 

 with whitish oclireous scales. Fore icings with the termon 

 slightly indented below the apex ; brownish fuscous, minutely 

 and profusely speckled with whitish ochreous (with a strong 

 greenish iridescence in a bright light if held at certain angles) ; 

 on the outer half of the costa are some short whiti.sh ochreous 

 oblique streaks, the spaces between them being greyish 

 fuscous (darker than the ground-colour) ; from these streaks 

 run one or two very inconspicuous slaty grey lines, and the 

 ocelloid patch, which contains three blackish spots, is bounded 

 outwardly by a similar line ; cilia brownish grey, with a 

 slender dark line along their base ; underside strongly irides- 

 cent, costal markings not visible. E.vj). al. 17-19 mm. 

 Iliyid wings dark brown, slightly paler towards the base ; 

 Ann. dO Mag. X. Hist. Ser. 7. Vo/. vi. 29 



