from China, Japan, and Corea. 339 



Tephrosia pygmcearia, sp. n. 



Whitish, striated with yellow on outer half of all the wings. 

 Primaries clouded with blackish on basal area ; subbasal band 

 represented by an upright blackish dash on inner margin, a 

 cloud on costa ; beyond the black discal spot there is a 

 curved and recurved blackish band, followed by a curved 

 series of blackish dots, which coalesce with the band towards 

 inner margin ; submarginal band blackish, twice interrupted 

 and separated from an interrupted marginal band by a trans- 

 verse line of the ground-colour. Secondaries clouded and 

 spotted with blackish on basal area ; submarginal and mar- 

 ginal bands as on primaries. Fringes yellow chequered 

 with black. Under surface similar to above. 



Expanse 20-24 millim. 



Two male specimens from Chang-yang, June and July. 



Hob. Central China. 



Tephrosia brunnearia, sp. n. 



Male. — Grey-brown, powdered with dark brown. Trans- 

 verse lines of pi-imaries dark brown and rather wavy ; the 

 inner is slightly elbowed below costa and thence oblique to 

 inner margin ; the outer is elbowed below costa and thence 

 oblique to just above the inner margin, where it is slightly 

 angled ; between these lines there is a curved black discal 

 spot and a dusky central line, the upper portion of the latter 

 touches the extremities of the curved spot, forming together 

 an annulated mark ; beyond the second line the wing is 

 clouded witl) dark brown and traversed by a whitish line. 

 Secondaries have a slightly curved wavy brown outer line 

 and an oblique brown band between it and the base of the 

 wing ; the area bejond the outer line is clouded with brown 

 and intersected by a whitish line. Fringes agree in colour 

 with the wings, but are rather darker at the ends of the 

 nervules. Under surface ochreous, slightly powdered with 

 brown scales, whitish along inner margin ot primaries ; lines 

 brown as above, but iaint; discal spot of primaries large, 

 blackish ; some dusky clouds on the outer marginal area of 

 the wing. Antennge finely ciliated. 



Female less powdered with dark brown ; transverse lines 

 more distinct. 



Expanse, 6 34, ? 32 millim. 



A long series from Ichang and Chang-yang : June, July, 

 and August. One male specimen from Moupin and one 

 from Omei-shan, July. 



Bab. Central and Western China. 



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