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ventral surface ochrcous brown, dorsal and lateral black 

 streaks and sublatoral series of small spots. Fore wing 

 ochrcous snfl'iised with reddish brown, the veins pale, the 

 costal edge blaek ; an antemedial series of short blaek streaks 

 from costa to just below cell, where there is another short 

 streak before it, an elongate spot above vein 1 ; wedge- 

 shaped blaek spots in angles of cell, with streaks beyond them 

 and streaks above them on costal area ; a postmedial blaek 

 mark on eosta, divided into streaks by the pale veins, and an 

 oblique series of spots on each side of the veins from beyond 

 lower angle of cell to inner margin ; an oblique series of 

 minute streaks on each side of the veins from apex and a 

 curved series on each side of veins 5 to 3 and spot on termen 

 above tornus. Hind wing ochrcous brown, the inner area 

 tinged with crimson except on terminal area ; a large black 

 discuidal lunule ; a curved postmedial series of small fuscous 

 spots in the interspaces from costa to vein 2 ; an oblique 

 series of minut? spots on each side of the veins from apex, 

 another subtermiual series on veins 5 to 3, two large spots 

 above tornus, and a streak in extremity of submedian fold ; 

 the underside with wedge-shaped black patch in base of cell. 



? . Head, thorax, and fore wing browner, the last with 

 the markings reduced to a small antemedial spot above 

 vein 1, a point at lower angle of cell, slight postmedial mark 

 on each side of veins 2 and 1, and traces of the series from 

 apex aiul the subtermiual series. Hind wing brownish, with 

 the crimson on inner area slight, the postmedial spots absent, 

 also those towards apex and the subtermiual series. 



Hub. W. China, Pu-tsu-fong, 4- J ; Formosa, Kagi 

 Distr., 3 J, 1 ? type. Exp., S 44-48, ? 56 mm. 



1824 h. Acantharciia latifasciata, sp. n. 



cJ. Head and thorax ochrcous, with a broad blackish 

 fascia on vertex of head and thorax ; palpi mostly blaek ; 

 antcnuaj blaek ; legs streaked with blackish ; abdomen 

 fulvous yellow, with black segmental bands. Fore wing 

 ochrcous, with broad fuscous fasciaj from base through the 

 cell to termen, in submedian interspace, and in interspaces 

 ot terminal area from ccsta to vein 2. Hind wing pale 

 ochrcous, vith broad fuscous fascia? from before middle 

 through the cell to termen and in submedian interspace, and 

 short fascia? above extremities of veins 6, 3, 2. 



$ . Hind wing with the fasciae broader and more promi- 

 nent and with faseiie above extremity of vein 4 and ou vein 1 . 



Hah. Transvaal (C. //. Pead)/l J , 1 ? type. Exp. 

 42 mm. 



