•4 SPHINGID^.— ZYG^NID^. 



Diludia increta. (Plate XLI. fig. 7.) 

 Anceryx increta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 36 (18G4). 



Nearly allied to the preceding species^ but greyer, and with less sharply defined markings ; 

 the black raedian streaks broader and better defined ; under surface of wings smoky brown, 

 with two parallel dusky belts and a broad dusky border ; fringe white, spotted with blackish ; 

 secondaries with pearly white abdominal border ; body below pure white. Expanse of wings 

 4 inches 2 lines. 



Shanghai ; North China {Fortune) ; Yokohama (Jonas) . 



In the " Revision of the Sphingidse" (Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. ix. p. 61G) this species was 

 erro)ieously identified, from Japanese drawings, with D. rates, and the transformations were 

 figured under that name ; the specimens obtained by Mr. Jonas at Yokohama have brought 

 this mistake to light. 



ZYGiENID^. 



SYNTOMIS, Ochs. 



Syntomis annetta. (Plate XLII. fig. 1.) 



S)'ntomis annetta, Butler, Jovrn. Linn. Soc, Zool. vol. sii. p. 347 (1876). 

 Syntomis atereus ?, Wall-e7- (nee Cramer), Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 128 (1854). 



Above dark brown : primaries with a small spot near the base, two large spots at the 

 middle, and two large bifid spots on the disk transparent white ; secondaries with the basal 

 half, excepting the costal margin, transparent white : body purplish ; antennae whitish towards 

 the tips ; abdomen with a transverse basal bar and a belt round the subterminal segment, 

 yellow ; anus testaceous ; anterior coxae cream-coloured. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



China {Lay ^ Bowring). 



BALAT.a:A, Walker. 

 Balataea asgerioides. (Plate XLII. fig. 2.) 

 Balat^a segerioides, WaR-er, Cat. Lei). Het. Suppl. i. p. 110 (1864). 



Primaries above purplish black ; an oblong spot near the base, a short subcostal dash just 

 before the middle, and two bifid spots placed obliquely upon the disk golden ochraceous ; a 

 steel-blue spot at base ; fringe white : secondaries greyish hyaline, with narrow blackish 

 borders and black veins ; antennae steel-blue ; thorax dark metallic green ; abdomen purplish 

 bhiek, with dark green margins to the segments : under surface paler, abdomen bluish. Ex- 

 panse of wings 1 inch. 



North China. 



