10 CHALCOSIID.E. — NOTODONTJD^. 



PANTANA, Walker. 



Pantana ampla. (Plate XLIII. fig. 9.) 

 Pantana ampla, Waller, Cat. Lep. Het. iv. p. S20. n. 3 (1855). 



Primaries above testaceous, semitransparent behind ; a greyish oblique streak across the 

 cell and a second towards apex ; apex dusky : secondaries white and semitransparent : 

 body greyish in front, testaceous behind ; antennae blackish. Primaries below with the costal 

 lialf orange to beyond the cell, with a bilobed subapical blackish patch ; apex and costal 

 margin reddish brown ; internal half white : secondaries and under surface of body white. 

 Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 



Hong-Kong {Champion) ; Hainan. 



NOTODONTID.E. 



HYLOPHILA, Hiibn. 

 Hylophila sylpha. (Plate XLIII. fig. 10.) 



Allied to H. prasinana : primaries above shining sap-green, crossed by two parallel white- 

 bordered oblique darker lines ; costa pale sulphur-yellow, inner margin brighter sulphur- 

 yellow ; fringe silvery white, spotted with red : secondaries silvery white : thorax green, 

 antennae reddish ; abdomen white, with two converging tufts of yellow hair at the base : under 

 surface silvery white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 Hues. 



Yokohama {Jonas). 



CERURA, Sc/ira7ik. 



Cerura lanigera. (Plate XLIII. fig. IL) 



Cerura lanigera, Butler, Ann. ij- Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 474 (1877). 



Nearly allied to C. furcula, but the discal area of primaries clouded with grey ; the central 

 band blackish, constricted in the middle, its inner edge being angulated ; the ochreous scales 

 replaced by a few scattered stramineous scales ; the outer discal lunate line replaced by well- 

 defined blackish lunate spots ; external area (excepting the margin) greyish in all the wings : 

 body whiter, with blacker abdominal bands; under surface of wings considerably darker. 

 Expanse of wings 2 inches. 

 Hakodate {Whitely). 



