LEUCANIA.— DANDACA. 13 



LEUCANIID.E. 



LEUCANIA, Ochs. 



Leucania aerata. (Plate XLIV. fig. 4.) 

 Leucania aerata, Butler, Ann. ^- Ma<j. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 80 (1878), 



Primaries above brassy brownish, a longitudinal streak along the median vein, and a 

 subapical dash dark brown ; a spot in the cell, a discal angulated series and a marginal series 

 black ; reniform spot pale yellowish ; fringe greyish externally : secondaries creamy white, 

 with a feebly indicated discal series of dots and a submarginal streak dusky ; a marginal series 

 of black dots : thorax reddish brown ; abdomen sordid whitish. Wings below shining cream- 

 colour ; a black dot at the end of the cell, and a marginal series, largest and most continuous 

 on primaries ; the apical, discoidal, and discomedian areas of primaries and a streak near the 

 external angle greyish : body below whity bro^vn, becoming darker towards the head ; palpi 

 and anterior coxae smoky brown. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 



Hakodate ( Whitehj) . 



ALYSIA, Guenee. 



Alysia grisea. (Plate XLIV. fig. 5.) 

 Alysia grisea, Butler, Ann. S,- Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 82 (1S78). 



Greyish brown, with a shining cupreous tinge : primaries above with the external two 

 fifths darker than the rest of the wing, the orbicular and reniform spots also darker ; an ill- 

 defined annular spot on a darker nebula near the base of the cell ; costa spotted with darker 

 colour ; three white costal dots near the apex ; a patch of the ground-colour at the apex, 

 bounded on the costa by a small white dash ; indications of a discal series of dark-bordered 

 pale spots ; a series of black marginal lunules ; fringe pale : secondaries, with the exception 

 of a broad external border, much paler than the primaries : thorax darker than the abdomen, 

 head and antennae pale. Under surface pale ; an irregular greyish disco-submarginal fascia ; 

 body below whity brown, the pectus dusky in front. Expanse of wings 2 inches 1 line. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



GLOTTULID.E. 



DANDACA, Walker. 



Dandaca senex. (Plate XLIV. fig. 6.) 



Dandaca senex, Butler, Ann. 4' Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 82 (1878). 



Primaries above pale bluish grey, becoming greenish upon the costa and at base ; basal 

 area crossed by an ill-defined sprinkling of raised white scales ; a spot in the cell, the margins 



