28 EUCLIDIID^.— POAPHILID^. 



Plusidia atoostoloides. (Plate XLVII. fig. 5.) 



Primaries above rosy whitish ; the base, basal half of inner margin, a broad transverse 

 central belt, and a naiTOW discal belt pale olive-brown ; a large subbasal ferruginous spot, 

 partly black-edged and crossed by a white line ; a fermginous apical patch, brightest externally 

 and di\-ided in the centre by a partly white-edged blackish L'shaped character ; central area 

 bounded on both sides by two slender parallel brown lines, the outer ones abruptly angulated 

 near the costa ; a black marginal line ; fringe dusky externally ; discoidal markings outlined 

 in brown : secondaries pale sericeous greyish brown, with indications of two slightly darker 

 divero-ent streaks : thorax reddish, abdomen sericeous whity brown. Under surface sericeous 

 whity brown ; primaries greyish excepting at the borders, with two transverse costal streaks 

 breaking up the costal border ; secondaries with three parallel and nearly equidistant greyish 

 stripes. Expanse of wings 1 inch 5 lines. 



Hakodate (Whitely). 



POAPHILID^. 



POAPHILA, Gum. 

 Poaphila mollis. (Plate XLVII. fig. 10.) 



Alied to P. sylvarum. Ashy grey : primaries with cupreous-brown outer border; two 

 nearly central dai'k-brown parallel lines, slightly inciu'ved towards the costa, just inside the 

 outer line a pale brownish stripe; costal margin yellowish; a marginal ferruginous line 

 dotted with black ; fringe gi'ey, speckled and transversely striated with purplish : secondaries 

 sericeous and brownish, fringe creamy. Under surface cream-coloured ; wings with ochreous 

 borders : primaries with the central area broadly grey : secondaries with dusky discocellular 

 dot ; costal area speckled with grey. Expanse of wings 1 inch 2 lines. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



PHYLLOPHILA, Gum. 

 PhyUophila cretacea. (Plate XLVII. fig. 11.) 



Primaries above sericeous chalky white, clouded with grey; an angulated interrupted 

 central leaden stripe bordered vnth. white, and an oblique stripe of nearly the same colour 

 near the outer margin : secondaries pale leaden grey ; fringe white towards the anal angle : 

 body corresponding in general tint with the opposite wings. Under surface sericeous greyish 

 brown, the primaries darker than the secondaries. Expanse of wings 1 1 lines. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



