52 LARENTIID^. 



Eupithecia excisa. (Plate LIU. fig. 11.) 

 Eupithecia excisa, Butler, Ann. ^ Marj. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 445 (1878). 



Nearly allied to E. succenturiata of Europe, but differing in its smaller size, grever 

 primaries, and in the front margin of the central belt of primaries being deeply and angularly 

 notched beyond the discoidal cell. Expanse of wings 11 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



Eupithecia rufescens. (Plate LIII. fig. 12.) 

 Eupithecia rufescens, Butler, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 445 (1878). 



Apparently allied to E. satyrata of Europe, but much larger and with considerably 

 longer palpi; an oblique subbasal belt and the external area of the primaries laky brown ; a 

 black marginal line enclosed in and interrupted upon the veins by a white border. Expanse 

 of wings 11 lines. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



Eupithecia proterva. (Plate LIV. fig. 1.) 

 Eupithecia proterva, Butler, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 445 (1878). 



Allied to E. innotata, larger ; the primaries still more produced, pale smoky grey, with 

 the base, a subbasal band, an oblique whitish-edged central belt (angular, excised above the 

 median vein) , and the external area blackish; a crinkled whitish submarginal line; disco- 

 cellulars black : secondaries covered with parallel dusky lines, which become black upon the 

 veins. Wings below grey ; the discocellulars, two diseal series of dots, and a marginal series 

 black. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



Eupithecia caligiuea. (Plate LIV. fig. 2.) 



Eupithecia caliginca, Butler, Ann. ^- Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 445 (1878). 



Near to E. pygmmata, but the ground-colour of the wings black instead of sooty grey ; 

 the crinkled lines across the primaries formed of white scales. Expanse of wings 10 lines. 

 Yokohama [Jonas). 



COLLIX, Guen. 

 CoUix vashti. (Plate LIV. fig. 3.) 

 CoUix vashti, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. .ser. 5, vol. i. p. 445 (1878). 



Dark fuliginous brown ; the wings crossed by from eighteen to twenty parallel undulated 

 blackish or black lines, more or less dotted with white upon the nervures ; submarginal line 



