74 ENNYCHnD.l!;. 



Samea magna. (Plate LIX. fig. 2.) 



Pale greyish brown, with a slight cupreous tinge ; wings crossed by two very irregular 

 dusky lines of the usual form, representing the limits of the central band, which is bounded 

 on each side by a more or less interrupted belt of pale straw-yellow ; discocellular spots 

 blackish ; base of abdomen and margins of the segments whitish. Under sui-face of wings 

 whitish grey, the markings of the upper surface feebly visible : body white. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 4 lines. 



Hakodate [Whitely). 



Samea usitata. (Plate LIX. fig. 3.) 



Semitransparent pale gamboge-yellow, with a broad external border^ shining greyish 

 brown with cupreous reflections ; two very irregular dark-brown lines of the ordinary form : 

 primaries with greyish-brown costal border ; the usual discoidal sj)ots dark brown : body 

 whity brown, head and margins of the abdominal segments white. Under surface shining 

 whitish, the markings of the upper surface indistinctly visible. Expanse of wings lOj lines. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



Allied to " Botys " tcedialis. 



Samea gracilis. (Plate LIX. fig. 4.) 



Pale gamboge-yellow; wings with a broad silvery greyish e.ttcrnal border, the two 



ordinary irregular lines greyish brown : primaries with the discoidal spots large and greyish 



brown, a third spot of the same colour below the cell ; fringe and abdominal area of secondaries 



white ; body sordid, abdomen whitish : wings below silvery whitish, the markings greyer than 



•^ the ground-colour ; body white. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



Allied to "Botys" insipidulis, Ledcrer, with the coloration of " Botys " iiiatutinulis. 



ASOPIA, Gaen. 



Asopia misera. (Plate LIX. fig. 5.) 



Nearly allied to A. vulgaris, but readily distinguished by the grey ground-colour of the 

 wings and body, and the white margins to the abdominal segments. Expanse of wings 10 

 lines. 



Yokohama [Jonas). 



