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marffinal brown thin band, sinuous and dcntatod in pait.s : 

 hind witifjjs jialc gi'('y, with a dark ^rt'yi.sh-biown broad 

 marginal band, the entire wing suflfu.sed with pinki.sli ; 

 marginal line of both wing3 blackish brown ; cilia |)inki.sh 

 grey, with brown patches on the fore wings; with a brownish 

 middle band and white tips on the hind wings. Underside 

 ])ale nniCorin grey, with an indistinct pale discal band across 

 the hind wings ; hind tarsi with brown spots. 



Expanse of wings l/jj- inch. 



Omei-shan, W. China (type in B. M.). 



Jlypenpschra (usa, no v. 



cJ . Dark grey: fore wings with more than the basal half 

 much darker than the outer portions, limited by a thick black 

 line from the costa at two thirds to vein 4, then curved in- 

 wards to vein 1, tlien obliquely inwards to the production at 

 the middle of the hinder margin, where it is very thick ; a 

 black mark just inside this on the margin, and two black 

 angles between them, forming the commencement of a trans- 

 verse line ; an indi>tinct, grey, transverse, sinuous band in tlie 

 disc: hind wings grey, without markings ; cilia of fore wings 

 oclireous grey, of hiiul wings pale grey, both with darker 

 patches: antenna^, body, legs, and wings on the underside 

 pale grey, uniform in colour, a slightly darker medial band 

 across both wings. 



Expanse of wings 2 inches. 



Japan [Sch'ius) (type in B. M.). 



Allied to //. basalis, Moore. 



Uyperccschra curvi'linea, nov. 



? . Palpi blackish brown, white beneath ; head and body 

 ochreous grey : fore wings with nearly the basal half pinkish 

 ochreous grey, with some longitudinal black streaks in it, 

 bounded by an outwardly deeply curved, thick, black, sinuous 

 line, much retracted a little above the hinder margin, then 

 straight to the margin at the middle; the remainder of the 

 wing dark grey, containing a prominent black, outwardly 

 curved, highly sinuous line not far from the first line ; two 

 or three indistinct grey lines ; a submarginal row of black 

 spear-shaped marks and a black, longitudiinil, subapical line : 

 hind wings grey, with a large black patch on the outer 

 margin near the anal angle; cilia of both wings grey, with 

 small darker j)atclies with a white dot in each patch. Under- 

 side pale greyish brown, the hinder marginal space of the 



