Jjord Wulsingham on Asvitio TortriciiUe. 487 



831 (1). ChlidoniajaouUinaj Snell. 



Cotwhi/hsjarulann, Suell. Tiid. v. Iliit. XXM. lS»r, -0, IM. XI. 8, 8 a 

 (1883) ^ 



f/(ih. E. SinriRiA — Suifiin'. Japan — Yesso {Piyer, 

 1882). I/nyDo—Tsmuira, VII. 1886 {Leech). 



Phtheochroa, St ph. 



Phtheochroa (?) albiscutellum, sp. n. 



Antenncp simple, or very slirrhtly ciliate towards apex; 

 wliitisli cinereous, basal jijjiit creatn-whitc. Pa^pi and ht'ad 

 trearn-wliite. Thorax creani-wliite ; tef^ulre witli a black 

 spot at their base. Fore wings creatn-whitc ; with a short 

 basal patch of mixed black, cream-white, olive-brown, and 

 some }t'rrup;inou3 scales, the black being arranged in two or 

 three co.^tal spots, with one above the fold and one beneath 

 it ; beyond the basal patch, on the costa, are two olive-brown 

 quadrate spots containing some blackish dots, and between 

 and below these two, but not touching them, is the apex of a 

 transverse band arising from the middle of the dorsum and 

 consisting of numerous tufts of raised steel-grey scales, 

 margined outwardly with black, the whole fading into pale 

 olive-brown before the dorsum, witii which it is connected by 

 three blackish marginal dots, forming part of a more com- 

 plete dorsal series; on the apical fourth of the wing are two 

 very faint olive-ochrcons bands, with silvery white lines 

 between and around them, containing one or two tufts of 

 mixed shining white and silvery grey scales; these are sepa- 

 rated from the apex, first by a narrow band of shining while, 

 and then by a streak of ferruginous brown mixed with blackish 

 scales which crosses the wing fiom before the apex to the 

 middle of the termcn ; beyond it the apex and tcrmen are 

 olive-brown shaded with greyish fuscous ; cilia olive- 

 ochreous, touched with greyish fuscous towards their apex. 

 Exp. al. 21 mm. Hind wings pale brownish ; cilia whitish, 

 with a slender j)ale brownish shade along their base. Abdo- 

 men pale brownish. Legs cream-white; hind tarsal joints 

 spotted above with pale brown. 



Tt/pe, $ (40022) Mus. Wism. 



IJtib. Japan [Pnjer, 1886). Six specimens. 



In the hind wings this species differs from rugosana, lib., 

 in having veins '6 and 4 separated at their origin by a very 

 small space. 



