Lepidoptera from Japan. 365 



Cosmildae. 



43. Cosmia achatina, n. sp. (no. 734). 



Primaries clay-brown, basal and external areas irrorated 

 with blackish scales ; a broadly dentate-bisinuate submarginal 

 stripe, an angulatcd discal crenulated line, the margin of the 

 orbicular spot, and two irregularly undulated oblique lines 

 across the basal area sordid white ; a blackish angulated line 

 partially obscuring the reniform spot, which is indistinctly 

 outlined in whitish ; each of the lines united with a black 

 spot on the costal margin : secondaries laky brown, with 

 broad, diffused, blackish outer border, blackish discocellular 

 lunule, and golden-yellow fringe : body pale bronzy brown. 

 Wings below altogether paler ; primaries pale brown, with a 

 blackish discal belt, confined within two darker lines which 

 extend beyond it from the costal almost to the inner margin ; 

 a pale costal patch just beyond the cell, and a white subapical 

 spot j a marginal series of black dots : secondaries pale tes- 

 taceous, with a diffused blackish subcostal spot and two discal 

 lines, diffused between the median vein and the anal angle ; 

 a black discocellular lunule ; a marginal series of black 

 lunular markings. Body below whitish. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 4 lines. 



Xylinidse. 



44. Xylina mirabilis, n. sp. (no. 622) . 



Primaries with the costal half pearly white, the internal 

 half pale bronzy brown ; a black spot at base of interno- 

 median interspace ; an oblique dark brown fasciole from 

 costal margin to median vein at basal fifth ; costa beyond 

 this fasciole dark brown ; a slightly oblique longitudinal 

 brown stripe from the apex to just beyond the cell, where it 

 joins a slender, postmedian, irregular, transverse line ; a 

 similar line from the inferior extremity of the subbasal fas- 

 ciole ; a maculated, white-edged, dark brown submarginal 

 line ; a very indistinct transverse line between the latter and the 

 discal line ; a series of dark brown marginal liturse almost con- 

 fluent, so as to give the appearance of a crenulated line ; a black 

 spot at end of cell ; fringe grey : secondaries white, with 

 pale brownish outer border ; thorax dark brown ; abdomen 

 white. Under surface sordid white ; primaries brownish, 

 with white and dark brown apical costal dashes : secondaries 

 almost pure white, with pale golden-brown borders : body, 

 with the knees of the legs, black ; tarsi brown. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 10 lines. 



