234 ^Ir. Pryei: fin veic .opfirics of Lepidoptera. 



Oligost/'r/ma insectalis, n. ?p. PI. IV, f. 7. 



F.w. prevailing colour greyish-brown ; several longit iidiun 1 

 whitish streaks from base to beyond middle, the largest of them 

 just above the inner margin, turned upwards and terminating 

 at the costa ; a transverse white streak just within the outer 

 margin : h.w. upper half streaked Avith greyish-white and black 

 thi-ee-quarters of the way across the Aving, rest of wing brown- 

 yellow ; a central longitudinal interrupted lilack edged white 

 streak ; narrow marginal black line with a row of small black 

 dots just within the margin, notched at its tip. Expanse of 

 wings 8 lines. 



On the clear water canals about Shanirhai, not common. 



OUgostigma regnlaris, n. sp. VI. IV, f. 8. 



Basal half of both f. and h.w. streaked with white and 

 greyish-black ; outer halves pale brown, with a Avhite streak 

 more or less edged with grevish-black. Interior anirle entire. 

 Expanse of wings G lines. 



Common amongst water-weeds round Shanghai. 



Pyransta MinneJiaba. n. sp. PI. IV, f. 0. 



Body grey. F.w. a delicate rose tint : on outer half, a line of 

 slightly darker colour, elbowed in the middle, and terminating 

 on the inner margin : h.w. grey, two transverse lines nearly 

 across the wing, one commencing above the middle and one 

 below. Expanse of wings 1 1 lines. 



I took three specimens of this pretty little insect close beside 

 a cascade at the Snowy Valley (Chekiang ProA'ince) ; it also 

 occurs in Japan. 



Lepyrodes JiistigntaJis, n. sp. PL IV, f. ](». 



Dull grey-brown, with whitish markings, F.w. the elbowed 

 line with about half-a-dozen faintly indicated spots, forming a 

 transverse line on the outside, and three, rather more con- 

 spicuous, on the inside ; about the centre of the wing is a 

 somewhat larger spot, intersected by the elbowed line ; nearer 

 the base are two small white spots, one obliqiiely below the 

 other : h.w. Avith several irregular white markings about the 

 centre, through part of which runs a continuation of the elboAved 

 line of the former ; near the base are two distinct spots, one 



