542 Mr. BuTLKR ov a. collrction of 



2(1, 21, 2;"), 2n, 2S and 32 in Janiiary, Fehruary and ]\[arch 

 (the liest time for sugaring here) are rather rare, and I have 

 not been able to get many specimens of them." 



LEUCANIID^.. 



Mr. Skellou has sent no less than nine species of this family, 

 four of which (all probably new to science) are so much broken 

 as to he. unfit for description ; of these, Nos. 25, 38 and 5S 

 are typical Lencnnire, and No. 62 _ apparently an T/xmu, but too 

 much injured for satisfactory identificatiou, 



3. Lencania atristriga (No. 30). 



Xjlina atristrif/a, Walker, Lep. Ilet. Su]ipl. iii, p. 7r)G (lfifi5). 

 This seems to be a common species. 



4. Lencania propria (No. 15). 

 Lencania propria, Walker, Lep. Het. ix. p. Ill (185G). 

 Also a common species. 



5. Leucanid dentigera^ n. sp. (No. 4). 



Primaries above greyish-white, the centre of the wing occupied 

 1)y a gradually expanding diffused brownish longitudinal streak 

 which, towards the base, encloses a slender curved blackish line; 

 slender brown longitudinal lines near the base of the median 

 interspaces, and black dots between them uj)on the veins, so as 

 almost to form a continuous zigzag line; external border formed 

 of two triangular brown patches with deutated inner edges, the 

 two together having a ^-shaped inner margin; base of costal 

 border white, bounded on each side by a short slender blackish 

 line ; discoidal spots linear, brow^nish with white borders, the 

 orbicular modified into an elongated c — shaped marking and 

 transfixing the reniform, which is lunate ; a series of black 

 marginal dots ; fringes brown, intersected by Avhite lines at the 

 extremities of the veins ; secondaries greyish-brown with bronzy 

 reflections, the external border and a discocellular lunule rather 

 darker ; fringe w^hite ; body pale sandy-brown, thorax white 

 behind, abdomen sericeous ; under surface sericeous white ; 

 Avings with mimite black marginal dots ; primaries with dusky 



