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tapered towards apex, projecting inwards between veins four and 

 five to postmedial line. 

 Expanse, 55 millim. 



Collection number, 711. 



A male specimen from Kanshirei (1000 ft.), June 7th, 1907. 



Stauropus nifirihasalis, sp. n. 



Head grey, thorax blackish mixed with grey, a whitish mark on 

 the metathorax ; abdomen grey, darker on the back of anterior 

 segment. Fore wings grey, the basal third, except near costa, black, 

 enclosing a greyish patch at base of the inner margin ; stigmata out- 

 lined in whitish; antemedial line blackish, waved, indented at median 

 vein, thence oblique to middle of the inner margin, inwardly edged 

 with whitish ; postmedial line blackish, edged outwardly with whitish, 

 serrate, incurved at end of cell, a blackish cloud beyond on the inner 

 margin ; submarginal line blackish, not clear above vein seven, but 

 thence to vein three nearly straight, lunulate, and marginal from vein 

 three to inner margin. Hind wings whitish suffused with fviscous, 

 hairs on inner area brownish ; a patch of grey mixed with whitish at 

 outer angle ; fringes whitish. 



Expanse, 52 millim. 



Collection number, 1778. 



One male specimen from Rantaizan (7500 ft.). May 9th, 1909. 



Stauropus pulverulenta, sp. n. 



Head, thorax, and fore wings grey dusted with blackish ; ante- 

 medial line ochreous, indistinct ; postmedial line ochreous, indented 

 at middle, brownish spots upon it. Hind wings grey dusted with 

 blackish, basal area suffused with darker. 



Expanse, (? 52 milhm. 



Collection number, 1219. 



One male specimen from Kanshirei (1000 ft.), April 27tb, 

 1908. 



Stauropus confusa, sp. n. 



Head grey, thorax whitish mixed with grey ; abdomen brown, 

 grey mixed towards base, terminal segments grey. Fore wings grey, 

 slightly tinged with ochreous on the disc ; a black mark near base of 

 tlie wing under the median vein ; the costal area above the mark 

 white flecked with black ; two wavy transverse lines before the 

 middle, and two others, with traces of a third, beyond the middle ; 

 all the lines are dark grey but not very distinct ; submarginal line 

 dark grey, intersected by dark grey veins. Hind wings whitish 

 clouded with grey on costal area ; hairs on basal area grey-brown ; a 

 dark grey line before the white fringes. 



Expanse, 54-56 millim. 



Collection number, 1777. 



Two male specimens from Rantaizan (7500 ft.). May, 

 1909. 



In the cotype the transverse lines are less distinct than in 



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