NEW SPECIES OF NOCTUIDiE FROM FORMOSA. 221 



Batracharta divisa, sp. n. 



Head and thorax dark brown, the latter powdered with grey and 

 cross-barred with lighter brown and black ; abdomen brown above, 

 paler below. Fore wings brown, clouded and mottled with darker, 

 the basal portion of the wing limited by the postmedial line is suffused 

 with greyish ; postmedial line black, curved round cell with an 

 obtuse angle opposite end of cell, sHghtly oblique from median nervure 

 to just above dorsum where it turns inwards, terminating on dorsum 

 at about one-fifth from base of the wing ; a blackish irregular patch near 

 the costa is outwardly margined by the postmedial line ; subterminal 

 line black, sHghtly wavy, almost parallel with the termen ; fringes 

 brown traversed by a darker line. Hind wings fuscous inclining to 

 whitish on costal area ; discoidal mark blackish, diffuse ; fringes pale 

 brown. Under side whitish buff, the fore wings suffused with blackish 

 on discal area ; all the wings have a black discoidal mark, that on the 

 hind wings large and conspicuous. 



Expanse, 46 millim. 



Collection number, 1508 a. 



A male specimen from Kanshirei, November 17th, 1908. 



This species comes nearest to B. cossoides, Walk. 



Fodina contigua, sp. n. 



Head and thorax black, a Hne between antennae, edges of collar, 

 patagia and the metathorax, pale ochreous ; abdomen ochreous. 

 Fore wings black, the costal area from near base to beyond middle, 

 also a small patch at tornus, flecked with pale ochreous ; subbasal 

 hne pale ochreous, not extending to dorsum ; from outer end of 

 flecked costal area a pale ochreous band tapers to the tornal patch ; 

 fringes dark grey, black at the base, preceded by a pale ochreous line. 

 Hind wings ochreous broadly bordered with black, the border tapered 

 towards tornal area, which is heavily flecked with black ; fringes 

 ochreous mixed with black. Under side ochreous ; fore wings 

 clouded with black ; hind wings with dusky borders. 



Expanse, <? , 40 milHm. ; ? , 44 milHm. 



Collection number, 1506. 



One example of each sex from Kanshirei obtained in 1908 ; 

 the male on April 22nd, and the female on June 6th. 



The sexes are alike in colour and pattern, but as the female 

 is in better condition than the male, it has been described. The 

 species comes very near F, postimaculata, Hampson, from which 

 it differs chiefly in colour. 



Fodina contigua fusca, ab. n. 



All the typical markings of the fore wings are obscured by fuscous 

 suffusion ; the hind wings and under side of all wings entirely 

 fuscous. 



Expanse, 44 millim. 



Collection number, 1515. 



A male example from Kanshirei, April 8th, 1908, 



