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Acidalia marcidaria, sp. n. 
Whitish. Primaries suffused with pale ochreous brown on 
basal half; beyond the middle there is a wavy transverse 
line limiting the outer marginal area, which is ochreous 
brown, traversed by an interrupted band of the ground-colour. 
Secondaries have subbasal and median ochreous-brown bands ; 
outer marginal area as on primaries. All the wings have a 
black discal dot. Fringes rather paler than the markings, 
preceded by wavy whitish line. Under surface whitish: 
primaries freckled and suffused with fuscous on basal and 
outer marginal areas; there is a dusky, wavy, transverse line 
beyond the middle, which is continued on the secondaries. 
Expanse 28-33 millim. 
Five male specimens and one female from Wa-shan, three 
males from Chia-ting-fu and one from ‘Ta-chien- la: June 
and July. 
Hab. Western China. 
In some examples the basal area of primaries is limited by 
a darker line and in others the wing is not suffused within 
this line. 
Acidalia lutearia, sp. n. 
Pale ochreous, finely powdered with fuscous. Primaries 
have a subbasal and two median wavy dusky lines, the space 
between the latter not powdered with fuscous ; submarginal 
band wavy, of the ground-colour, free from fuscous powdering. 
Secondaries with lines and bands similar to those of primaries. 
Fringes of the ground-colour, with some black dots at their 
base towards apex of primaries. Under surface whitish: 
primaries have the outer third fuscous grey, limited by a 
serrated darker line, and traversed by a wavy pale band; 
there is a central transverse fuscous-grey shade, enclosing the 
pale-ringed black discal dot: secondaries have an obscure 
transverse subbasal band, a dark wavy central line, and an 
ill-defined dusky submarginal band ; fringes of all the wings 
pale brown, preceded by a series of black dots. 
Expanse 34 millim. 
Kight male specimens and one female from Ichang and 
Chang-yang: June. 
Hab. Central China. 
Acidalia confusa. 
Asthena confusa, Butl. Ann, & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p, 400 (1878); IL. 
Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 39, pl. 1. fig, 7 (1879). 
I took this species at Nagasaki and in Satsuma in May; 
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