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discal series of dots and a submarginal streak dusky ; a mavr- 
ginal series of black dots; thorax reddish brown, abdomen 
sordid whitish: wings below shining cream-colour ; a black 
dot at the end of the cell, and a marginal series, largest and 
most continuous on primaries; the apical discoidal and disco- 
median areas of primaries and a streak near the external angle 
greyish ; body whity brown, becoming darker towards the 
head; palpi and anterior coxe smoky brown. LExpanse 1 
inch 7 lines, 
Hakodaté ( Whitely). 
Nearest to L. aureola. 
MICARDIA, nov. gen. 
Allied to Leucania, but altogether less robust, the abdomen 
much more slender, the thorax less elevated, the palpi com- 
paratively longer and more slender, the primaries broader, the 
style of coloration quite dissimilar. Type M. argentata. 
71. Micardia argentata, n. sp. 
Primaries sericeous whity brown with a tinge of olivaceous; 
a large silvery-white cuneitorm patch, filling the greater part 
of the discoidal cell and extending a little below it; central 
area olivaceous, varied with rose-colour, bounded by an oblique 
white line, also an olivaceous streak from the latter to the 
apex ; a submarginal whitish line and a marginal series of 
black dots; secondaries pale greyish brown, with dusky mar- 
ginal dots and whitish fringe; body corresponding in colour 
with the wings, thorax crossed by a white belt: primaries 
below silky greyish, costal border sandy whitish, outer and 
inner borders silky creamy white ; secondaries silky white ; 
body below greyish. Expanse 1 mch 2-3 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
72. Micardia pulchra, n. sp. 
Primaries whity brown, the whole central area and ‘a discal 
streak (bounded internally by a white-bordered lilac streak, 
and externally by a submarginal white line) more or less 
tawny ; a large subquadrate blackish patth bounded by the 
orbicular and reniform spots, which are lilac and white-edged; 
a large white-bordered elliptical spot of ochreous on the costa 
near apex ; an interrupted black marginal line ; fringe tipped 
with grey ; secondaries silvery greyish, with an interrupted 
dusky marginal line and whitish fringe ; body corresponding 
in general tint with the opposite wings: under surface shining 
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