198 Mr. A. G. Butler on new Species 
117. Xylina arctipennis, n. sp. 
Primaries silvery grey, the base, a central irregular black- « 
edged band, a transverse discal stripe, and the outer border 
rather paler and greyer than the rest of the wing; a black 
dot at the base, a second at the inferior angle of the cell, a 
disco-submarginal series, a series of marginal black liture, 
and a short oblique black apical line ; fringe intersected by a 
slightly darker line: secondaries shining sordid white, with a 
broad, pale brown external border; fringe white: thorax 
greyish brown, antenne ferruginous ; abdomen paler, whitish 
at base, with a black dorsal tuft. Primaries below pale 
shining brown, becoming silvery whitish towards the inner 
margin; costa beyond the cell dotted with black and whitish : 
secondaries silvery white, with a whity brown costal spot and 
a discal stripe of the same colour; pectus creamy white, 
changing to smoky brown in front; venter testaceous. Ex- 
anse 1 inch 7 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
118. Lithophane saga, un. sp. 
Primaries grey, with a number of black and brown dashes, 
four in the centre of the costa, oblique, two near external angle 
also oblique, but slanting upwards, the remainder longitudinal ; 
a dusky oblique streak from the outer margin near the apex 
to the external third of the inner margin; reniform spot 
barely distinguishable; an acutely undulated oblique discal line 
arched towards the costa, the external undulations filled in at 
the end by black spots: secondaries with the basal half sordid 
white, crossed by brown veins, external half occupied by a 
very broad smoky brown border, upon which the veins look 
black ; fringe sordid white: head grey, with black spots 
behind the eyes; collar brown, with a central transverse black- 
edged grey belt ; thorax grey, brownish and crested down the 
centre; tegule grey, with a brown streak on each side; abdo- 
men whity brown, with dark brown dorsal tufts. Primaries 
below smoky brown, the basal area and apical border pale; 
secondaries white, the costal area and outer margin sordid; a 
broad brown external band, a black spot at the end of the 
cell, and a discal series of black dots on the veins ; pectus 
pale greyish; venter sordid white. Expanse, $2 inches 4 lines, 
2? 1 inch 11 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
L. saga is allied to the “ Xylina indicatura”’ of Walker. 
119. Cucullia fraterna, un. sp. 
Nearly allied to C. dwetfuga, but the primaries duller, with 
