of Heterocera from Japan. 441 
197. Abraxas miranda, n. sp. 
Allied to A. leopardinata from India, but larger; the pri- 
maries with broader and darker basal and internal patches ; 
the costa blotched with grey throughout, the patch over the 
end of the cell much larger and confluent with the costal 
patch ; the transverse grey belt below it placed nearer to the 
middle of the wing and touching the dark internal patch ; two 
confused parallel discal series of grey blotches ; a number of 
small grey spots forming two imperfect parallel series on 
externo-discal area: the secondaries with a complete grey 
belt across the cell; two somewhat confused discal series of 
grey blotches terminating in the usual dark internal patch ; 
external area spotted with grey; marginal blotches partially 
confluent. Body similar. Expanse, § 2 inches, ? 2 inches 
4 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
198. Abraxas placida, n. sp. 
White, with ochraceous body ; wings with ochreous outer 
border and black-spotted orange fringe; an externo-discal 
series of black spots, imperfect in secondaries; base ochraceous, 
spotted with black: primaries with three subbasal blackish 
spots ; an irregular central band formed of blackish blotches ; 
two black costal spots near apex: secondaries with a central 
irregular band formed of blackish lines: shoulders and palpi 
blackish. Wings below nearly as above. Expanse 1 inch 
5 lines. 
Hakodaté (Whitely). 
EKucuHera, Hiibner. 
199. Huchera Agnes, n. sp. 
Wings white, with broad smoky-grey outer border, crossed 
by a more or less confluent series of white or whitish lunules 
parallel to the outer margin: primaries sometimes with the 
lunules very indistinct ; base and a subcostal streak ochreous ; 
basal area covered by about ten grey spots in three series; a 
central broad belt, externally angulated, composed of grey 
blotches: secondaries with a grey belt almost surrounding the 
discoidal cell: body ochreous. Wings below white, the 
markings almost as above, but blackish and narrower; white 
lunules confluent and well-defined on all the wings, blackish 
discocellular spots: primaries only ochreous on the costal 
border, the basal area only marked with one large blackish 
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