624 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [DeC. 18, 



outer margin with brown scales ; these form a sort of cloak, the 

 external edge of which is bordered with some silvery spots. Secon- 

 daries and under surface of all the wings buff without spot or marking. 



Expanse, d 24-32 millim., $ 37 millim. 



I took this species in Satsuma in May, Nagasaki in June, and 

 Gensan in July. The d coll. Pryer. 



Japan (Pryer) ; Satsuma, Nagasaki, Gensan (Leech). 



212. Artaxa scintillans. 



Somena scintillans. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. vii. p. 1734 (1856). 

 Artaxa scintillans, Butl. 111. Typ. Lep. Het. pt. v. p. 52, pi. xc. 

 fig. 1 (1881). 



Artaxa limhata, Butl. I. c. p. 53, pi. xc. fig. 3. 



Two examples. 



Gensan, Ningpo, Darjeeling, North India. 



213. Artaxa conspersa. 



Artaxa conspersa, Butl. Cist. Ent. vol. iii. p. 117 (1885). 



A long series in Fryer's collection. 



The males are mostly of a dark chocolate colour, but the females 

 are pale yellow ; some of the males, however, are quite of the female 

 coloration and others are intermediate. 



Yokohama (Pryer). 



214. Chcerotriche statjdingeri, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 6.) 



Deep buff-yellow ; primaries with a purple-brown basal patch and 

 a curved central fascia, the latter is contracted just below the costa : 

 discal spot black, round and well defined ; secondaries without spot. 

 Antennae broadly pectinated. Head and thorax orange. Abdomen 

 velvety black, base and anal tuft orange. Under surface buff-yellow ; 

 central area of primaries slightly darker. 



Expanse, S 36-44 millim., $ 48-60 millim. 



An example of this species is represented in the National Collection 

 at South Kensington by two wings. 



Yokohama (Pryer and Leech). 



215. Chcerotriche niphonis. 



S . Chcerotriche niphonis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 9. 



2 . Chcerotriche squamosa, Butl. /. c. 



Porthesia raddei, Staud., Rom. Mem. sur Lep. iii. p. 207, pi. xvii. 

 c?, fig. 3 (1887). 



There can be little doubt that Butler's G. squamosa is the female 

 of his C. niphonis. I took an example of each sex at Gensan and 

 in Pryer's collection there were seven males in splendid condition, 

 and two females not quite so fine. Six of the former are labelled 

 Oiwake and one of the last Yesso. In the male specimens there is 

 considerable variation in the coloration of primaries. Three ex- 

 amples have the buff costal border represented by a buff edging to the 

 costa itself and a streak of the same colour along the costal nerve as 



