﻿NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA FEOM CHINA. 47 



terminating on the inner margin opposite a white band on the abdomen, 

 and there are some black spots on its upper external edge. Fringes of 

 primaries black, spotted with white above inner angle ; of secondaries white, 

 tinged with grey, becoming darker towards outer angle, and with a slender 

 blackish line at their base preceded by some white spots. Under surface as 

 above, but the white spot in submedian interspace is rather larger, and is 

 followed by a whitish shade : the central band of secondaries is also wider, 

 and encloses two black spots, there is a faint indication of a pale submarginal 

 line ; there are some bluish grey hairs at the base. Head and thorax tinged 

 with yellow. Palpi yellowish, and the pectus is tinged with same colour. 



A nice series from Chang Yang, taken in June. 

 Nearly allied to P. sinica, Feld., but easily distinguished 

 therefrom by the different maculation. 



Plesioneura grandis, sp. n. 



$ . Fuliginous brown, all the wings paler towards base. Primaries with 

 a greyish apical patch and three subhyaline spots, one in the discoidal cell, a 

 larger one below and a little beyond in the first median interspace, and a 

 smaller one in the interspace above ; fringes pale grey, becoming darker 

 towards apex of primaries. Under surface of primaries greyish, costal half 

 suffused with fuliginous from the base to just beyond the subhyaline spots : 

 secondaries fuliginous brown, sprinkled with ochreous scales ; fringes as 

 above, 



? . Similar in colour to the male, but without the greyish apical patch 

 on primaries ; the subhyaline spots are larger, the two central ones are only 

 separated by the median nerve. Expanse, $ 55 mm., ? 68 mm. 



Two male specimens taken at Chang Yang, in April, and 

 one example of each sex from Ship-y-Shan, captured in 

 September ; these have elongated primaries, whilst those from 

 Chang Yang have broader secondaries. 



Pamphila virgata, sp. n. 



$ . Dark brown. Primaries have a fulvous streak from base parallel 

 with costa to beyond the middle, this steaak is broken up by the subcostal 

 nervules into linear spots, its outer extremity curving downwards, and 

 terminate directly over four fulvous spots placed in the median and 

 submedian interspaces, there are two more or less confluent yellow dashes 

 in the discoidal cell, and the base and inner margin are streaked with 

 fulvous scales. Secondaries tinged with fulvous towards base with some 

 fulvous-centred dashes. Fringes yellow, chequered with dark brown. Under 

 surface of primaries blackish, with centre spots as above, but the costal 

 streak and discoidal spots are not so clearly defined, the apical half of outer 

 margin is suffused with yellow, but the base is not sprinkled with yellow 

 scales. Secondaries yellow, with some spots at the base, an indistinct 

 central band, and two parallel transverse series of black spots before the 

 outer margin, black, more or less obscured with yellow ; the abdominal fold 

 is streaked with blackish. 



$ . Similar in ground colour to the male, but the yellow costal streak is 

 ill defined, except above the one discoidal spot, the central spots are smaller, 

 and all are pale in colour. Expanse, 30 — 32 mm. 



A fine series from Chang Yang and Ichang, taken in June 

 and July. I took examples of each sex at Foochau in April, 

 1880. 



Allied to P. maro, Fab. 



