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NEW SPECIES OF LEPIDOPTERA FROM CHINA. 



By J. H. Leech, B.A., F.Z.S., &c. 



(Continued from p. 50.) 



Hemaris staudingeri, sp. II. 



All the wings hyaline ; primaries with black base, costa and inner 

 margin, the latter tapering towards; outer angle ; outer margin brownish 

 black, broader towards the apex, and encroaching into each internervular 

 space. Secondaries with a broad, black, inner margin, and narrow outer border. 

 Thorax olive -brown ; patagia tinged with reddish ; body black, segments 11 

 to 13, reddish orange ; anal tuft black. Under surface as above, but head, 

 pectus and anterior legs yellowish white, and the 11th and 12th segments of 

 body bordered with yellow. Expanse : male, 58 mm. ; female, 66 mm. 



Five males and one female taken at Chang Yang in July. 



Allied to Hemaris alternata, Butl., but the borders of all the 

 wings are narrower, and black instead of brown ; the patch at 

 base of secondaries is also black. 



Phauda pratti, sp. n. 



$ . Primaries golden -orange, suffused with dusky about the disc and 

 outer margins, and pale at apex, where also the fringes are whitish. Second- 

 aries subhyaline, outer half blackish ; inner margins clothed with reddish 

 orange hairs ; fringes black ; body black, clothed about base with reddish 

 orange hairs. Under surface as above ; pectus, abdomen and legs golden- 

 orange. Expanse, 29 mm. 



One male taken near Ichang in July. 



Allied to Phauda fortunei, H.-S., but at once separated by 

 the absence of black apical patch on primaries. 



Tegulata fimbriata, sp. n. 



Primaries pale cinnamon-brown, clouded with darker across the discal 

 area ; a broad blackish spot, set in a pale grey patch, on costa near base, and 

 a small colon-like mark beyond ; the subcostal nervure is deeply fringed 

 with greyish silky hairs. Secondaries pale brown, darker towards outer 

 margin. Under surface of primaries fuliginous-brown, costa tinged with 

 yellowish ; secondaries pale yellowish brown, with an obscure dark ante- 

 marginal band. Expanse, 32 mm. 



One specimen taken in July at Chang Yang. 



Allied to Tegulata protuberans, Moore, from Darjeeling. 



Katha moorei, sp.n. 



$ . Primaries pearly grey, darker along the costa and outer third of the 

 wing. Secondaries yellowish buff. Head, thorax, body and antenna; dark 

 pearly grey. Under surface as above, but rather fainter. Expanse, 42 mm. 



One male taken at Chang Yang in June. 



LlTHOSIA LENTA, Sp. n. 



<? . Primaries uniform pearly grey, silky, and slightly tinged with yellow 

 along the costa. Secondaries rather paler, especially towards the costa. 

 Head yellow, thorax and body pearly grey, anal tuft yellow. Under surface 

 as above, but rather paler. Expanse, 22 mm. 



Two males, one taken at Chang Yang in June, the other 

 near Ichang in Jul}-. 



