176 New Forms of Lepicloptera from the Island of Hainan 



black-brown on the outer side, hind tibiae with a fringe of ochreous- 

 yellow hair. 



Length of fore wing : 22 mm. 



Five Finger Mountains, May, 1920, one 3 . 



23. Crossiura pencillatum insularis subsp. nov. (pi. XXIV, fig. 26 3 , 

 27 ?). 



3 ? . The band on the fore wing is narrower, the cell-spot smaller 

 and the spot below vein 2 not angled, this spot in the ? disconnected 

 and nearer the margin. Subapical dots smaller, the two lower ones 

 obsolete, in the ? four dots placed in line. 



Five Finger Mountains, June, 1920, one 3 , one ? (types) ; 

 Interior, October, 1919, one 3 . 



24. Daimio phisara tenebrosa subsp. nov. 



3 . Upperside of fore wing with smaller discal spots. Hind wing 

 without a band and with only the indication of the band on the 

 underside. 



Underside of hind wing with a narrow bluish- white discal band, 

 and other markings as in the typical form. Ground-colour of both 

 wings with a purplish tinge. 



Interior, June, 1920, one 3 (type) ; one 3 , no date. 



25. Lotongus avesta quinquepuncta subsp. nov. (pi. XXIV, fig. 28). 



3 . Fore wing with two small spots in the cell, the lower one a 

 mere dot ; two discal spots as in the typical form, and a spot above the 

 submedian below the lower discal spot. Hind wing as in typical form. 



Underside of fore wing with the yellow costal patch reduced to 

 a streak. Hind wing with the yellow band a little broader, its outer 

 edge incurved between vein 8 and the fold of 5, and between this and 

 the submedian fold. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and legs black-brown. Upperside of 

 thorax and base of abdomen with a metallic green reflection. 



Hoihow, August, 1920, one 3 . 



ZYGAENLDAE. 



26. Erasmia aliris majoripuncta subsp. nov. 



3 . Differs from aliris Doubl. in the larger white spots. Fore 

 wing with the submarginal spots a little larger and other spots in the 

 distal area without, or with the merest trace of, a blue edging. Hind 



