150 NOCTtJIDiE. 



cilia white, chequered with black between veins G and 2, Under- 

 side of fore wing fuscous black, some bluish grey at base, an 

 oblique wedge-shaped white patch from below middle of costa to 

 vein 2, an obliquely curved postmedial white band, narrowing to 

 vein 1 where it terminate?, cilia white mixed with fuscous brown; 

 hind wing with the basal and inner areas bluish white suffused with 

 fuscous brown, the rest of wing fuscous black with the band and 

 spot almost confluent, a small white patch at apex. 



Hah. Japan, Oiwake (Fryer), 1 $ , Mkko (/sfo), 1 $ , IS'iregi 

 (Leivis), 1 J , Fushiki {Leech), 1 c? , I $ , Tsuruga {Lee'-h), 1 c? , ] $ , 

 Tokio (Fenton), 2 c? , Yokohama (Jonas, Leech), 2 J , 2 $ ; W. China, 

 Chang-yang (Prai^), 1 c? . E.vy. 5(5-64 millim. 



7266. Ephesia nivea. 



CcUocala nivea, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 241 (1877) ; id. 111. Lep. Het. B.M. 

 ii. p. 38, pi. 33, f. 4 ; Hmpsu. Moths Ind. ii. p. 442. 



Head white with black line between antennae which are brown ; 

 palpi and lower part of frons red-brown, the former ochreous 

 wbite at base ; tegulee red-brown, the base white, blackish lines 

 near base, at middle and near tips, where there are some whitish 

 scales ; thorax white mixed with some brownish ; pectus and legs 

 w'hite tiuged Avith red-brown, the fore tibise at extremities and the 

 tarsi banded brown and white ; abdomen brownish white, the anal 

 tuft browner above. Fore wing grey-white suffused with pale red- 

 brown and with numerous faint dark striae, the costal area whiter 

 to middle ; subbasal line slight, black, oblique to median nervure 

 w'here it is angled outwards, then bent inwards and ending at sub- 

 median fold ; antemedial line dark defined on inner side by 

 whitish, obsolescent except towards costa and inner margin, w^here 

 it is black defined on inner side by white and greenish, with a 

 small black spot at costa, then excurved and minutely dentate, 

 angled outwards above inner margin ; reniform white and greenish 

 with its centre defined by black, elliptical ; postmedial line black 

 defined on outer side by white and greenish, very oblique from 

 costa to below vein 6, where there is a black streak from it to 

 termen, then dentate, otsolescent, and with black and white points 

 on the veins, oblique to vein 2, below submedian fold strong, 

 waved, and angled inwards on vein 1 ; the veins of terminal area 

 Avith slight dark streaks; a series of black points defined on outer 

 side by white before termen. Hind wing creamy yellowish-white ; 

 some brownish hair at base ; an irregularly sinuous black medial 

 patch from below costa to submedian fold, pointed at extremities 

 and its outer edge angled outwards at vein 5 ; a curved black 

 subterminal band from costa to vein 1, its inner edge sinuous ; 

 some black striae on termen. Underside of fore wing yellowish 

 w^hite, the costa suffused with brown to middle, an obliquely 

 curved black medial band from costa to submedian fold, narrowing 

 below and its inner edge expanding into a discoidal si)ot, the ter- 

 minal area fuscous brown, expanding towards costa; hind wing 



