184 NOCTUiDJi;. 



and excurved at middle and submedian fold, its outer edge crenulate 

 to termen and cilia at veins 6 to 2 ; the termen with yellow patch 

 at apes ; cilia j'ellowish white. Underside of fore wing yellow, 

 an oblique brown shade from costa before middle to vein ], an 

 obliquely curved blackish medial band ending above vein 1, its 

 outer edge slightly excurved at vein 5, a curved blackish sub- 

 terminal band ; hind wing as above, but with brown fasciae on 

 basal area, the medial band very narrow and ending at vein 1, the 

 sabterminal band not crenulate to termen between veins G to 2. 



Ab. 1. Pore wing with the medial area suffused with fuscous 

 brown except towards costa and on the pale patch in and below 

 cell. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing with the medial area suffused with black 

 except at middle of costa and beyond the cell. 



Hah. Japan, Hakodate {Leedi), 3 J, 1 $ , Oiwake (Fryer), 1 J , 

 1 $ , Tokio (Maries), 2 d type. Exp. 60-64 milUm. 



7305. Ephesia musmi, n. sp. (Plate CCI. fig. 10.) 



Catocala fvagnax, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1900. p. o3i (nee Wlk.). 



Head and thorax grey mixed with dark brown ; palpi whitish 

 at base ; lower part of frons whitish ; a black line between 

 antennaj ; tegulae Avith blackish medial band, the patagia with 

 some black near edges; pectus white tinged with brown; legs 

 white irroratcd with brown, the tarsi blackish ringed with white; 

 abdomen grey suffused with rufous, the ventral surface brownish 

 white. Fore wing grey suffused with brown and fuscous, the 

 antemedial area suffused with black ; subbasal line represented by 

 small blackish spots at costa and median nervure ; antemedial line 

 black, bent outwards below costa, then somewhat oblique and 

 irregularly waved, strongly angled outwards above inner margin ; 

 reniform defined by rather diffused black, irregular, an oblique 

 black shade above it from costa ; a spot defined by black below 

 end of cell, connected by a sinus on vein 2 with the postmedial 

 line, which is black, bent outwards below costa, then obliquely 

 downcurved and sinuous, acutely angled outwards above and below 

 vein 5, then inwardly oblique, dentate, angled inwards at vein 1 ; 

 subterminal line rather diffused, greyish defined on outer side by 

 black, strongly dentate, somewhat oblique from costa to below 

 vein 6, with slight black streaks in the interspaces from it to the 

 series of black points before termen. Hind wing golden yellow, 

 the hair on inner margin dark brown ; a dark brown fascia in 

 submedian fold to the rather narrow black medial band, which is 

 oblique from costa to submedian fold, then bent inwards to inner 

 margin, its outer edge excurved at vein 5 ; a rather narrow black 

 subterminal band, its inner edge incurved at vein 2, its outer edge 

 crenulate to termen at veins 6 to 2 and 1 ; cilia with slight dark 

 marks at veins 6 to 2. Underside of fore wing yellow, an oblique 

 brown antemedial shade from costa to vein 1, an obliquely curved 



