LITHACODIA. 509 



terminal line, incurved at discal and and submedian folds ; a terminal 

 series of small black lunulas. Hind wing fuscous brown, with a 

 cupreous gloss ; a terrctinal series of black strise ; cilia with a 

 whitish line at base followed by a dark line. Underside of fore 

 wing with the costal patch reddish ochreous, the costal area before 

 middle and the terminal area tinged with reddish ochreous ; hind 

 wing whitish thickly irrorated with fuscous brown, the costal area 

 tinged with rufous, a slight discoidal lunule, indistinct curved post- 

 medial line, and terminal series of small black lunules. 



Hah. C. China, Chusan Is. {J. J. Walker), 1 5 type, King-po, 

 1 6 , Chang-yaug (Pratt), 1 $ . Exj>. 24-26 millim. 



5764. Lithacodia phya. 



Acontia phya, Druce, Biol. Centr.-Aui., Het. i. p. 307, pi. 28. f. 20 (1SS9). 



S • Head and tegulge dark brown, with a few whitish scales ; 

 thorax ochreous white ; fore and mid legs brown, the tarsi ringed 

 with white ; abdomen ochreous white with brown segmental lines, 

 the crests black. Fore wing purplish grey irrorated with black ; a 

 large white patch on basal area from cell to inner margin ; ante- 

 medial line black, angled outwards below costa, then obliqutly 

 excurved ; claviform a rounded black spot with some pale scales in 

 centre ; orbicular brownish white defined by black, minute, round ; 

 reniform a quadrate white patch defined by black except above and 

 with some brown scales in centre ; a diffused oblique waved black 

 line from lower angle of cell to inner margin ; some red scales on 

 medial part of inner margin ; postmedial line double filled in with 

 white tinged with red except towards costa, bent outwards below 

 costa, then minutely waved, incurved below vein 4, some small 

 white spots beyond it on costa ; subterminal line represented by a 

 series of dentate black marks with red streaks from them to termen, 

 angled outwards at vein 7 and excurved at middle ; a terminal 

 series of minute black lunules ; cilia brown and grey with some red 

 scales. Hind wing white irrorated with brown, the terminal area 

 suff'used with brown ; a fine dark terminal line ; cilia whitish with 

 a brown line through them ; the underside yellowish white irrorated 

 with brown, a slight discoidal spot and traces of minutely waved 

 postmedial and subterminal lines. 



Hab. Mexico, Cuernavaca {H. B. Smith), 1 S type, Godman- 

 Salvin Coll. Exp. 18 millim. 



5765. Lithacodia plumbitincta. (Plate CLXIV. fig. 4.) 

 Maliattha jilumhitincta, Hmpsn. J. Bomb. Soc. xiv. p. 205 (1902). 



Head and thorax olive-yellow ; palpi blackish ; antennae black 

 except basal joint ; pectus and legs blackish, the tarsi ringed with 

 white; abdomen whitish mixed with fuscous, the crests black. Fore 

 wing olive-green, the medial area and ])Ostmedial area from costa to 

 vein 2 suffused with brown and irrorated with black ; subbasalline 

 blackish, oblique, from costa to submedian fold, some silvery blue 



