530 NOCTTJID^. 



the veins, with a white bar on its outer side in submedian inter- 

 space, double and filled in with pink towards inner margin, incurved 

 at vein 1 and bent outwards above inner margin ; orbicular with 

 the annnlus pink above and white below, round ; reniform with 

 some pink in centre, its annulus white, pink above and on upper 

 part of inner side, extending to well below the cell and slightly 

 angled inwards on median nervure ; postmedial line indistinctly- 

 double filled in with pink, strongly bent outwards below costa, 

 then very minutely waved, incurved below vein 4 and with traces 

 of a punctiform white line beyond it, and some white points on 

 costa ; subterminal line whitish, excurved below vein 7 and angled 

 inwards at discal fold ; a terminal series of small black lunules 

 slightljr defined on inner side by whitish; cilia with a blackish 

 line through them. Hind wing pink, the base and costal area to 

 middle whitish, the terminal half irrorated with brownish ; a 

 terminal series of small brownish lunules ; cilia whitish at tips ; 

 the underside pink slightly irrorated with brown, a black discoidal 

 spot and diffused curved postmedial line. 



Hab. Madagascar, Betsileo {Ooivan), 4 $ type. K%p. 44 

 millim. 



5794. Lithacodia rosacea. 



Erastria rosacea, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 627, pi. 53. f. 9. 



Head and thorax pink mixed with whitish and brown ; abdomen 

 ochreous whitish mixed with brown. Fore wing pale pink mostly 

 suffused with brown and irrorated with black; subbasal line 

 represented by a blackish striga from costa defined on each side by 

 pink ; antemedial line dark defined on outer side by pink, slightly 

 angled outwards below costa and on median nervure ; claviform 

 with pink annulus defined by black, round and extending to median 

 nervure ; orbicular minute, round, with black centre and pink 

 annulus defined by black ; reniform pink defined by black and 

 with brownish centre, oblique elliptical ; a sinuous black line from 

 lower angle of cell to inner margin ; postmedial line double and 

 filled in with pink except at middle, bent outwards below costa, 

 excurved to vein 4, then incurved and minutely dentate, some pink 

 points beyond it on costa; subterminal line pink defined on inner 

 side by dark suft'usion, minutely dentate, excurved below vein 7 

 and at middle ; a terminal series of blackish striae ; cilia pinkish 

 with a dark line at middle and dark points at tips. Hind wing 

 golden brown ; the cilia yellowish white with a brown line at 

 middle ; the underside ochreous white irrorated with brown, a 

 slight discoidal point, curved rather diffused postmedial line, and 

 terminal series of minute black lunules. 



Hab. Japan, Oiwake {Fryer), 2 J, 2 $ type. Exp. 22-26 

 millim. 



