LITHACODIA. 535 



from costa; antemedial line indistinct, black defined on inner side 

 by white, interrupted at middle, irregularly waved; the medial area 

 with black patches irrorated with white from costa to median 

 nervure and submedian fold to inner margin ; claviform pale rufous 

 defined by white and black below and at extremity ; orbicular and 

 reniform pale rufous Avith white annuli, the former incompletely 

 defined by black, round, the latter faintly defined by brown, 

 lunulate ; postmedial line represented by a black striga from costa 

 and incurved striga from vein 1 to inner margin, between those 

 points hardly traceable, dentate, incurved below vein 4, some white 

 points with slight black streaks between them beyond it on costa ; 

 a black apical patch angled inwards below costa ; subterminal line 

 white, angled outwards at vein 7, then diffused and indistinct, ex- 

 curved at middle, a short black streak beyond it below vein 4 ; 

 some slight dark striae on termen towards apex ; cilia with some 

 black at apex, middle, and tornus. Hind wing reddish brown ; the 

 cilia white with a dark line through them ; the underside white 

 slightly irrorated with brown, a blackish discoidal spot, and curved 

 minutely waved postmedial line. 



Hah. Japan, Tokio {Maries), 1 $ tj'P^' Nagasaki {Leech), 1 J , 

 Yokohama {Pryer), 3 d , 2 $ . Exp. 28-30 millim. 



5801. Lithacodia deceptoria. 



PhalcB7ia deceptoria, Scop. Ent. Carn. p. 214 (1763); Stand. Cat. Lep. 



pal. p. 231. 

 Phakena tineodes, Hiifn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 412 (1767) ; id. Nat.urf, ix. 



p. 138 (1776); Seriba, Beitr. iii. pi. 13. L 6; View. Tab. Verz. ii. p. 83, 



pi. 1. f. 7. 

 JSoctua atratula, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 89 (1776) ; Hiibn. Eur. Sckinett., 



Noct. f. 29fi; Dup. Lep. Fr., Suppl. iii. p. .563, pi. 47. f. 8; Fit. Neue 



Beitr. pi. 693. f. 2. 



Head and thorax black-brown mixed with some white scales, the 

 metathorax mostly white ; palpi white at base ; tarsi black ringed 

 with white; abdomen white mixed with black-brown, the crests 

 black. Tore wing black-brown, the inner half of basal area and 

 the postmedial area white ; subbasal line represented by a white 

 striga from costa ; antemedial line black defined on inner side by a 

 white band on the dark costal area, excurved and slightly sinuous ; 

 claviform represented by a white point ; orbicular with white 

 annulus defined by black except on inner side where it is confluent 

 with the white antemedial band, round ; reniform with white 

 annulus incompletely defined by black, its centre also defined by 

 black ; postmedial line black, irregularly dentate, oblique from costa 

 to vein 6, angled inwards at discal fold, incurved below vein 4 and 

 angled outwards at vein 1, a dark spot beyond it on costa; sub- 

 terminal line white, strong towards costa, defined on inner side by 

 a brown patch on costal area with a white point on costa, then by 

 some brown suffusion, slightly angled inwards below costa and at 

 discal and submedian folds and excurved at middle ; a terminal 



