ILEMA. 3 75 



*3o8. Ilema cribrata. 



Lithosia cribrata, Stgr, Roin. Mein. iii. p. 18J, pi. 10. f. 11 (1887) ; Kirby, 

 Cat. Het. p. 332. 



cf . Pale orauge-yellow ; patagia wifcli black points ; fore legs 

 tinged with fuscous in front. Fore wing with the costal edge black 

 towards base; the interspaces irrorated with groups of a few black 

 scales. Hind wing paler. 



Fore wiug with vein 6 from well below angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked ; 11 curved and closely approximated to 12. 



Hah. Amur, Askold, type f (S in Coll. Staudinger ; Japan ; 

 C. China. Exjp. 30 millim. 



359. Ilema sororcula. 



Noctua sororcula, Hilfn. Berl. Mag. iii. p. 398 (1767) ; Staud. Cat. p. 55 ; 



Kirby, Cat. Het. p. 330. 

 Bombyx aureola, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. ii. f. 98 (18:i7) ; Steph. III. Brit. Eut., 



Haust. ii. p. 91, pi. 18. f. 1 ; Godt. Lep. Fr. iv. p. 394, pi. 40. f. 5. 

 Lithosia offineola, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 97, pi. 8. f. 5 (186i) ; Xirby, Cat. 



Het. p. 324. 



Head and thorax orange-yellow ; antennoe, pectus, legs, and 

 abdomen greyish fuscous ; anal tuft orange-yellow ; wings pale 

 orange-yellow. Fore wing of male with the costal edge black to- 

 wards base ; the underside fuscous except marginal areas. 



Fore wing with vein 6 from well below angle of cell ; 7, 8, 9 

 stalked; 11 anastomosing with 12. 



Hah. Britain; France; Germany, Zell. & Frey Colls.; Hun- 

 gary; Switzerland; Dalmatia; Denmark; Eussia ; Turkey; 

 Armenia; Amur; Japan, Hakodate; Tibet, Moupin. Exjj. 26- 

 30 millim. 



Larva, Meyr. Lep. Brit. p. 28 ; Barrett, Brit. Lep. ii. p. 213, pi. 67. f. L 

 Whitish or yellowish, hairs fuscous ; dorsal, subdorsal, and 

 broader lateral lines black ; blackish dorsal patches on somites 3, 

 7, 11 ; a whitish patch on 8 ; tubercles orange-red; sides fuscous; 

 head blackish. Food-plant, Lichens ; 7-10. 



360. Ilema nigripes, n. sp. (Plate XXIII. fig. 6.) 



J . Fulvous orange ; palpi with the third joint black ; antennae 

 and greater part of legs black ; ventral surface of abdomen with 

 black bands. Fore wing with the basal part of costa black ; under- 

 side with black suffusion in cell extending as streaks beyond its 

 angles. 



5 . Fore wing without the black on costa or underside. 



Fore wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 6 from below 

 upper angle ; 7, 8, 9 stalked ; 10, 1 1 free. 



Hah. SiKHiM ; Assam, Khasis, 16, 1 $ , type. Exp., 6 42, 

 § 46 millim. 



