220 ARCTIAD.^. 



*459. Conilepia nigricosta. 



(Eonhtis nigricosta, Leech, P. Z. S. 1888, p. 598, pi. 30. f. 11 ; Kirby, Cat. 

 Het. p. 335. 



S . Head black, with patches of metallic blue; veitex of head, 



thorax, and abdomen orangx - 

 3'ellow ; tibiae, tarsi, and 

 parts of femora and fore 

 coxae metallic blue. Fore 

 M'iug clothed with powdery 

 white scales ; the costa 

 metallic blue ; the base, 

 inner margin, and terminal 



'F\g.l^2.—Co7ulepia nigricosta, S' k- area orange-yellow. Hind 



wing pale orange-yellow, 

 with short brown fascia in terminal half of cell. 



Hah. Japan, type t J in Coll. Leech. Exp. 40 raillim. 



Genus LITHOSIA. ^ 



Type. 



Lithosia, Fabr. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 459 ( 1 798) quadra. | 



Setina, Schrank, Fauna Boica, ii. (2) p. 165 (1802) quadra. 



Proboscis fully deTeloped ; palpi upturned, reaching middle of frons and 

 clothed with rough hair ; frons rounded ; antenna? with cilia and bristles ; 

 tibijE with the spurs rather short ; abdomen clothed with rough hair. Fore 

 wing long and narrow, the termen short ; 2 from before middle of cell ; 3, 4 

 from angle or shortly stalked ; 5 from above angle ; 6 from well below upper 

 angle ; 9 given off from 10 and anastomosing wilh 8 to form the areole, 7 Irom 

 end of areole ; 11 oblique. Hind wiig with vein 2 from middle of cell ; 3,4 

 stalked ; 5 absent ; 6, 7 stalked in female, coincident in male ; 8 from middle 

 of cell. 



A. Fore wing of male with the costa black with yellow fascia 



below it suheostcola. 



E. Fore wing of male wilh the costa greyish quadra. 



*460. Lithosia subcosteola. (Plate XXIV. fig. 15.) 

 Lithosia subcosteola, Druce, A. M. jV. H. (7) iv. p. 200 (1899). 



S . Head black, the vertex orange- yellow ; thorax and abdomen 

 yellow ; fore and mid tibise and tarsi black above. Fore wing 

 fuscous black with a purplish tinge ; the base and a subcostal fascia 

 yellow, the latter expanding at apex ; the costal edge fuscous, tinged 

 with metallic green on basal half; some metallic green in cell just 

 beyond the yellow base. Hind wing yellow. 



Hah. C. China, Hunan {Pratt), type f d in Coll. Druce. Exp. 

 40 millim. 



461. Lithosia quadra. 



Noctua quadra, Linn. ^yst. Nat. i. p. 511 (17.^8); Esp. Schmett. iv. 

 p. 82, pi. 92. ff. 2-6; Godt. L6p. Fr. v. p. 13, pi. 41. ff. 2-4; Stepb. 



V _ — . 



I The form of the palpi shows that Fabricius' description was taken fiom 

 quadra, not convplana. 



