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Entom. 1891, Suppl. p. 27; Butt, of China, etc., p. 145, pi. 20, fig. 8, i (1893). 

 Habitat. W. China. — Parhestina intermedia (Hestina intermedia. Leech, Butt, of 

 China, etc., p. 145. Habitat. Moupin, W. China. — Parhestina YankowshU (Hestina 

 Yankowskii, Grose Smith and Kirby, Rhop. Bxot. p. 2, Hest. pi. 1, figs. 3, 4 (1891). 

 Habitat. "W. China. — Parhestina Japonica (Apatura Japonica, Felder, Wien. Entora. 

 Monats. 1862, p. 27 ; Pryer, Ehop. Niphon, p. 23, pi. 5, fig. 8. Diagora Japonica, 

 Snellen, Tijd. voor Ent. 1894, p. 67. Syn. Diadema Diagoras, Hewitson, Bxot. 

 Butt. B. pi. 1, fig. 1 (1863). Habitat. Japan. — Parhestina australis (Hestina 

 australis. Leech, Butt, of China, etc., p. 146, pi. 20, fig. 5, c? (1893). Habitat. 

 Japan. — Parhestina Ghinensis (Hestina Chinensis, Leech, Butt, of China, etc., p. 146, 

 pi. 20, fig. 6, i (1893). Habitat. Moupin, W. China. 



Genus Sasakia.* — Male. Wings comparatively shorter and broader than in 

 Hestina and Parhestina. Forewing with the apex more pointed, exterior margin 

 less oblique ; cell area much broader, the upper portion shorter ; upper discocellular 

 emitted opposite the middle and lower medians, the discocellulars being longer and 

 the lower bent obliquely inward ; first subcostal branch emitted at two-fifths 

 before end of the cell, the second branch close before end of the cell. Hindwing 

 broadly ovate, exterior margin convex, scalloped, but not angulated in the middle ; 

 precostal vein moderately long and incurved ; cell area broad. Body very robust ; 

 palpi much longer, more slender, and laxly hairy along the sides ; apical joint long, 

 slender, cylindrical; antenna long, stout, club elongated ; eyes naked. TrPE. — S. 

 Charonda. — Sasalcia Gharonda (Diadema Charonda, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. B. pi. 1, 

 figs. 2, 3, ^ ? (1863). Euripus Charonda, Leech, Butt. China, Japan, &c., p. 149. 

 Habitat. Japan.' — Sasakia Coreana (Euripus Coreanus, Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 1887, p. 418, pL 36, figs. 1, la, J 5. Habitat. Corea. 



Genus EURIPUS. 



Euripus, Doubleday, Gen. D, Lep. pi. 41 (1848). Westwood, id. p. 293 (1850). Menetries, Imp. 

 Acad. Sci. Petr. (1855), p. 34. Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i. p. 198 (1857). Felder, Neues 

 Lep. p. 26 (1861). Distant, Rhop. Malay, p. 133 (1882). de Nic^ville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. 

 p. 15 (1886). Semper, Reisen, Phil. Lep. p. 82 (1887). Staudinger and Schatts, Lep. E.x;ot. 

 p. 134 (1887). Leech, Butt. China, etc., p. 147 (1893). 



Imago. — Male. Forewing subtriangular, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, 

 exterior margin very slightly concave in the middle, uneven, and angulate at end of 

 the lower median veinlet ; first subcostal branch emitted at one-fourth before end of 

 the cell, second at about one-fourth beyond the cell ; discocellulars short, radials from 



* Named after our friendly correspondent, Professor 0. Sasaki, of the Imperial University, Tokio, 

 Japan. 



