68 NOCTDID,^. 



base ; the area beyond the postmedial line brownish above and 

 below vein 5 and below vein 4 ; subbasal line represented by black 

 striae from costa and cell ; a black streak in base of submedian 

 fold and an oblique streak above inner margin before the ante- 

 medial line, which is dentate, strongly angled inwards on vein 1 

 and outwards above inner margin, sometimes to postmedial line ; 

 claviform large, defined by black ; orbicular and reniform large, 

 defined by black and with very slight brown annuli, the former 

 rounded or produced at lower extremity, the latter extending to 

 well below cell and somewhat angled inwards on median nervure, 

 usually with some rufous in and beyond its outer side ; postmedial 

 line slightly defined by brown on outer side, bent outwards below 

 costa, then oblique and minutely dentate to vein 5, excurved to 

 vein 4, then incurved and angled outwards in submedian fold, some 

 whitish points beyond it on costa ; subterminal line slight, Avhitish, 

 angled outwards between veins 7 and 5, dentate to termen at vein 4, 

 then dentate and oblique, the interspaces of terminal area with 

 black streaks, at middle usually extending to before postmedial 

 line ; cilia with brownish points at base. Hind wing fuscous 

 brown ; cilia with a slight grey line at base ; the underside grey, 

 irrorated and suff'used with fuscous, a black discoidal lunule and 

 curved postmedial line. 



Hah. Japan, Hakodate (Andi^ews), 16, 1 $ , Oiwake (Fryer), 

 ] c? , 1 2 , Tokio (Fenton), 1 c? , 1 $ , Yokohama (Fryer), 1 $ , TJsui 

 Pass (Leivis), 1 Si N. China (Foriitme), 1 6 type; W. China, Chang 

 Yang (Fratt), 1 6 , Washan (Pratt), 1 $ , Chow-pin-sa, 1 $ , Kwei- 

 chow, 1 $ , Wa-ssu-kou, 2 $ , Pu-tsu-fang, 1 6 , Nitou, 1 $ , Chia- 

 kou-ho (Fratt), 1 S , Ta-chien-lu (Pratt), 1 d . E.%y. 42-54 millira. 



2804. Dipterygia japonica. (Plate CIX. fig. 14.) 



Bipterygia japoyiioa, Leech, P. Z. S. 1889, p. 489, pi, 1. f. 9. 



$ . Head, tegulse, and patagia fuscous black with a ie^ white 

 scales ; thorax whitish tinged with brown ; pectus and legs grey 

 mixed with brown, the tarsi fuscous with pale rings; abdomen 

 brown mixed with grey. Fore wing fuscous black ; a white fascia 

 on inner margin irrorated with brown and the area beyond post- 

 medial line below vein 1 white irrorated with brown, at termen 

 extending to vein 3; subbasal line represented by slight oblique 

 strise from costa and cell; an oblique black streak above the fascia 

 on inner margin before the antemedial line, which is dentate, 

 angled inwards on vein 1 and outwards above inner margin to 

 near the postmedial line ; claviform faintly defined by black ; 

 orbicular and reniform slightly defined by black and with a few 

 white scales representing their annuli, the former oblique elliptical ; 

 postmedial line indistinct, bent outwards below costa, then sinuous, 

 excurved to vein 5, then very obliquely incurved and angled out- 

 wards on vein 1, some white points beyond it on costa ; the inter- 

 spaces of terminal area with black streaks on the dark area, the 



