232 NOCTFID^. 



the antemedial area with a rufous band becoming black at costa 

 and defined on each side by white ; a slight blackish antemedial 

 line, incurved from below costa to below cell, then excurved ; 

 claviform represented bj- a dark point at its extremity ; orbicular 

 white Avith rufous centre, oblique elliptical ; reniform white with 

 some rufous on inner edge, rather oblong ; a black patch between 

 the stigmata ; a medial black patch on costa and indistinct oblique 

 line from cell to inner margin ; postmedial line represented by a 

 black spot on costa, bent outwards below costa, then minutely 

 waved and interrupted, excurved to vein 4, then incurved, the 

 costa beyond it black with white points ; subterminal line with 

 triangular blackish patch on costa, then rufous defined by white on 

 inner side, excurved to vein 3, then incurved, the area beyond it 

 whitish suffused with rufous at middle and towards tornus and 

 with blackish streaks on veins 5 and 2 ; a series of black points 

 just before termen; cilia ochreous tinged with rufous and chequered 

 with brown. Hind wing ochreous white slightly tinged with 

 fuscous except on inner and terminal areas ; a discoidal point, 

 curved postmedial line, diffused subterminal band and series of 

 points and striiB just before termen : cilia ochreous with some 

 fuscous and rufous at middle and white tips ; the underside with 

 the costal area irrorated with black, a discoidal spot, curved post- 

 medial line, and diffused subterminal band from costa to vein 4. 



Hah. W. China, Chia-kou-ho (Pratt), 3 cJ type, Huang-mu- 

 chang (Pratt), I S • Exp. 30-34 millim. 



Enplexia discisignata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 57, pi. 6. f. 9 ; Hrapsn. 

 Moths lud. ii. p. 213. 



30 1 0. Enplexia discisignata. 



mata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 57, 

 p. 213. 



Head and thorax purplish fuscous with a few whitish scales ; 

 metathoracic crest whitish ; tibiae ringed with whitish ; abdomen 

 dark brown, whitish at base, the crests tipped with white, the anal 

 tuft mixed with whitish. Fore wing purple-brown ; the basal area 

 with pale striae, the inner medial area and postmedial area from 

 below costa to vein 4 olive-yellow; subbasal line black, waved, 

 from costa to submedian fold, with some olive-yellow on each side 

 of it below cell ; antemedial line slight, black defined by pinkish 

 on inner side except towards inner margin, angled outwards below 

 costa, then oblique ; the medial area black before and between the 

 stigmata and below cell to submedian fold ; claviform brown, un- 

 defined ; orbicular purplish fuscous defined by pinkish at sides, 

 rather U-shaped and open above, extending to below cell ; reniform 

 white, undefined on upper and outer sides, its centre defined by 

 black and brown points, rather oblique elliptical ; postmedial line 

 indistinctly double, bent outwards below costa, oblique to vein 4, 

 then strongly incurved, some pinkish points on costa beyond it ; 

 subterminal line pale, slightly defined on each side by blackish from 

 below costa to vein 5, then defined by brown on inner side, oblique, 



