338 HELENIOPSIS; SGIONOMIA: ANONYCHIA; CORYMICA. By L. B. Proxjt. 



ntbpurpur- P. subpurpuraria Leech (17 f). Larger and broader-Avinged than the other species, palpus longer, c? 



"'"'■ antenna merely serrate, with fascicles of cilia. Wings more glossy, -ndthout definate striae, hinder angle scar- 

 cely purplish ; postmedian line only indicated on hindwing. The underside is more strongly mixed with fuscous 

 and shows decided purple reflections; both wings with large dark discal spot. W. China: Pu-tsu-fang, only 

 the type known. 



70. Genus: ISeleiliopiSis Warr. 



Recalls Plagodis in shape, but differs in many characters. Face with cone of projecting scales. Pal- 

 pus long. Antenna in ^ simple. Forewing with 1st and 2nd subcostals very long-stalked. Hindwing with 

 distal margin crenulate. Only 2 species known. 



evanescens. S. evanescens Btlr. (17 g). Much less warm brown than the Plagodis species, very feebly marked, 



but with 2 large whitish costal spots. Discal dot of fore-\ving generally small, dark brown, of hindwing obsolete. 

 Japan, August — September. 



grisearia. S. grisearia Leech is paler, more greyish, with rather stronger irroration, the proximal costal spot wanting, 



the cell-mark of forewing longer and blacker, a small cell-mark indicated on hindwing. W. China: Mou-pin, 

 1 (J. Perhaps a local form of evanescens. 



71. Genus: iSeioiioniia Wan. 



Differs from Anonychia as follows: palpus shortish or moderate, abdomen in ^ still longer, wings more 

 densely scaled, forewing with 1st and 2nd subcostals shortly stalked or closely approximated at their origin, 

 the 1st running into the costal, the 2nd well separated from the 3rd, the 4th and 5th coincident. The 

 wings are rather narrower and the pattern, though somewhat Larentiid. does not recall Ortholitha. Range: 

 China, Japan, Formosa. 



praedUarUi. S. praeditaria Leech (17 g). Rather more glossy than the other species, with a sharper contrast bet- 



ween the broadly darkened median area and the lighter, browner distal area; the whitish line which separa- 

 tes these areas is slender, equally well expressed throughout. W. China: Pu-tsu-fang and Mou-pin. 



anomaln. S. anomala Btlr. (17 g) has the postmedian line more yellowish, broad anteriorly, obsolescent pos- 



teriorlj', the distal margin rather narrowly concolorous with this line, otherwise remaining fuscous. Japan: 

 nasuta. Tokyo. — nasuta subsp. nov. has the postmedian line of ec^ual thickness throughout (thicker than in praedi- 

 taria) and making a still stronger, rounded distal projection in the middle. Pu-tsu-fang. 



mendicn. S. mendica Btlr. has the postmedian line more dentate, not very sharply expressed, not thickened 



a.nteriorly; distal area entirely fuscous, Japan and Chang Yang. 



s-inuosa. S. sinuosa Wileman (17 h) is intermediate between the two preceding, the almost uniformly fuscous 



colouring recalling mendica, the distinct, strongly sinuous but not dentate postmedian line more like that of 

 anomala nasuta, though less extremely projecting, Japan : Tokyo, Also on Formosa. 



72. Genus: Aiioiiyehia Warr. 



Face with projecting cone of scales. Palpus rather long, rough-scaled. Antenna in both sexes simple. 

 Femora glabrous. Wings smooth-scaled, with pattern as in the Larentiid genus Ortholitha. Forewing with 

 the 1st and 2nd subcostals anastomosing, the 2nd afterwards anastomosing or connected with the 3rd and 

 4th (very rarely remaining free). Hindwing with the costal closely approximated to the cell for a considerable 

 distance. Range: N. Lidia to W. China. In grisea and the Indian rostiifera, in which the 2nd subcostal arises 

 from the cell, an areole is formed almost as in the Larentiinae; in the other species it is stalked with the 

 3rd — 5th subcostal. 



griaea. A. grisea Btlr. (= diversihnea Warr.) (17 h). Somewhat variable in colour, now more brownish, 



now more violet-grej'', but easily recognizable by the extremely acute angle in the postmedian line followed 

 by a strong, regular curve, N. India and W. China. In Chinese examples, the median area is handsomely 

 darkened proximallj^ and distally. 



latifasci- A. latifasciaria Leech (17 h). Rather larger and darker, median area broad and dark, the postmedian 



aria, projection rather less acute, postmedian line of hindwing generally distmct, more nearly parallel Avith distal 

 margin. W. China. Very near lativitta Moore, but with straighter antemedian hne. 



73. Genus : Corj^mica Walk. 



Palpus rather long, with 3rd joint distinct. Antenna in ^ ciliated, Forewing with apex and some- 

 times hinder angle acute or slightly produced; ^ with a very large hyaline fovea; 1st and 2nd siibcostals coin- 



