6 EPISTEME; CHELONOMORPHA ; MIMEUSEMIA; SCROBIGERA; SYFANIA. By Or. K. Jordan. 



beatrix. E. beatrix spec. nov. (= irenea Leech, nee Boisd.) (1 a). Tip of abdomen yellow. Similar to maculatrix 



Westw. from North India. Thorax below inclusive of its sides and the underside of the mid- and hind- 

 femora clothed with long yellow hairs, mid- and hindtibiae, usually also a portion of the tarsi, pale yellow 

 on upperside. Spots of forewing sometimes all white. Glasper of cf black, not yellow as in maculatrix, 

 ending in a jjoint, and bearing at the dorsal margin near the base a spatuliform process similar to that of 

 lectrix but broader; anal hook slender, acute. - - In West China, together with the preceding, but less 

 abundant. 



adulatrix. E. adulatrix Koll. (la). Thorax with large yellow spots anteriorly; abdomen ringed with yellowish 



red. Forewing with 2 rows of blue spots at the base, 2 yellow macular bands and a row of withe sub- 

 marginal spots. Hindwing black, with a yellowish red spot before the anal angle and a row of white dots 

 between that spot and the costal margin. — Common in North India, rarer in Kashmir and West China. 



2. Genus: Chelonomorpha MoUch. 



Eye sparsely hairy below. Antenna feebly clubbed, the fine hairs veiy short. Body shaggy. Fore- 

 wing with areole, the 5. subcostal from apex of areole; 1. abdominal segment with yellow tuft above. 

 Frontal process rather high and slender. — 1 species, which is distributed from India to Yezzo. 



C. japona. Abdomen above ringed with black, spotted below. Forewing with yellowish white 

 spots, 2 in and 1 below the cell, and 2 distally from the apex of cell, and with a submarginal row of smaller 

 spots. Hindwing yellow, base and the yellowish white-spotted distal margin black, in front of the anal 



japona. angle two black spots. - - The Japanese form, japona Motsch. (= villocoides Btlr.) (lb), is rough-hairy; the 

 2 black spots situated before the anal angle of hindwing are separated and the submarginal spots of the 



austeni. underside are large. Not rarely in Central and North Japan, in June and July. — austeni Moore (lb) 

 occurs in Central China and North India. The spots of the forewing are smaller and the 2 black spots of 

 the hindwing are confluent. 



3. Genus: Miineuseniia Btlr. 



Very closely agreeing with Ckelonomorpha. The 3. palpal segment longer; 2. radial of forewing 

 closer to the 3. than in the preceding genus. — Indo-Malayan, northwards distributed to Amurland and Yezzo. 



persimilis. M. persimilis Btlr. (1 b). A broad stripe on head and pronotum, a long spot on the mesothoracical 



tegula and a round one in the centre of the metanotum pale yellow like the spots of the forewing. Pectus 

 yellow. Hindwing at apex of cell with a large black spot which is connected with the black costal margin ; 

 distal marginal band black, widened anally, proximal to it a black spot which is usual]}- entirely merged 

 together with the band. — Yezzo ; Central Japan ; Amurland ; Gorea ; West China. 



4. Genus: Scrobigera Jord. 



Frons simply convex, without distinct ring. Antenna very slightly clubbed, in ? almost filiform, 

 fine hairs very short. Forewing with areole, 2. subcostal stalked with 3. and 4., upper median proximal 

 to cell-angle. Hindwing of cf with central longitudinal fold (scent-organ) ; base of 2. radial and apex of 

 cell-fold forked in <f and ?, the two forks forming a rhomb. — Indo-Malayan , extending to West and 

 Central China. 



amatrix. S. amatrix Westw. Forewing with pale yellow macular band in the centre and a row of 4 small 



spots distal to apex of cell. Hindwing reddish yellow above, with the exception of the base and the 

 distal margin which are broadly black; at apex of cell a black spot. Underside of bod}' for the greater 

 chinensis. part orange-yellow. Pronotum yellow in <?, black in ?. India and China. — The Chinese form, chinensis 

 subsp. nor. (1 c), has a much more extendedly black abdomen than the Indian subspecies; in o 71 above only 

 the 4., 5. and 6. segments narrowly bordered with yellow, the 7. segment, which envelops the claspers, 

 being entirely black. The underside of the hindwing is paler in cf 1 and ?, and the ? has an entirely black 

 abdomen. — I-chang on the Yang-tse-kiang, and in West China. 



5. Genus: Syfania Oberth. 



Frontal cone with sharp ring. 3. segment of palpus short, rough. Tibiae and underside of bod}' 

 long-hairy ; hindtibia with some spines between the 2 pairs of spurs. Antenna of both sexes rather strongly 

 clubbed, the fine hairs very short. Forewing with areole, 1. median from the angle of cell. — All the 

 5 species come from West China, where they tly in June and July. They resemble each other very closely. 

 All bear whitish or greenish yellow spots on the wings, 1 or 2 standing not far from the base, 2 in the 



