422 ADRAPSA; BADIZA; BOOANA. By W. Warren. 



barbalis. P. barbalis CI. (= pectitalis Hbn.) (72 g). Forewing ochreous dusted very densely with yellow brown; 



a slight dark cell mark ; inner and outer lines brownish, more or less parallel, the inner curved in cell, the out- 

 er more widely beyond it; subterminal line oblique; hindwing with costal area pale, without markings; 

 a faint outer line; subterminal dark, externally edged with pale. Larva dull reddish ochreous, with dorsal, 

 subdorsal, and lateral rows of dark freckled diamond shaped marks; head fuscous; feeding on decayed 

 leaves of oak, birch, and alder. Throughout Europe except_jthe northern parts, inAmurland and theUssuri 

 district. 



102. Genus: Adrapsa Walk. 



Tongue present; palpi of $ sickle-shaped; the second segment well-scaled, upcurved, narrowing at 

 tip, the third as long as second, aciculate; of ^ thickly haired, with a tuft of hair porrect from end of first 

 segment, second segment erect, densely haired above, third thrown forward, short and slightly tufted; antennae 

 of <J with fasciculate cilia, the shaft thickened before middle, with tutts of short scales above and on inner 

 side; cell of hindwing short; veins 6, 7, and 3, 4 stalked. Type A. ablualis Walk. 



riwilata. A. rivulata Leech (74 k). Forewing fuliginous brown; lines wavy, whitish; inner, outer, and submargmal ; 



the median shade black ; some grey scaling on the costal and in the median areas, with patches of grey in the 

 terminal area; a white dot represents the orbicular stigma and a white spot the reniform; hindwing with 

 outer and submarginal wavy white lines, and some grey scales in terminal area. Described by Leech from a 

 single $ taken at Omeishan, Western Cdina. 



incertalis. A? iticertalis Leech (74 k). Forewing brownish fuscous, darker alongtermen ; inner and outer lines waved, 



blackish, conversely paler-edged ; submargmal line' broken up into a row of pale spots ; orbicular stigma 

 a white dot, the reniform a white bar, touching a^blackish median shade; hindwing with the same lines, 

 except the inner; underside ochreous^brown; the terminal area dark brown; a subquadrate patch of pale 

 ground colour below apex of forewing. A large species known only from a single $ from Omei-shan, 

 Western China. 



reticulalis. A? reticulatis £eec& (74 k). Forewing cream white; the transverse markings broad and diffuse, blackish 



fuscous; the inner band curved, the outer sinuous, angled beyond cell; submargmal band also sinuous, 

 inwardly diffuse ; two horizontal blackish streaks from inner to submarginal line, one above middle, the other 

 above inner margin; hindwing whitish, with two dark curved lines and a small black cell spot. Described 

 from a $ taken at Changyang, Central China; both sexes taken since in Yesso, Japan. 



103. Genus: ISadiza Walk. 



Differs from Adrapsa in the antennae of the <$ being unipectinate, the palpi variable. Type B. ere- 

 boides Walk. 



notigera. B. notigera Btlr. (74 k). Forewing dark brown black ; inner and outer lines white, wavy, but only plam on 



costa and inner margin ; subterminal line forming a white mark on costa and two more above middle; a large 

 white oval spot at end of cell and a white dot in the cell; fringe black, with whitish lunules at base and a 

 white spot below apex; hindwing with obscure white cell spot and two waved whitish outer lines. Japan. 



simplex. B. simplex Btlr. (74 k). Forewing bronzy olive brown; a small white spot near base of cell and 



large one at its end; outer line marked by a white costal spot; subterminal by a white spot on costa and 

 two or three irregular ones below ; fringe brown chequered with white ; hind whig with pale cellspot and med- 

 ian and subterminal pale edged lines. Japan. 



104. Genus : Bocana Walk. 



Palpi of "(J with the second segment simple, without tufts, the third upturned and naked ; antennae 

 of <J bipectinate; forewing of $ with a large costal fold on underside; otherwise like Adrapsa. Type B. 

 manifestalis Walk. 



