36 GONOPTERID^.— AMPHIPYKID.&. 



GONOPTEKID^E. 

 GONITIS, Guinee. 



Gonitis commoda. (Plate XXXII. fig. 3.) 



Gonitis commoda, Butler, Ann. 6f Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 203 (1878). 



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Most nearly allied to G.fulvtda, but larger and darker; the primaries redder; the lines 

 darker and less strongly undulated, the central line straight ; the fringe less broadly white- 

 tipped ; secondaries with much less white on the fringe ; wings below darker, the lines darker, 

 the discal line of secondaries carried across the wing as in G. comoinans. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 10 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



AMPHIPYRID^. 



AMPHIPYRA, Ochs. 



Amphipyra tripartita. (Plate XXXII. fig. 4.) 

 Amphipyra tripartita, Butler, Ann. 6f Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 288 (1878). 



Primaries above glossy raven-black, crossed by two white belts, the outer one partly 

 intersected by a tapering dull red streak ; external area brownish, with a submarginal series of 

 white-speckled black spots : secondaries shining chocolate-brown ; fringe pale brown, with a 

 broad central grey belt ; thorax raven-black ; abdomen fuliginous brown, with a shining 

 greyish lustre: under surface greyish fuliginous, shining, the external area broadly darker, 

 crossed by a pale discal band ; secondaries with the costal half dusky, base whitish ; a black 

 discocellular spot ; legs black, white-banded. Expanse of wings 1 inch 11 lines to 2 inches 

 4 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



ORTHOGONIA, Feld. 



Orthogonia crispina. (Plate XXXII. fig. 6.) 

 Orthogonia crispina, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 288 (1878). 



Nearly allied to 0. sera of Felder, but larger, the primaries of a paler whity brown tint, 

 with darker central band ; no dark apical patch on the costa ; secondaries broader and greyer 

 in tint ; thorax with a longitudinal whitish patch. Expanse of wings 2 inches 6 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



