48 "BOARMIID^E. 



BOARMIIim 



HEMEROPHILA, Staph. 

 Hemerophila senilis, n. sp. (Plate XXXV. fig. 12.) 



Allied to H. abruptaria of Europe, but the wings whity brown, narrower ; the outer double 

 line of primaries much less irregular, and the pale patch on the outer border of secondaries 

 shorter. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 



Hakodate* (Whitely). 



AMPHIDASYS, Treitschke. 

 Amphidasys superans, n. sp. (Plate XXXV. fig. 3.) 



Allied to A. ponder ata of Cochin China, but much larger, grey ; the basal area and costal 

 patch at apex redder ; the outer line of the primaries blackish, undulated, better defined, that of 

 secondaries further from the inner line ; the white zigzag discal line obsolete. Expanse of wings 

 2 inches 10 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



BUZURA, Walk. 

 Buzura multipunctaria. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 1.) 

 Buzura multipunctaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Set. xxvi. p. 1531 (1862). 



In coloration similar to Elphos pardicelata. Wings and body above white, speckled with 

 black, the wings crossed by two wavy yellow discal belts and with yellow fringe ; head, sides 

 of thorax, and margins of abdominal segments yellowish. Under surface white, speckled with 

 grey and black ; an ill-defined irregular greyish discal belt and large black discocellular spot 

 on all the wings ; pectus and anal tuft yellow ; venter and legs whitish, spotted with blackish. 

 Expanse of wings 2 inches 10 lines. 



Silhet ; Hakodate" ( Whitely) . 



ELPHOS, Guenee. 

 Elphos insueta, n. sp. (Plate XXXVI. fig. 2.) 



White, speckled with grey, a broad irregular belt limited by the two central sinuated lines, 

 clouded with grey and testaceous ; a blackish curved line running through it in the primaries ; 

 an irregular grey discal belt, indistinctly blotched with testaceous, across the disk ; external area 

 spotted with grey, forming a continuous submarginal belt in the primaries. Body sordid white, 

 banded with grey : under surface clearer than the upper ; no testaceous markings : body below 

 creamy white ; anterior coxae greyish. Expanse of wings 3 inches 6 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



