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on the fringe blackish ; outer border orange, especially at anal angle : body whitish, black- spotted. 

 Under surface nearly as above, but the spots more numerous and better defined. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 8 lines. 



Hakodate' {Whitely). 



Abraxas junctilineata. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 5.) 

 Abraxas jimctilineata, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1123. n. 18 (1862). 



White : primaries crossed by thirteen black lines, and half crossed at apex by two more ; 

 these lines are arranged in twos and threes so as to leave four irregular white bands between 

 them ; margin and two black spots at external angle black : secondaries with a blackish basal 

 spot ; a black discocellular spot ; an irregular series of large subconfluent black spots across the 

 disk ; an apical litura, four submarginal spots, the margin, and a series of spots on the fringe 

 black ; anal border broadly orange : body ochreous, abdomen crossed by interrupted black belts. 

 Under surface with fewer but broader belts ; all the wings with large discocellular spots : secon- 

 daries with the basal half of costa black, a central irregular transverse band running from it to 

 the abdominal margin ; discal spots separate : body ochreous, black-spotted. Expanse of wings 

 2 inches. 



North China {Fortune) ; Yokohama (Jonas). 



Abraxas elegans, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 6.) 



White, the wings black-spotted, the primaries crossed by six series of spots, all but the 

 fourth series (in which the spots are small) more or less confluent : secondaries with a discocel- 

 lular spot, two on abdominal margin, one, small, near the base of the median vein, several on 

 the costa ; a discal series of large spots, twice interrupted, four smaller submarginal spots, and 

 a marginal series : body ochreous, black-spotted. Wings below nearly as above, but the spots 

 broader and therefore more completely confluent : body below ochreous ; anterior legs and coxae 

 black. Expanse of wings 2 inches 2 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



RHYPARIA, Hiibn. 

 Rhyparia fraterna, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 9.) 



Closely allied to R. melanaria of Europe, but half as large again, the primaries with the 

 series of black spots more crowded together, leaving broad white bands between the basal, 

 central, and submarginal series : secondaries with the spots larger and therefore forming three 

 well-defined series in addition to the discocellular spot. Expanse of wings 2 inches 1 line. 



Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer). 



