54 LAEENTID^E. — HYPENTD^E. 



LABENTID.E. 



SCOTOSIA, Steph. 



Scotosia lucicolens, n. sp. (Plate XXXVII. fig. 10.) 



Allied to 8. miniosata of India, but larger, the primaries more acuminate, bronzy, with the 

 black lines sharply defined ; the secondaries with no apical orange patch, but with a testaceous 

 border to the apical margin ; a broad whitish costal patch from the margin almost to the 

 median vein ; under surface shining cream-coloured, the base not grey. Expanse of wings 

 2 inches 3 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas); Hakodate (Whitely). 



PLATYDIID^). 



PLATYDIA, GuSnie. 

 Platydia casta, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 1.) 



"Wings above pale fuliginous brown : primaries with a central oblique irregular band, 

 bordered by a double black line, and tinted with lilacine ; base filled by a brownish spot 

 bordered in the same way; subbasal and discal areas varied with pale spots, edged with 

 yellowish silver ; reniform spot on the central band outlined in black, and with a silvery 

 margin ; a sinuated subconical white-bordered marginal brown patch ; an apical whitish 

 lilacine spot, above which the fringe is white ; fringe of outer margin brown, white-tipped ; 

 inner margin, below the central band, with a projecting conical patch of elongated scales : 

 secondaries with a dark marginal line ; fringe whitish : body pearly whitish ; abdomen with a 

 dorsal series of brown dots. Wings below pale brown ; primaries greyish in the centre : body 

 testaceous. Expanse of wings 1 inch 5 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



HYPENID^. 



DICHKOMIA, Guenee. 

 Dichromia claripennis, n. sp. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 2.) 



Primaries above chocolate-brown, the costal area darker and sprinkled with grey scales ; 

 a broad nearly straight discal belt densely sprinkled with grey scales ; apex with a pale grey- 

 sprinkled costal patch ; fringe blackish, traversed by two very slender parallel whitish lines : 

 secondaries ochreous, with a slender brown marginal line; fringe grey : thorax grey; abdomen 



