CTMATOPHOEA. — MYTHIMNA. 21 



CYMATOPHORID.E. 

 CTMATOPHOEA, TreitscKke. 

 Cymatophora ampliata. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 1.) 

 Cymatophora ampliata, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 78 (1878). 



Allied to C. or of Europe, but much larger, the primaries silvery grey, the inner band 

 darker, straighter, with more dentated boundary-lines, the outer band with an additional angle 

 towards the costa, and with its outer line more regularly undulated, blackish, and parallel to 

 the inner line ; fringe darker ; secondaries darker ; thorax greyer ; head, collar, and antennae 

 testaceous. Expanse of wings 2 inches. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



Cymatophora octogesima. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 2.) 

 Cymatophora octogesima, Butler, Ann. fy Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 78 (1878). 



Allied to C. ocularis, much larger, of a dark silvery grey tint, with the transverse lines 

 and margins of the discoidal spots deep black, the subbasal lines more dentated, the central 

 band wider and its outer edge irregularly zigzag ; fringe of secondaries paler. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 11 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



LEUCANIIDjE. 



MYTHIMNA, Hiibner. 



Mythimna placida. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 5.) 



ilythimna placida, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 79 (1878). 



Allied to M. pseudargyria from North America, but with the primaries and thorax 

 pale sandy greyish, the discoidal spots less distinct, and the double discal series of black 

 dots less complete ; secondaries deep grey, darker externally, with whitish fringe : primaries 

 below blackish ; the costal and external borders whitish, crossed near the apex by a black dash ; 

 a marginal series of black dots ; secondaries whitish, irrorated with black, a dot at the end 

 of the cell, a discal series and a marginal series black ; body below whitish. Expanse of wings 

 1 inch 10 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer). 



Mythimna runpennis. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 6.) 

 ilythimna rufipennis, Butler, Ann. 4" Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 79 (1878). 



Allied to M. turca of Europe, but with barely an indication of the transverse lines on 



