DIACRISIA. — MILTOCHEISTA. 5 



DIACRISIA, Hiibner. 

 Diacrisia subvaria. (Plate XXIII. fig. 3.) 

 Diacrisia subvaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. iii. p. 637. n. 2 (1855). 



Primaries above buff-coloured ; a black spot in the cell ; two black spots at the end of the 

 cell and between them a small red spot, below which is an oval brown spot crossed by yellow 

 veins ; four blackish spots on the fringe : secondaries rose-red, spotted with black ; fringe 

 yellow : head above and thorax pale buff ; abdomen rose-red, with a dorsal row of black spots : 

 under surface of wings and body rose-red, spotted with black ; pectus brownish. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 6 lines. 



North China {Cuming) ; Hakodate (Whitely) ; Yokohama (Jonas). 



Mr. Walker's measurement of the wings is incorrect. 



RHYPARIOIDES, Butler. 

 Rhyparioides nebulosa. (Plate XXIII. fig. 2.) 

 Rhyparioides nebulosa, Butler, Ann. $f Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 396 (1877). 



Primaries sordid buff, more or less clouded with grey ; secondaries bright rose-red, with 

 black spots, as in Rhyparia purpurea; thorax sordid buff; abdomen rose-red, with dorsal and 

 lateral series of black spots ; under surface nearly the same as in R. purpurea. Expanse of 

 wings 2 inches 1 line. 



Yokohama (Jonas) ; Hakodate* (Whitely). 



Allied to the European genus Rhyparia. 



LITHOSIID.E. 



MILTOCHRISTA, Hiibner. 

 Miltochrista pulchra. (Plate XXII. fig. 6.) 

 Miltochrista pulchra, Butler, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 396 (1877). 



Primaries ochraceous, covered with scarlet spots and streaks, and crossed by four series of 

 black dots, the first and third series well defined and arched, the fourth composed of small 

 linear dashes ; two black dots at the base ; secondaries pink, deepest in colour externally, 

 fringe whitish ; thorax rosy, dotted with black ; abdomen pink : primaries below bright rose- 

 colour, without spots. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



Miltochrista aberrans. (Plate XXII. fig. 7.) 

 Miltochrista aberrans, Butler, Ann. § Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx. p. 397 (1877). 



Allied to M. rniniata of Europe, but with three black basal dots and two slender crossed 



