TINTHIA. — CONCHYLIS. 61 



TINTHIA, Walker. 

 Tinthia editha, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 9.) 



Primaries chocolate-brown ; a longitudinal abbreviated line at the end of the cell and two 

 or three discal dots hyaline white : secondaries hyaline white, with brown veins and borders ; 

 internal border yellowish : body brown ; abdomen with lateral basal streak. Under surface 

 with the margins of the wings and the whole of the body golden ; legs golden, banded with 

 black. Expanse of wings 11 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



Tinthia constricta, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 10.) 



Primaries purplish black, with a longitudinal line and a quadrifid discal patch hyaline 

 white ; fringe brown : secondaries hyaline white, with black veins and margins ; fringe brown : 

 body purplish black ; abdomen with two central slender belts and the middle of the anal tuft 

 golden : primaries below with golden costal margin ; legs streaked with gold ; palpi whitish ; 

 pectus spotted with silver ; venter banded with silver. Expanse of wings 9 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



CRAMBnm 



CHILO, Zincken. 

 Chilo acuminatus, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 1.) 



Primaries pale testaceous, with white veins and a longitudinal brown streak ; a tew black 

 spots and scales scattered over the submedian area ; secondaries silvery white ; thorax testaceous ; 

 abdomen paler : under surface entirely silvery white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



CRAMBUS, Fair. 



Crambus argyrophorus, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 5.) 



Allied to C. hamellus, but smaller ; the head, palpi, and prothorax white : primaries with 

 the silvery white streak of double the width ; the discal line less angulated and nearer the margin, 

 the white-edged blackish apical patch wanting. Expanse of wings 1 inch 4 lines. 



Yokohama (Jonas). 



NYCTEOLID^. 

 CONCHYLIS, Treitschke. 

 Conchylis dives, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 7.) 

 Primaries above buff-coloured ; the basal two fifths of costa, a curved streak from the latter, 



