LEPIDOPTERA HETEROCERA. 347 



52. SCIAPHILA SINICANA. 



Mas. Fusca ; aim anticce acuta, strigis costalibus obliquis argenteo- 

 cinereis, striga postica lata angulata plagaque marginali 

 argenteo-a Ibis ; postica? fuscescente-cinerem. 



Male. Brown, brownish cinereous beneath. Palpi porrect, 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; second joint fringed ; third 

 extremely short. Antennae stout, very minutely setulose. Fore 

 wings acute, with oblique silvery cinereous streaks on the exterior 

 part of the costa, with a broad angular silvery white streak extend- 

 ing from the disk to the interior border, and with a silvery white 

 patch, which joins the hind part of the exterior border; costa hardly 

 convex ; exterior border slightly convex, rather oblique. Hind 

 wings brownish cinereous. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 

 6 lines. 



a. Shanghai. From the Entomological Society's collection. 



53. SCIAPHILA ? MOLLISANA. 



Fcem. Purpuras cente-cinerea ; palpi capitis latitudine multo 

 breviores, articulo 3o niinimo ; alee anticce vix acuta?, lineis 

 nonnullis interruptis saturate fuscis, macula liturisque parvis 

 costalibus atris. 



Female. Purplish cinereous. Palpi porrect, fringed, much 

 shorter than the breadth of the head ; third joint extremely minute. 

 Abdomen extending a little beyond the hind wings. Fore wings 

 hardly acute, with some transverse irregular and interrupted deep 

 brown lines, and with a deep black costal spot beyond the middle ; 

 costa slightly convex, with small oblique deep black marks ; exterior 

 border slightly convex, hardly oblique. Hind wings cinereous. 

 Length of the body 2 lines ; of the wiugs 6 lines. 



a. China. Presented by G. T. Laye, Esq. 



54. SCIAPHILA? PERFECTANA. 



Mas. Argenteo-alba ; palpi atro vittati ; thorax macula trans- 

 versa atra ;' abdomen nigricans ; ala? antica? lituris transversis 

 angulosis punctisque atris, subtus nigricantes ; postica nigri- 

 cante-cinerea, fimbria alba. 



