Marumba piceipennis Butler. (Kuchiba-suzume) 
By K. Nagano. 
Forewings yellowish brown, median and marginal parts darker; a 
dark-brown lunate discal spot; about ten dark-brown striae, posteriorly 
curved; two reddish or blackish brown spots near anal angle. 
Hindwings purpulish brown; two reddish or blackish brown spots 
near anal angle. Expanse 100-138mm. Body arab, with a dark 
brown longitudinal stripe. | 
Kiusiu, Shikoku, Honsiu, Yezo; 6, 7, 8. Larva pale or yellowish 
green, white or yellow dotted; on 1-3 seg. a pale yellow longitudinal 
lateral stripe; on 4-11 seg. a series of pale yellow oblique lateral 
stripes, with red dots; horn green, white dotted: on Quercus glauca, 
Q. myrsinaefolia, etc., 8, 9, 10. 

