Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. 395 



Distribution. Japan ; China ; Dharmsala ; Bombay 

 (Hampson); Cc-REA. 



1609. Cramhus fuliginosellus, sp. n. (Plate XIV, fig. 6.) 



Palpi, head, thorax and two-thirds of abdomen fuliginous, termi- 

 nal third of abdomen whitish. Primaries dark grey, clouded with 

 fuliginous on basal half and along basal two-thirds of costal area ; 

 medial line dark brown, diffuse, almost straight ; postmedial line 

 dark brown, parallel with outer margin, except towards the costa, 

 slightly indented before the inner margin ; fringes dark grey, necked 

 with whitish. Secondaries white clouded with blackish at the base ; 

 the outer margin bordered with black, tapering towards but not 

 reaching the anal angle ; fringes glossy white. 



Expanse 20 millim. 



One male specimen from Chow-pin-sa, taken by a native 

 collector in May or June. 

 Habitat. Western China. 



K.S. 

 1610. Cr ambits atrosignatus. 



Cramhcs atrosignatus, Zell., Hor. Ent., Ross, xiii. p. 43, pi. 

 i, fig. 17 (1877). 

 Described from Japan. 



1611. Crambibs hitmidellus. 

 Crambus humidellus, Zell, Horae Ent., Ross, xiii, p. 42. 

 The type was from Japan. 



Genus Platytes. 

 Guen. ; Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iv, p. 19 

 (1896). 



1612. Platytes sinuosellus, sp. n. (Plate XIV, fig. 8.) 

 Primaries brown with a white stripe from the base just below 

 costa to the apex, the middle of the stripe broader than the extrem- 

 ities and its upper edge is black ; submarginal line blackish, origin- 

 ating on the outer margin below the stripe, gently curving inwards 

 to one-fourth, where it is sharply bent, returning to inner margin 

 just above the angle ; the area traversed by this line is whitish ; fringes 

 glossy white, traversed by a thin brown line and preceded by a 

 broader brown line on which are some darker dots towards the 

 inner angle. Secondaries whitish, suffused with fuscous, especially 

 on the outer margin ; fringes white preceded by a white line. 

 Expanse 28 millim. 

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