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1788. Scoparia congestalis. 



Scoparia congestalis, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xix, p. 826 ; 

 Hampson, 111. Typ. Lep. Het., ix, pi. clxxiv, fig. 2. 



Two specimens from Chang-yang, June and August, and 

 one from Ta-chien-lu, May or June. 



Distribution. North- West Himalayas ; Central and 

 Western China. 



1789. Scoparia vinotinctalis. 



Scoparia vinotinctalis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, 

 iv, p. 244 (1896). 



One female specimen taken at Mo u pin in June. Four 

 examples, including both sexes, were obtained at Chang- 

 yang ; two of them have the markings much obscured. 



Distribution. Nilgiri Plateau (Hampson); Central 

 and Western China. 



Somewhat similar to S. cembrm, Haw., but distinguished 

 by the more oblique antemedial line. 



Subfamily PYBAUSTIN^. 



Genus Entephria. 



Led. ; Hampson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1898, p. 618. 



1790. Entephria jaguaralis. 



Pycnarmon jaguaralis, Guen. ; Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., 

 Moths, iv, p. 256 (1896). 



Var. chinensis, nov. (Plate XIV, fig. 2.) 



One female specimen from Wa-shan, taken in June, differs from 

 typical examples in having a black line on the primaries, from vein 5 

 to inner margin, instead of a round black spot ; the marginal line is 

 broader, and the apical spot is merged in it ; the secondaries are 

 without orange markings. 



Expanse 20 millim. 



No other example of the species was received from China, 

 or from Japan. 



Distribution. Dharmsala; Sikhim; Assam; Malacca; 

 Celebes ; Mysore ; Waigiou ; New Guinea ; Solomons 

 (Hampson); Western China. 



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