490 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



black lines, the former rather diffuse and the latter terminating at 

 vein 1 near the outer margin. Fringes pale with a black line at 

 their base. 



Expanse 16 millim. 



One male specimen from Moupin, June ; and one from 

 Ichang, July. 



Habitat. Central and Western China. 



K. S. 



1927. Metasia morbidalis, sp. n. 



Greyish-brown with a faint violet tinge. Primaries have a black 

 antemedial line, outwardly angled at median nervure ; a black post- 

 medial line, slightly indented at vein 5, turned inwards, and upwards 

 at vein 1 to vein 2, thence inwardly oblique to inner margin ; a black 

 annulus in cell, touching the antemedial line, and one at the end 

 of the cell. Secondaries have a curved antemedial line and a 

 sinuous postmedial line, both black. Fringes of the ground colour 

 marked with darker, and preceded by two black lines with whitish 

 between them. 



Expanse 20 millim. 



One male specimen from Ta-cliien-lu, taken in July or 

 August. 



Habitat. Western China. 



Genus Pionea. 



Guen. ; Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iv, p. 422 

 (1896). 



1928. Pionea albopedalis. 



Nomis albopedalis, Motsch., Etud. Ent, 1860, p. 38. 



A series in Pryer's collection; one example taken at 

 Chang-yang in June. 



Distribution. Japan ; Central China. 



1929. Pionea pallidalis, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 22.) 



Pale stramineous. Primaries have traces of a dusky antemedial 

 line towards the inner margin and a dusky postmedial line ; the latter 

 is curved from its point of origin on the sub-costal nervure to the 

 base of vein 2, thence downwards to middle of the inner margin, 

 inwardly angled on vein 1. Secondaries have a finely dentate post- 

 medial line, which is deeply indented inwards on vein 3 ; sub-mar- 

 ginal line dusky, dentate. Under surface suffused with fuscous ; post- 



