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1938. Pionea albifimbrialis. 

 Botys albifimbrialis, Walk., Gat. Lep. Het., xxxiv, p. 1446. 



Two specimens from Satsuma, taken in May. 



These examples, as well as two others from Chekiang 

 in the national collection at South Kensington, have the 

 postmedial line of primaries outwardly oblique to vein 5, 

 and the secondaries are brown suffused with fuscous. 



Distribution. Formosa; Sumatra; Java (Rampson); 

 Eastern China ; Kiushiu. 



1939. Pionea punctiferalis, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 23.) 



Primaries pale olive-brown, clouded and suffuse with darker ; reni- 

 form and orbicular marks brown, outlined in blackish mingled with 

 white scales ; antemedial line whitish towards inner margin, but not 

 clearly defined ; postmedial line black, slightly curved and dentate, 

 the dentations marked with white, two white spots before it opposite 

 end of the cell ; a marginal line black with black dots upon it, 

 marked with white towards the angle ; apical third of costa marked 

 with darker ; fringes chequered with white, traversed by one dark 

 line and preceded by another. Secondaries whitish suffused with 

 fuscous, especially on outer marginal area, a black dot at upper 

 and lower angles of cell, traces of a dusky postmedial line ; a marginal 

 series of black dots, partly connected by a black line ; fringes whitish, 

 traversed by a dark line. Under surface whitish ; primaries much 

 suffused with fuscous, stigmata and postmedial line blackish ; 

 secondaries have markings similar to above, but the postmedial is 

 more clearly defined and indented towards the costa. 



Expanse 24 millim. 



One male specimen taken at Ta-chien-lu in May or 

 June. 



Habitat. Central China. 



R. S. 



1940. Pionea mendicalis, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 10.) 



Primaries ochreous brown, a dot in cell and annulus at end of cell, 

 both blackish; postmedial line blackish, slightly dentate, curved 

 round end of the cell, and terminating about the middle of inner 

 margin ; fringes fuscous brown preceded by a brown line. Secondaries 

 whitish tinged with ochreous on outer area ; postmedial line blackish, 

 interrupted towards vein 2 and not continued to abdominal margin ; 

 fringes agree in colour with the wings and are preceded by an 



