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HESPEEIID^. 



" Expanse, J 5 Ig iuch. 



" Larva pale green, white-speckled ; head black-bordered. Feeds on Zi nziheracece . Pupa pale 

 green." {Moore, Lep. Ceyl.) 



Occurs in Western China at Omei-shan and Moupin in July. 



The Chinese specimens are always larger than typical examples ; the fascia 

 is broader and straighter, and they have well-defined submarginal spots. 

 This form may be known as var. rectifascia (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 2, 6 ). 



N. feisthameli [alysos) can be at once distinguished from the two 

 preceding species by the dull whitish patch on the under surface of primaries 

 which connects the white fascia with the costa. 



Elwes (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 461) places N. paralysos, Wood- 

 Mason & de Xiceville, as a synonym of tliis species, which he states is 

 common in Sikkim, up to 4000 or 5000 feet, from March to December. 



Distribution. Continental India, Ceylon, Andaman Islands, Malay Penin- 

 sula, Malacca, Java, and China. 



Notocrypta goto. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 4, c? .) 



Plesioneura goto, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Bclg. xxvii. p. Ivi (1883). 

 " Vicina P. ruficorni, Mah.^javana, ct statura schemce. How. 



" Alae antica) nigrae cum tribus punctis albido-hj'alinis ad apicem et fascia lata, costam non tan- 

 gente, c tribus maculis composita ; intermedia anguliformis exeedit ca^tcras e.\trorsum. Ala) 

 postica) immaculata), basi rufescenti. 



" E Japonia. 



" Cette espece a la bande dcs superieures courte, ramassec en une tacho carree, compactc ; la tache 

 mediane, en triangle etroit, depasse extcrieurement les autres. Entre la cote et I'extrcmite 

 do la biinde blanche, il y a deux tacbes jaunatres, plus visibles on dessous." (Mabille, I. c.) 



I am indebted to M. Mabille for the loan of the type (the only example 

 known) of this species, which is figured in this work. It is a very bad speci- 

 men, and when fresh the insect was probably very much darker in colour. 

 It seems nearest allied to N. {Plesioneura) nigricans^ de Niccville *, from 

 Sikkim. 



Habitat. Japan. 



Notocrypta tibetana. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 6, j .) 



PlcryyospKhu tihctana, I\Ial)ill{', Ami. Soc. Ent. France, 1876, p. liv. 



"Nigra; allH nigri.s, aiitioiH fnHcia lata iil riiii|iic siTiiiato-nngulaia, Hcinicurva, a coHta uscjue ad 



• Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bong. 1885, p. 12,'}, pi. ii. fig. (i, ? . 



