XOT()CRYPTA. — ASTICTOPTERUS. 629 



angulum intevnum, sericco-alba, ct tribus puuctis coadunatis ad apicem, duobuscjue aliis infra 

 apicalia, miimti.s, sajpius niillis, prajscrtim in femina ; fimbria obscure grisca. Posticis nigris, 

 fimbria alba, ad apicem latiorc, subintersecta, nigra. Subtus antica) similes; fascia aut(! 

 costam nigram lutescit. Posticaj squamis griseis pulverulentaj, cum puucto discali, ct scri(,' 

 punctorum albidorum antcmarginali. Pedes cinerei ; palpi albidi. 

 " Thibet (Abb. Arm. David). Mus. Nat." (Mahille, I. c.) 



Occurs at Ta-chiea-lu, Pu-tsu-fong, Moiipin, Wa-shan, and Chow-pin-sa, in 

 AVestern China, and appears to be a common insect up to an elevation of 

 8000 feet. 



This species is allied to P. dhanada, Moore (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865, 

 p. 789). 



Genus ASTICTOPTERUS. 



Astictopterus, Felder, Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 401 (18G0) ; Watson^ Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 Lond. 1893, p. 114. 'Ty^e,jama, Felder. 



"Antennas: club slender, tip recurved, acuminate. Palpi porrect; third joint short, obtusely 

 conical. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; cell less than two thirds the 

 length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell; vein 11 curving upwards shortly 

 after its origin and running close to, but not touching, vein 12 ; middle discocellular con- 

 siderably longer than lower one ; vein 5 much nearer to 4 than to 6, but not from close to 

 bottom of cell ; vein 3 well before end of cell, more than twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 

 sHghtly nearer to 3 than to base of wing. Hind wing evenly rounded ; vein 7 shortly before 

 end of cell ; discoccllulars and vein 5 vei'y faint ; vein 3 shortly before end of cell, twice as 

 far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibia; naked 

 and with two pairs of long spurs." ( Watson, 1. c.) 



Astictopterus olivascens. (Plate XLII. fig. 1, var.) 



Astictopterus olivascens, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1878, p. G92 ; Wood-Mason & 



de Niceville, Journ. Asiat. Soc. 13eng. 1886, p. 381, pi. xviii. figs. 2,2 a ? . 

 Cyclopides chinensis, Leech, Entomologist, xxiii. p. 48 (1890). 

 Steropes nubilus, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv. p. Ixiv (1891). 



" Allied to A. tinirolor, Brem. (Menctr. Catal. Mus. Pet., Lep. i. t. 5. f. 6), from Pekin and 

 Hong Kong, but of larger size. Fpperside uniform gloss}- olive-brown. Female with a 

 white. semidiai)hanous, narrow subapical spot crossed by the fourth and fifth subcostal 

 branches. Underside : male uniformly brown ; hind wing sparsely grey-speckled : female 

 with subapical spot on fore wing as above, the exterior margin grey-speckled ; hind wing 

 with three iU-defined, sparsely grey-speckled, transverse bands. Palpi, body, and legs beneath 

 grey. 



" Expanse l^^^- inch." {Moore, 1. c.) 



Cyclopides chinensis, Leech. — Brownish black. Primaries with a short white dash near costa and 

 towards apex, broken up by the nervules into three spots. Under surface of primaries 



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