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SPHINGID^.— ZTG^NID^. 
Diludia increta. (Plate XLI. fig. 7.) 
Anceryx increta, WalJcer, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 36 (1864). 
Nearly allied to the preceding species, but greyer, and with less sharply defined markings ; 
the black median streaks broader and better defined ; under surface of wings smoky brown, 
with two parallel dusky belts and a broad dusky border ; fringe white, spotted with blackish ; 
secondaries with pearly white abdominal border ; body below pure white. Expanse of wings 
4 inches 2 lines. 
Shanghai; North China {Fortune)] Yokohama {Jonas). 
In the “Revision of the Sphingidse” (Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. ix. p. 616) this speeies was 
erroneously identified, from Japanese drawings, with D. rates, and the transformations were 
figured under that name ; the speeimens obtained by Mr. Jonas at Yokohama have brought 
this mistake to light. 
ZYGiENID^. 
SYNTOMIS, Ochs. 
Syntomis annetta. (Plate XLII. fig. 1.) 
Syntomis annetta, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. vol. xii. p. 347 (1876). 
Syntomis atereus ?, Walker (nec Cramer), Cat. Lep. Het. i. p. 128 (1854). 
Above dark brown : primaries with a small spot near the base, two large spots at the 
middle, and two large bifid spots on tbe disk transparent white ; secondaries with the basal 
half, excepting the costal margin, transparent white ; body purplish ; antennae whitish towards 
the tips ; abdomen with a transverse basal bar and a belt round the subterminal segment, 
yellow ; anus testaceous ; anterior coxae eream-coloured. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 
China {Lay ^ Bowring). 
BALAT.ffiA, Walker. 
Balataea aegerioides. (Plate XLII. fig. 2.) 
Balatea ajgerioides, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 110 (1864). 
Primaries above purplish black ; an oblong spot near the base, a short subcostal dash just 
before the middle, and two bifid spots placed obliquely upon the disk golden ochraceous ; a 
steel-blue spot at base ; fringe white : seeondaries greyish hyaline, with narrow blackish 
borders and black veins ; antennae steel-blue ; thorax dark metallic green ; abdomen purplish 
black, with dark green margins to the segments : under surface paler, abdomen bluish. Ex- 
panse of wings 1 inch. 
North China. 
