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ErCLIDIID^. — POAPHILID^. 
Plusidia abrostoloides. (Plate XLVII. fig. 5.) 
Primaries above rosy whitish ; the base, basal half of inner margin, a broad transverse 
central belt, and a narrow discal belt pale olive-brown ; a large subbasal ferruginous spot, 
partly black-edged and crossed by a white line ; a ferruginous apical patch, brightest externally 
and divided in the centre by a partly white-edged blackish L'shaped character ; central area 
bounded on both sides by two slender parallel brown lines, the outer ones abruptly angulated 
near the costa ; a black marginal line ; fringe dusky externally ; discoidal markings outlined 
in brown : secondaries pale sericeous greyish brown, with indications of two slightly darker 
divergent streaks : thorax reddish, abdomen sericeous whity brown. Under surface sericeous 
whity brown ; primaries greyish excepting at the borders, with two transverse costal streaks 
breaking up the costal border ; secondaries with three parallel and nearly equidistant greyish 
stripes. Expanse of wings 1 inch 5 lines. 
H akodate ( Whitely) . 
POAPHILIDtE. 
POAPHILA, Gum. 
Poaphila mollis. (Plate XLVII. fig. 10.) 
Alied to P. sylvarum. Ashy grey : primaries with cupreous -brown outer border; two 
nearly central dark-brown parallel lines, slightly incurved towards the costa, just inside the 
outer line a pale brownish stripe ; costal margin yellowish ; a marginal ferruginous line 
dotted with black ; fringe grey, speckled and transversely striated with purplish : secondaries 
sericeous and brownish, fringe creamy. Under surface cream-coloured; wings with ochreous 
borders : primaries with the central area broadly grey : seeondaries with dusky discocellular 
dot ; costal area speckled with grey. Expanse of wings 1 inch 2 lines. 
Yokohama {Jonas). 
PHYLLOPHILA, Gum. 
Phyllophila cretacea. (Plate XLVII. fig. II.) 
Primaries above sericeous chalky white, clouded with grey ; an angulated interrupted 
central leaden stripe bordered with white, and an oblique stripe of nearly the same colour 
near the outer margin : secondaries pale leaden grey ; fringe white towards the anal angle : 
body corresponding in general tint with the opposite wings. Under surface sericeous greyish 
brown, the primaries darker than the secondaries. Expanse of wings II lines. 
Yokohama {Jonas). 
