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BOAEMlIDiE. 
whitishj with a grey cliscal belt ; the lines grey, ill-defined ; primaries with white apical spot. 
Expanse o£ wings 1 inch 8 lines. 
Yokohama {Jonas). 
Boarmia senex. (Plate XLIX. fig. 3.) 
Boarmia senex, Butler, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist, ser. 5, vol. i. p. 396 (1878). 
Allied to B. consortaria, but whiter and with broader primaries ; the lines black and 
similar to those of B. trispinaria, excepting that the outer line is rather nearer to the external 
margin and more strongly dentated. Expanse of wings 2 inches. 
Yokohama {Jonas) ; Hakodate {TVhitely.) 
Boarmia insolita. (Plate XLIX. fig. 5.) 
Boarmia insolita, Butler, Ann. ^ Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 397 (1878). 
Wings above silvery grey ; a subbasal sandy yellowish belt, on and just beyond which 
are two interrupted transverse black lines ; a black costal oblique dash above the end of the 
cell, and a small yellow spot at base of first median branch ; an interrupted sinuated 
black line beyond the cell, followed by a sandy yellowish discal belt ; outer border broadly 
dusky, intersected by a submarginal undulated whitish line ; two quadrate dusky patches 
placed angle to angle from above the second median branch to the outer margin ; a series of 
black marginal spots : secondaries with discal lines, belts, and marginal spots as in primaries. 
Under surface silvery white, with dusky discocellular spots; primaries with the discoidal and 
apical areas faintly tinted with grey ; an ill-defined grey discal line. Expanse of wings 
1 inch 7 lines. 
Hakodate {Whitely). 
Boarmia repulsaria. (Plate XLIX. fig. 7.) 
Boarmia repulsaria, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxi. p. 374 (1860). 
Earthy brown, with dusky annular discocellular markings and a series of dusky spots 
parallel to the outer margin and bounded externally by pale lunules ; a broad irregular central 
greyish belt, bounded by two blackish lines, which cross the wings obliquely and diverge 
towards the costa of primaries ; the inner line of primaries inarched, the outer one of secondaries 
subangulated ; a dusky line on each side of the band parallel to and a short distance from the 
blackish lines. Wings below sordid white, with large blackish discocellular spots; a broad 
discal belt and a broad patch connecting it with the outer margin just below apex greyish 
brown ; costal margins brownish. Expanse of wings 1 inch 8 lines. 
Hong-Kong {Chapman). 
The ‘^slightly hyaline character of the wings mentioned by Mr. Walker is due to the 
fact that the wings are somewhat rubbed towards the base. 
