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Abraxas plurilineata. (Plate LIII. fig. 2.) 
Abraxas plurilineata, Wallcer, Cat. Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1123 (1862). 
Primaries white, base yellowish ; the basal half erossed by eight oblique dark brown 
stripes ; three transverse brown stripes just beyond the middle, two across the disk, a third 
abbreviated towards the apex, and one submarginal ; a marginal dark brown line : secondaries 
yellowish, especially towards the anal angle ; basal area greyish ; four ill-defined abbreviated 
dark brown central lines arranged in pairs ; a dark brown abbreviated belt from the apex to 
the third median branch and a spot on the second median interspace ■, two marginal dark 
brown dots near the anal angle : head white, spotted with black ; thorax white, striped with 
black ; abdomen yellow, with lateral black dots. Primaries below nearly as above : secondaries 
with a blackish subcostal spot near the base, a central dark brown line followed immediately 
by two others ; two discal stripes not reaching the abdominal margin ; a small apical spot or 
dash and a submarginal dot close to it, all dark brown ; venter white, with two longitudinal 
stripes of black ; legs cream-coloured, tibiae blackish at each end. Expanse of wings 1 inch 
2 lines. 
North China {Fortune). 
Allied to A. junctilineata, but resembling the genus Pyrcnarmon among the Pyrales. 
DEROCA, Walker. 
Deroca phasma. (Plate LIII. fig. 4.) 
Deroca phasma, Butler, Ann. 4 May. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 442 (1878). 
d . Hyaline, snow-white : primaries with three grey spots across the basal half of the costa, 
a fourth above the end of the cell, and a larger spot at the end of the cell ; a large grey apical 
patch crossed by a trifid white patch, and a similar smaller patch at the external angle : 
antennse with grey pectinations ; abdomen grey, crossed by white segmental lines. Wings 
below nearly as above, but the grey markings darker and the costal spots on the basal half 
confluent ; body below cream-coloured. Expanse of wings I inch 4 lines. 
2 . Larger, iridescent, with paler markings. Expanse of wings 1 inch 6 lines. 
Yokohama {Jonas). 
LOMASPILIS, Hiibn. 
Lomaspilis opis. (Plate LIII. fig. 3.) 
Lomaspilis opis, Butler, Ann. 4 May. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. i. p. 442 (1878). 
Wings creamy white : primaries with the basal fourth, three large blotches across the 
centre (the two uppermost confluent), the apex, outer margin, and external angle pale purplish 
brown : secondaries with three blotches across the centre, the apex, a subapical marginal spot, 
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