ENNTCHIA. —SAME A. 
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ENNYCHIA, Treit. 
Ennychia assimilis. (Plate LVIII. fig. 12.) 
Closely allied to E. octomaculalis , but larger, with the white spots (especially upon the 
disk of the wings) considerably larger, and the secondaries below without any trace of the white 
costal streak. Expanse of wings 1 inch. 
Hakodate iJVhitely). 
* Ennychia Umhata. (Plate LVIII. fig. 13.) 
Near to E. nigralis, but easily distinguished by the snow-white fringes to all the wings. 
Expanse of wings 8 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
Ennychia astrifera. (Plate LVIII. fig. 14.) 
Closely allied to E. octomaculalis, but blacker, the inner white spots smaller ; the fringe 
of primaries almost wholly black, the tegulse bright saffron -yellow, and the abdominal bands 
less clearly defined. Expanse of wings 1 1 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas) . 
DESMIA, Westiv. 
Desmia steUaris. (Plate LVIII. fig. 15.) 
Nearly allied to D. afflictalis of Guenee, but differing from it in the much smaller white 
spots on the wings. Expanse of wings 8 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
SAMEA, Guen. 
Samea hutyrosa. (Plate LIX. fig. 1.) 
Clear shining pale stramineous ; wings with a narrow daj'k-brown marginal border ; 
fringe whitish, with a dark-grey central line ; a spot in each cell, the outlines of the reniform 
spots, an irregular line across the middle and a transverse abbreviated line aci’oss the costal 
area of each wing blackish : head and thorax greyish, abdomen white : under surface creamy 
yellow; markings obsolete, wanting on secondaries. Expanse of wings 10 lines. 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
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