338 LYC^KID^. 
broadest), and the outer margin narrowly pale fuscous ; posterior wings crossed from base to 
beyond middle ■with about eight linear fascite as on anterior wings (more or less fused and 
broken), followed by a distinct and somewhat broad greyish fascia, and with two submarginal 
linear brownish fascitT ; two large marginal spots containing a few scattered greenish scales 
and inwardly margined with pale reddish ochraceous, separated by the lower median 
nervule : outer margin narrowly fuscous ; fringe of both wings pale brownish, the tips 
greyish white. Body above more or less concolorous with wings, beneath with legs greyish 
white ; legs more or less streaked with brownish. 
" Female. Wings above pale brownish ; anterior wings with a diseal bluish patch ; posterior wings 
with two outer greyish submarginal fasciae, the innermost broadest ; black anal angular spots 
as in male, distinctly margined with greyish ; wings beneath as in male. 
" Exp. wings, d & ? , 30 to 38 millim." {Distant, I. c.) 
"Larva when full-grown measures J^ of an inch in length ; pale dull green throughout, slightly 
shagreened, but not hairy, except slightly so at the sides ; the small retractile head smooth, 
ochreous pale brown, shining; a dorsal line of a somewhat darker green than the ground, no 
other markings whatever, altogether a very plain-looking creature ; the constrictions at the 
segments shallow, the spiracles black but inconspicuous, the extensile organs on the twelfth 
segment very short : feeds on the yellow pea-like flowers and on the pods of C'rotalaria 
striata, DC, in Calcutta. Ptqxi pale yellowish green, the posterior end very blunt and 
rounded, the abdominal segments larger than the anterior, the head small, a dark dorsal line, 
a double subdorsal series of small black spots, the thorax slightly humped on the back, the 
pupa smooth throughout." (rfe Niceville, 1. c.) 
The early stages of this species are also described by Dr. Lang [l. c.) as 
follows : — 
" Larva. Green or olive, or sometimes reddish brown, with a dark dorsal stripe. The spiracles 
are yellow, and below there is a white lateral stripe ; above the spiracles on each segment is 
an oblique line, paler than the ground-colour. Pi«^)a. Eeddish yellow, dotted with brown, 
and with black spiracles. 
" The larva feeds on the pods of the common pea, also on Colutea arhorescens, and on various 
leguminous plants, devouring the seeds. The eggs are laid in the autumn on the twigs of 
the plants, the newly emerged Jarva entering the young pods in the following summer ; when 
it is fuUy grown it undergoes its pupation on the stems or on the leaves." 
This species, which is widely distributed throughout the greater part of 
the Old AVorld, occurs sparingly in all the Chinese localities visited by my 
collectors ; it is also found in Japan, but it is very rare in that countiy. 
Genus OETHOMIELLA. 
Orthomiella, de Niceville, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 125 (1890) . 
" FoBE WING : costa evenly and gently curved throughout, apex rather acute, outer margin convex, 
inner margin rather sinuous, inner angle acute, produced ; costal nervure ending opposite the 
apex of the discoidal cell ; first subcostal nervule completely anastomosed with the costal ner- 
vure, into which it runs immediately after its origin, the costal nervure being bent downwards 
