NOTOCRYPTA. — ASTICTOPTEIiUS. 629 
angulum intfrnura, serioeo-alba, ct tribus puuctis coadimatis ad apieem, duobusijue aliis infra 
apicalia, minutis, sajpius uiillis, priBsertim in femina; fimbria obscure grisea. Posticis nigris, 
fimbria alba, ad apieem latiore, subintersecta, nigra. Subtus antica; similes; fascia aaU; 
costam nigram luteseit. PosticiE squamis griseis pulverulentae, cum puacto discali, et serio 
punctorum albidorum antemarginali. Pedes cinerei ; palpi albidi. 
'< Thibet (Abb. Arm. David). Mus. Nat." (MahiUe, I. c.) 
Occurs at Ta-chiea-lu, Pu-tsu-fong, Moupin, Wa-shan, and Chow-pin-sa, in 
Western China, and appears to be a common insect up to an elevation of 
8000 feet. 
This species is allied to P. dhanada, Moore (Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865, 
p. 789). 
Genus ASTICTOPTERUS. 
AstictojJterus, Felder, Wien. ent. Mon. iv. p. 401 (1860) ; Watson, Proc. Zool. Soc. 
Lond. 1893, p. 114. Type,yaOT«, Felder. 
"Antennae: club slender, tip recurved, acuminate. Palpi porrect; third joint short, obtusely 
conical. Fore wing : inner margin longer than outer margin ; ceU loss than two thirds the 
length of costa ; vein 12 reaching costa before end of cell ; vein 11 curving upwards shortly 
after its origin and running close to, but not touching, vein 12 ; middle discooellular con- 
siderably longer than lower one ; vein 5 much nearer to 4 than to 0, but not from close to 
bottom of cell ; vein 3 well before end of cell, more than twice as far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 
shghtly nearer to 3 than to base of wing. Hind wing evenly rounded ; vein 7 shortly before 
end of cell ; discocellulars and vein 5 very faint ,: vein 3 shortly before end of cell, twice as 
far from 2 as from 4 ; vein 2 nearer to end of cell than to base of wing. Hind tibise naked 
and with two pairs of long spurs." ( Watson, 1. c.) 
AstictopteruS olivascens. (Plate XLII. fig. l, var.) 
Astictopterus olivascens, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1878, p. 692 ; Wood-Mason & 
de Niceville, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 1886, p. 381, pi. xviii. figs. 2,2 a ? . 
Cyclopides chinensis, Leech, Entomologist, xxiii. p. 48 (1890). 
Steropes nubilus, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv. p. Ixiv (1891). 
" Allied to A. unirolor, Brem. (Menetr. Catal. Mus. Pet., Lep. i. t. 5. f. 6), from Pekin and 
Hong Kong, but of larger size. Upperside uniform glossy olive-brown. FemaJe with a 
white, semidiaphanous, narrow subapical spot crossed by the fourtli and fifth subcostal 
branches. Underside : male uniformly brown ; hind wing sparsely grey-speckled : female 
with subapical spot on fore wing as above, the exterior margin grey-speckled; hind wing 
with three ill-defined, sparsely grey-speckled, transverse bauds. Palpi, body, and legs beneath 
grey. 
" Expanse l-j% inch." {Moore, I. e.) 
Cydopides cliinensis. Leech. — Brownish black. Primaries with a short white dash near costa ami 
towards apex, broken up by the uervules into three spots. L'ndcr surface of primaries 
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