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stalked, the stalk given off at the end of the cell; veins 9 and 10 are given off from the end of a secondary cell located near the ba~e above the lower cell. Type H. castanea,
Holl.
158 H. castanea, sp. nov. 9. Palpi,
front and collar pale rufous; patagia hoary, whitish; upper side of thorax pale ochrace- ous; abdomen and legs rufous. The priin- aries on the upper side are very pale reddish- brown with the outer margin and the inner margin near the base whitish. The wings
are marked by a broad chestnut red ray,
which runs from the costa at the base out- wardly to the outer margin, where it is
widened covering the outer angle and the inner margin for one-third of its length from the outer angle. At the end of the cell, there is a dhrk brown annulus pupilled withlighter brown. There is a geminate waved sub-basal and transverse limbal line. From the apex a broad line runs inwardly terminating upon vein 6. There is a submarginal series of unulate yellowish marks defined internally by pale brown lines and outwardly on the margin by very heavy dark brown lines. The secondaries on the upper surface are pale creamy with a dark brown patch near the
anal angle, and the fringes for one-half of the distance from the anal angle are likewise dark brown. The wings on the under side
are very pale yellowish-rufous, the markings of the upper side reappearing very faintly and indistinctly. Expanse, 68 mm.
The only specimen of this beautiful species which I have ever seen was bred from a
small, oval, dark brown cocoon, which was found adhering to a leaf, and from which the imago emerged April 27th, 1891.
The insect
is apparently quite rare.
METANASTRIA, Hiibn.
159. M. ĺ´por$hyria sp. nov. & Palpi,
front and collar dark brown; patagia brown shading into purplish, hoary in certain
lights; the upper side of the abdomen is pur- plish-brown; the under side of the thorax and abdomen is paler. The primaries are
brown with a purplish white canescence.
They are crossed by a number of dark brown lines, one running from the costa at the base to the middle of the inner margin, the next crossing the middle of the cell to the outer angle, forked at the costa and connected with the basal line about the middle and near the inner margin by transverse branches. The third line of the series is broad and does not quite reach the outer margin at its outer ex- tremity bifurcating along the median ner- vules. The fourth line runs diagonally from the costa toward the outer margin and is slightly curved inwardly. There is a sub- marginal series of angulated whitish mark- ings, most conspicuous near the apex, which is heavily clouded with dark brown. The
secondaries are pale brown with the fringes whitish. On the under side the wings are dark brown crossed by obscure median bands of darker brown. The costal area of the sec- ondaries is irrorated with purplish-white. The light submarginal markings of the upper side reappear faintly upon the lower side. Expanse, 63 mm.
160. M. (?) s$argata, sp. nov. $. Palpi
pale chestnut margined externally with dark brown ; front pale rufous ; collar brown, mar- gined internally and externally with dark brown patagia reddish ; upper side of thorax and abdomen pale rufous ; legs ferruginous, the tarsi black; the under side of the thorax and abdomen is rufous. The upper side of the primaries is dark brown with the basal area and a broad band running from the
apex to the inner margin pale ferruginous. These areas are defined outwardly and in- wardly by scalloped dark lines defined within by pale yellowish-red shading into whitish toward the costa. At the end of the cell, there is a moderately large circular white spot margined with dark brown. The fringes



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are very dark brown margined internally by paler brown. The broad band of paler color which crosses the outer area of the primaries is continued upon the secondaries which have the same general ground color as the prim- aries. On the under side the wings are light yellowish, clouded heavily with dark brown on the base, the apex of the primaries, and upon the costa of the secondaries. The dark spots and lines which define the outer and inner limits of the transverse limbal band of the wings on the upper side reappear upon the lower side, being most distinct upon the secondaries. Expanse, 65 mm.
This species is referred with great doubt to Metanastria from which the form of the
antennae and palpi together with the greater breadth of the wings differentiate it. Unfor- tunately, the very heavy vestiture of the wings and the fact that I have but one
specimen prevent me at present from making a critical anatomical diagnosis.
EPIJANA, gen. nov.
Superficially resembling the genus Jana, from which it, however, is structurally
quite different. Palpi minute, directed for- ward, heavily clothed with hair, the last joint obsolescent. Antennae of the male
heavily pectinated, the pectinations moder- ately long, decreasing abruptly in length at the apex. The antennae of the female
are almost devoid of pectinations, except at the base where the setae are very minute. The fore-wings are produced at the apex. The outer margin is somewhat excavated
below the apex, and then rounded regularly to the outer angle, which is likewise evenly rounded. The inner margin is rounded.
The secondaries have the costa relatively long, almost straight; the apex and the
outer margin evenly rounded; the anal
angle produced inwardly, or slightly lobed ; the inner margin slightly excavated above the anal angle and bowed toward the abdomen before the base. In the primaries the upper discocell~~lar is angulated; veins seven, eight, and nine are stalked; vein eleven springs from the subcostal near the base and coales- ces with ten beyond nine, forming an elong- ated secondary cell above the true cell. The
costal nervure runs
parallel to vein eleven
and terminates upon the margin about the middle of the costa. In the secondaries, the costal nervure is conformed to the costal margin along the edge of which it lies;
veins six and seven are stalked.
The vesti-
ture of the wings is heavy as in Jana. Type E. lama, Holl.
Neuration of Epijana lanosa, Holl., $ 2. 161. E. lanosa, sp. nov. 8 Palpi, front
and thorax rich brown; abdomen fawn;
lowerside of thorax and abdomen together with the legs bright ochraceous, the anterior margins of the legs being brown. The cul- men of the antennae is whitish, the pectin- ations testaceous. The primaries are
crossed by a straight blackish, or very dark brown, line which runs from the costa
before the apex to the inner margin about its middle, and is defined outwardly by a nar- row line of pale lilac. The wings within this line toward the base are dark brown, beyond it-they are paler brown, dusted near the apex and above the outer angle with
lilac scales. The fringes on the outer and inner margins are very heavy brown, tinged with lilac.
The secondaries are bright yel-
lowish-ochraceous, laved with brown shad- ing into lilac upon the inner margin and



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at the anal angle.
In some specimens, an
incomplete transverse brown band extends half way across the wing from the inner
margin. On the underside, both wings are bright ochraceous with the costae and
fringes lilacine-brown.
9. The female does not differ from the
male in its markings, save that on the under- side the costa of the secondaries is not shaded with brown and the fringes on the under side are lighter than in the male. Expanse, 8, 75 mm. 9, So mm. Habitat
Kangwg and Benita.
There is a specimen of this beautiful
species in the collection of Mr. Herbert Druce.
162. E. cinerea, sp. nov. 9. Front
brown; body and legs fawn. Primaries
grayish-fawn crossed beyond the cell by a straight, dark brown transverse line, which runs from the middle of the inner mar-
gin to beyond the middle of the costa
just before reaching which it is bent
inwardly toward the base. This line is
followed by an obscure parallel line of the same color which extends from the inner
margin to a point opposite the end of
the cell. This is in turn succeeded by
an irregularly curved series of brown sagit- tate markings followed on the outer margin below the apex and near the outer angle by broad, dark brown cloudings. The fringes are lilacine-brown. The secondaries are in color like the primaries crossed by regularly curved transverse median, transverse limbal, and transverse submarginal lines, which are somewhat obscure in the region of the costa. On the underside, the wings are fawn heavily sprinkled with minute brown scales, giving them a "pepper and salt" appearance.
The lines and markings of the upper surface reappear faintly on the underside. In cer- tain lights, the underside of the wings dis- plays a beautiful pavonine iridescence, as in S/iboZe$is sitbidescens, Holl . Expanse, 75 mm.
163. 23. fenuis, sp. nov. 9. Body and
legs ochraceous, paler beneath. There is a line of black spots running from the collar to the extremity of the abdomen along the dorsal line. Primaries plumbeous, crossed by a dark brown, straight line, which runs from the costa to the inner margin about three-fourths of their length from the base. The secondaries are orange-red with the
outer third broadly and uniformly margined with dark plumbeous-brown. On the under- side, both wings are uniformly bright orange- red, with their outer margins bordered as the outer margins of the secondaries upon the upperside. Expanse, 45 mm.
This beautiful species agrees structurally in all respects with the two larger species described above, so far as the female speci- men which is before me shows. The type
is unique.
164. J. nobilis, sp. nov. f. Antennae
pale testaceous ; palpi brown ; front pale gray; collar and patagia dark fawn ; pectus and first pair of legs dark fawn of the same color as the collar; the thorax, abdomen, and the two last pairs of legs pale fulvous. Upperside : The primaries are fawn of the same color as the collar with the inner margin and the outer angle pale cinereous. The
wings are crossed before the base by a
straight transverse line of dark brown mar- gined inwardly with pale cinereous. This is succeeded bya similar line which crosses the middle of the cell and is parallel to the first. There is a short linear brown line at the end of the cell defined inwardly by gray. Beyond the cell there is a straight transverse dark brown line running from beyond the middle of the costa to the middle of the inner mar- gin, where it nearly touches the line cross- ing the middle of the cell. This is defined inwardly by a broad, pale gray shade. This line is followed by another straight trans- verse line running from the costa three-



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fourths of the distance from the base to the inner margin two-thirds of the distance from the base, defined inwardly by a pale gray line, which is interrupted on the nervules by ochraceous dots, marking the origin of a regular series of hastate markings which lie on the side toward the base with their
points toward the base, which are dark
brown shaded with pale gray toward the
margin. Beyond this dark brown line the
outer third of the wing is fawn marked by a subapical brown shading and a similarly submarginal shading near the outer angle, both fading inwardly into gray. The sec- ondaries have the costa and the outer mar- gin of the prevalent fawn color of the prim- aries with the inner margin and inner angle broadly glaucous gray. There is a broad
patch of black hairs at the base followed by a black incomplete transverse band running from the inner margin to beyond the end
of the cell, and gradually widening from the inner margin. This is followed by a
narrower black line which is very obscure upon the costa, but gradually widens toward the inner margin and becomes more dis-
tinct and terminates upon the internal vein. This is again followed by a very broad, dark brown band which runs from the costa
before the outer angle to the inner margin, its inner edge being straight, its outer edge curved and denticulate, and defined by a pale gray waved line. The under side of the wings is very pale fawn, the bands beyond the end of the cells reappearing from the upper surface, paler; but more distinctly defined. Expanse, 130 mm.
165. J. marmorata, sp. nov. $. Palpi
blackish-brown; antennae and front pale
grayish ; collar dark brown ; patagia, thorax, and upper side of abdomen dark fawn; legs and lower side of abdomen brownish. The
prevalent color of the upper and lower side of the wings is dark fawn, paler toward the apex of both wings. The primaries have a small circular white dot at the end of the cell on both sides of the wing.
Upon the upper side of
the primaries near the inner margin before the base there is a small subquadrate blackish spot, and on the costa of the primaries before the apex a similarly colored short band con- stricted at the middle. In addition, the basal third of the primaries is crossed by a series of waved and denticulate lines forming intricate patterns. About the middle of the primaries beyond the cell there are four waved and den- ticulate lines arranged in pairs, the inner pair curving toward the base on the costa, and toward the inner margin about its middle, the outward pair bowed outwardly beyond the region of the cell. These lines are followed by a straight dark brown line running from the apex to the inner margin three-fourths of the distance from the base, defined inwardly by a paler line interrupted
on the nervules
bysmall subhastate markings. The nervules beyond this straight line for a short distance are dark brown and accentuated with small whitish dots. Beyond these again are paler cloudings followed by darker cloudings, that nearest the outer margin below the apex being the darkest. The secondaries have the trans- verse lines of the primaries continued upon them, most distinctly marked toward the inner margin. Near the apex of the secondaries is a broad brownish patch constricted some- what at the middle. On the under side of both wings the lines of the upper side reappear upon the pale fawn ground beyond the cell, but are more regular and more distinct.
$. The female is marked much as the
male but all the markings are paler and more obscure. Expanse, $, 78 to 82 mm., $,
8s to 87 mm. Habitat, Kangwd and Talaguga. In one of the males before me, the tranvei-se markings of the upper side of the primaries are almost obsolete.
TARAGAMA, Moore.
166. T. choeroca~oides, sp. nov. 3.
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the collar dark brown, punctuated on the median line by grayish scales; the inner edges of the patagia blackish ; the middle of the thorax hoary marked by three narrow
parallel dark brown lines ; upper side of thorax rosy-brown ; the palpi and pectus and under side of the thorax and abdomen dark sooty- brown with a narrow black line upon the
ventral line of the abdomen. Legs are con- colorous, with the tarsi grayish. The prim- aries on the upper side are rosy-brown,
shading into yellowish at the base and are traversed by four nearly parallel curved brown lines, which run from before the apex to the middle of the inner margin. The outer
margin is evenly bordered with a dark
brown shade. The subcostal nervules appear distinctly upon the darker ground of the wing, being pale yellowish. The pattern of mark- ing strongly recalls that of many species of Choerocampa. The secondaries are uni-
formly rosy-brown, shading into yellowish at the costa near the base. On the under side, both wings are dark rosy-brown,
shading into yellowish upon the inner margin of the primaries. The bands of the upper surface faintly reappear upon the lower side. Expanse, 60 mm.
167. T. livida, sp. nov. 3. Body slaty-
gray, or mouse color, shading into blackish at the anal extremity of the abdomen. The pata- gia are black, margined with mouse color. The costa and the inner margin of the prim- aries on the upper side are broadly pale mouse color. From the base at its middle there arises a black shade, which widens outwardly and extends from the apex to the outer angle, being darkest at the base. It is traversed by a dark black line running from the end of the cell to its lower margin and by a similar line running from the apex to its inner
margin and is interrupted beyond this last line by five or six small submarginal whitish spots, those nearest the apex being the most distinct. The secondaries on the upper side are dark mouse color with the costa and the inner margin paler and the outer margin a trifle darker. The fringes on both wings are very narrowly pale mouse color. On the
_under side both wings are pale mouse color with the inner margin of the primaries lighter and the outer margins of both wings slightly darker. The fringes are as on the upper side with small blackish marks at the tips of the nervules. Expanse 38 mm. Habitat Talaguga. This may be the male of T. (Pachypasa)
Gdbe~ii, Dew.
168. T. fuliginosa, sp. nov. 3. Allied to the preceding species in form and size, but differing in that the prevalent color is sooty- black on both sides of the wings. The broad diverging median ray which appears in the preceding species is also characteristic of this species, being defined as a more intense black upon the blackish body of the wing. The
transverse lines of the primaries which appear in the preceding species are lacking in this form as also the submarginal series of light spots. Expanse 40 mm.
This may be a highly melanic form of the preceding species, but the fact that numerous specimens ofit have been taken which are all quite constant in their markings suggests that we have to do with a distinct form.
169. T. Honrathi, Dew. 8. The female
ofthis species was described by Dewitz.
In
a suite ofeighteen specimens bred from larvae, there are ten males. Front and upper side of thorax hoary-gray ; metathorax heavily
clothed with rosy-brown hairs ; upper side of thorax grayish-brbwn; under side of thorax brown ; under side of abdomen ochraceous. The primaries are hoary-brown on the upper side crossed upon the middle by a broad band of dark brown, margined externally and
internally by waved and denticulated lines of darker brown and interrupted throughout its entire length from the costa to the inner margin by two parallel curved series of
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pointing inwardly, and in many instances connected between their apices by narrow black lines following the nervules. Beyond this dark band is a band of palei- color, den- ticulated inwardly, and irregularly angulated and denticulated outwardly. The second-
aries are reddish-brown shading into ochra- ceous upon the costa and at the base. On the under side, the primaries are hoary upon the costa and the outer margin; the median