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Show 690 ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM FORMOSA. [Dec. 14, CRAMBIDcE. 147. SdRPOPHAGA PRcELATA. Tinea preelata, Scopoli, Entom. Carn. 198 (1763). One pair. 148. SdRPOPHAGA DEGENERELLA. Rupela ? degenerella, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xxviii. p. 524 (1863). One pair. 149. JARTHEZA CHRYSOGRAPHELLA. Chilo chrysographellus, Kollar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. p. 494 (1848). One example. 150. JARTHEZA SIMPLEX, sp. n. Form of the preceding species, but the primaries of the male uniformly greyish brown, minutely sprinkled with darker scales, a marginal series of black dots, fringe blackish; of the female testaceous with black marginal dots and pale testaceous fringe : secondaries silvery white, slightly greyish in the male : body corresponding in colour with the wings. Under surface white, the wings suffused with brown in the male and with testaceous in the female towards tbe costal margin. Expanse of wings, 3 H lines, 2 13 lines. A pair. 151. APURIMA GRATIOSELLA, Walker (in litt. 1). Very near to A., bipunctifera (Tipancea bipunctifera, Walk.), but the primaries ochraceous, with deep-ochreous fringes and a very small black dash or dot at the inferior angle of the discoidal cell ; secondaries silvery white, tinted with cream-colour and with ochraceous fringe ; body white. Expanse of wings 1 inch 3 lines. Five specimens, and one variety with no trace of the black dot. It also comes from Sarawak, Borneo. 152. CIRROCHRISTA BRIZOALIS. Margaronia brizoalis, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xix. p. 976 (1859). Cirrochrista cetherialis, Lederer, Wien. ent. Monatschr. vii. Taf. 17. fig. 9 (1864). One fine specimen. The type, which is a bad specimen, was from Hong-Kong ; the examples quoted by Walker as coming from Borneo and Moreton Bay appear to be distinct. HYPONOMEUTID.F:. 153. ATTEVA NIVEIGUTTA. Atteva niveigutta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. ii. p. 526 (1854). One example. The type was from Silhet. This species is distinct from, although allied to, Corinea niviguttella, C. impariguttata, and C. emissella. |