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Show 528 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, to the inner margin ; following this line is a dark elongated quadrate blotch, edged narrowly with black, and its lower end terminating in a short black bar, a similar bar lies beyond and near the costa, and following this is a curved and indented pale line ; before the apex are two short black streaks ; submarginal line pale, but not distinctly defined; reniform paler, indistinct, below this is a dark shade to inner margin : secondaries grey-brown. Under surface pale brown, primaries suffused with darker, central line dark, edged externally with paler; secondaries have a dark, central spot and crenate transverse line. Expanse 30 millim. o*, Nagasaki, June (Leech) ; Ningpo, June, o* 2 (Nat. Coll.). The female specimen, being in better condition than either of the males, has been described ; but there does not appear to be any difference in the character of markings in the sexes. 244. ERASTRIA SECURIFERA. Erastria securifera, Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 58. One example, coll. Pryer. Japan (Pryer) ; Borneo. 245. AGROPHILA TRABEALIS. Pyralis trabealis, Scop. Ent. Carn. p. 40 (1763). Phal.-Pyralis sulphuralis, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 881 (1766). Noctua trabeata, Scriba, Beitr. pi. 10. fig. 8. Noctua sulphurea, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 164. fig. 6 ; Hiibn. Noct. pi. 60. fig. 291. Erastria sulphurea, Treit. Schmett. v. 251 ; (sulphuralis) Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 117. Agrophila sulphuralis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 206. A nice series, coll. Pryer. M y native collector took specimens at Hakodate in June or July, and at Gensan in September. Varies in the amount of black on primaries. Oiwake, Yesso (Pryer); Hakodate, Gensan (Nat. Coll.) ; Europe. 246. ACANTHOLIPES METALLIGERA. Acantholipes metalligera, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 190. Tokio (Fenton). 247'. METHORASA THWAITESII. Methorasa thwaitesii, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. iii. p. 61, pi. 151. fig. (1884). One specimen, coll. Pryer, without locality (no. 894). Japan (Pryer) ; Ceylon. 248. OZARBA PUNCTIGERA. Ozarba punctigera, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. ii. p. 685 (1865). Several examples, coll. Pryer. |