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Show 1889.] LEPIDOPTERA OF JAPAN AND COREA. 539 I took a specimen at Hakodate in August; this is smaller and darker than Pryer's, which was taken iu Yesso. M y native collector obtained one example at Gensan in July. Yesso (Pryer); Hakodate (Leech) ; Gensan (Nat. Coll.) ; Sidemi (Jankowski); Ussuri (Maack). 302. CALOCAMPA FORMOSA. Calocampa formosa, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 196 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxxi. fig. 9 (1878). Several specimens, coll. Pryer. Yokohama (Pryer, Jonas, and Manley); Tokio. 303. CALOCAMPA EXOLETA. Phal.-Noctua exoleta, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 515; Faun. Suec. p. 315. Noctua exoleta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 138. figs. 1, 2 ; Hiibn. Noct. pi. 50. fig. 244. Xylina exoleta, Treit. Schmett. v. 3. 7. Calocampa exoleta, Steph. 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 173; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 116. Var. Calocampa fumosa, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 196 (1878); 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxxi. fig. 8 (1878). Several examples, coll. Pryer. The thorax and base of primaries are rather darker in colour, but Japanese specimens do not otherwise differ from European G. exoleta. Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer); Europe. 304. AMPHIPYRA PYRAMIDEA. Phal.-Noctua pyramidea, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 518. Noctua pyramidea, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 171. figs. 1-3; Hiibn. Noct. fig. 36. Amphipyra pyramidea, Treit. Schmett. v. 1. 285; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 213. Amphipyra monolitha, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 414 (1852). Amphipyra magna, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. iii. p. 868 (1865). Amphipyra surnia, Feld. Reis. Nov. pi. cxii. fig. 17. Amphipyra pyramidea, var. obscura, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. v. p. 85. A nice series, coll Pryer. I took specimens at Gensan and several places in Japan in July, August, and October. In the series before me, which is an extensive and most varied one, there are typical examples of A. pyramidea and forms agreeing with both A. monolitha and A. magna and other forms which link these together. There is also one example of Oberthiir's var. obscura. Yokohama (Pryer, Manley, Leech) ; Oiwake (Pryer, Leech); Tsuruga, Hakodate, Fushiki, Nemoro, Nagasaki, Gensan (Leech) ; Hakone (Smith) ; Kiukiang (Pratt) ; Tokio, Askold ; N . India |
