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Show 544 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, 324. TOXOCAMPA LIMOSA. Ophiusa limosa, Treit. Schmett. v. 3. 298. Noctua limosa, Frey. Neue Beitr. iii. pi. 233. Toxocampa limosa, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 428. Four specimens, coll. Pryer. Oiwake (Pryer) ; Amur, Europe. 325. OPHIDERES FULLONICA. Phal.-Noctua fullonica, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 812 (1767); Clerck, Icon. pi. 48(1759). Phaleena pomona, Cram. Pap. Exot. i. pi. 77. fig. C (1776). Noctua dioscoreee, Fabr. Sp. Ins. ii. p. 212 (1781). Ophideres fullonica, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 111. Othreis fullonica, Moore, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 64, pi. 12. figs. 1, 1 a, pi. 13. figs. 1, la. I have four specimens of this species; one of these is of the dark form, and was taken at Gensan by Mr. Smith ; a pale specimen I took myself at Gensan in July ; and two others, also dark, were taken by Mr. Pratt at Kiukiang. Gensan (Smith, Leech) ; Kiukiang (Pratt) ; India. 326. OPHIDERES TYRANNUS. Ophideres tyrannus, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 110. Adris tyrannus, Moore, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 69, pi. 13. fig. 5. Several fine examples, coll. Pryer. The amount of green in the brown coloration of primaries is a variable quantity. Oiwake (Pryer) ; Hakodate (Andrews) ; Kiukiang (Pratt) ; Shanghai, Sikkim, Kulu, Simla, Bombay. 327. NYCTIPAO CREPUSCULARIS. Phal.-Attacus crepuscularis, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 811 ; Clerck, Icon. pi. 53. figs. 1, 2. Phaleena crepuscularis, Cram. Pap. Exot. ii. pp. 98, 99, pi. clix. fig. A, 3, pi. clx. fig. A, 2 • Nyctipao ephesphoris, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. p. 272. n. 2765; Guen. Noct. iii. p. 183. Nyctipao crepuscularis, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 182. Nyctipao leetitia, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 291 (1878). A few examples, coll. Pryer. I took specimens in Satsuma and at Nagasaki in May, Tsuruga and Fushiki in July. Hakodate (Whitely); Yokohama, Loochoo (Pryer); Satsuma, Nagasaki, Tsuruga, Fushiki .(Leech); China, Bengal, N. India, Sumatra, Madagascar, Java, Amboina, America. |
