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Show 1888.] LEPIDOPTERA OF JAPAN AND COREA. 589 " lateral black spots on the abdomen." In my series of A. pinastri from Japan, I find that almost every specimen has the body paler where the white markings should be, and dark patches along the sides are distinctly visible. The dark form is most frequent in Japan ; but in Pryer's collection there is one example of A. pinastri which has a pale grey ground-colour clouded with darker, and with strong and sbarply defined markings. This is one of three examples labelled no. 16, and noted as occurring newly emerged on stems of yew trees; the other two are referable to A. davidis, Oberth. Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer) ; Nagahama, Tsuruga, Fushiki, Ningpo (Leech). North India; Europe. 33. ANCERYX INCRETA. Anceryx increta, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 36 (1864). Diludia increta, Butl. 111. Typ. Lep. Het. pt. iii. p. 4, pi. xii. fig. 7 (1879). A n extensive series showing considerable variation in tone of colour and intensity of marking. Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer) ; Nagahama, Sendai, Shimonoseki, Fushiki (Leech) ; Kiukiang (Pratt) ; Shanghai; North China (Fortune). 34. ANCERYX DAVIDIS. Sphinx davidis, Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 27, pi. vii. fig. 9 (Oct. 1880). Sphinx streckeri, Staud. Ent. Nachr. vi. p. 252 (1880). Hyloicus davidis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 2. Two fine examples in Pryer's collection. These, as previously adverted to, are two of the three insects (no. 16) found on stems of yew at Yokohama. In one the central area of primaries between the transverse lines is pale grey like the rest of the wing, but in the other it is clouded with fuscous, and as a consequence the wing appears to have a broad fuscous transverse fascia. Neither of these specimens agree exactly with Oberthiir's figure of A. davidis, but there can be no doubt they are forms of that insect, as also is Sphinx streckeri, Staud., from Vladivostok. Amurland specimens of A. davidis in m y collection are rather darker than m y Japanese examples, and seem to fit in between these last and specimens of S. streckeri from the Amur. Yokohama (Pryer) ; Tokio (Fenton); Nikko (Maries) ; Vladivostok ; Amur. 35. SPHINX LIGUSTRI. Sphinx ligustri, Linn. Faun. Suec. p. 287. 1087 ; Hiibn. Sphing. pi. xiv. fig. 69. Sphinx constricta, Butl. Cistula Ent. vol. iii. p. 113 (1885). One example, taken at Hakodate by m y native collector in June, does not differ sufficiently from European examples to deserve specific rank. Hakodate; Kashiwage (Lewis). PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1888, No. XL. 40 |
