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Show 618 MR. J. H. LEECH ON T H E [Dec. 18, 183. SPILOSOMA FULIGINOSA. Phalcena-Bombyx fuliginosa, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. 2, p. 836. Two examples, coll. Pryer. Japan (Pryer). 184. SPILOSOMA LUCTIFERA. Bombyx luctifera, Esp. Schmett. iii. pl. 43. figs. 1-5. Atolmis japonica, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 223 (1864). Estigmene mosrens, Butl. Cist. Ent. vol. iii. p. 114 (1885). I took an example at Nagasaki in June, and there were three specimens in Pryer's collection. Yokohama, Nikko, Oiwake (Pryer); Nagasaki (Leech). 185. SPILOSOMA MENTHASTRI. Bombgx menthastri, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. p. 452. 140. Estigmene menthastri, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. p. 184. Spilosoma punctarum, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. p. 233, pl. 398. fig. D. Spilosoma sangaica, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. i. p. 294. An abundant species in Japan and Corea, varying greatly in the number and size of spots on the wings, also in colour of body, which ranges from pale yellow to vermilion. Further the ground-colour of primaries and thorax is buff instead of the normal white, agreeing in this respect with examples from the north of England. Nagasaki, Tsuruga, Hakodate, Hakone (Leech) ; Yokohama (Pryer) ; Gensan, Ningpo, Shanghai; Amur; Europe. 186. SPILOSOMA SERIATOPUNCTATA. Arctia seriatopunctata, Motsch. Et. Ent. I860, p. 31. 1 Arctia punctigera, Motsch. I. c. Spilarctia ione, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 41 (1875) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. pt. iii. pl. xiii. fig. 6. Arctia rosacea, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 352 (1879). Spilarctia basilimbata, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 6. A very long series from various localities in Japan, the majority of the specimens from Hakodate. These were taken in June, July, and August. This appears to be a most variable species ; some examples are hardly, if at all, different from S. lubricepeda of Europe, others agree with rosacea, Butl., others, again, are identical with basilimbata, Butl., and intermediates connect these forms one with the other. Tokio (Fenton); Hakodate, Gensan (Leech) ; Yokohama (Pryer and Manley) ; Oiwake (Pryer). 187. SPILOSOMA BISECTA, sp. n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 3.) 2. Primaries buff-coloured, traversed by an interrupted line of spots from centre of inner margin to apex of wing ; secondaries pale |
