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Show 478 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, Yokohama (Pryer and Leech); Shimonoseki, Tsuruga, Tokio, Hakodate, Nagahama, Gensan (Leech); Kiukiang and Chang Yang (Pratt). 15. PHARETRA LONGA. Acronycta longa, Guen. Noct. i. p. 54 (1852). Var. Acronycta lutea, Brem. Beitr. zur Fauna des Nordl. China's, p. 17; Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 48, tab. iv. fig. 7 (1864). Pharetra leucoptera, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 595. Several specimens, coll. Pryer. I took examples at Gensan in July, and Hakodate in August. The colour of secondaries ranges from whitish in the type to bright yellow, var. lutea. Oiwake (Pryer); Yokohama, Gensan (Leech) ; Amur, N. China; West Canada, N. America. 16. HYBOMA D1VISA. Hyboma divisa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1888, p. 409. One example, coll. Pryer. I took a specimen at Nagahama in July, and have since received it from Mr. Manley of Yokohama, and also from my native collector, who took examples at Nikko. Yokohama (Pryer and Manley); Nagahama (Leech) ; Nikko. 17. HYBOMA STRIGOSA. Noctua strigosa, Fabr. Mant. ii. 142. Noctua favillacea, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 127. fig. 4 ; Hiibn. Noct. pi. i. fig. 2. Hyboma strigosa, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. 200. Acronycta strigosa, Treit. Schmett. v. 1. 23 ; Guen. Noct. i. p. 51. Several examples, coll. Pryer. I took a specimen at Gensan in July, and another at Hakodate in August. Ranges in expanse from 32 millim. to 39 millim., and seems to be uniformly larger than European examples. Yesso, Oiwake (Pryer) ; Hakodate, Gensan (Leech) ; Europe. 18. PLATAPLECTA SUBVIRIDIS. Plataplecta subviridis, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5)i. p. 195 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxxi. fig. 3 (1878). Several specimens, coll. Pryer. I took the species in Satsuma in May. Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer) ; Satsuma (Leech) ; Chekiang. 19. GERBATHA ANGUSTA. Gerbatha angusta, Butl. 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 24, pi. xlvii. fig. 2 (1879). A fine series, coll. Pryer. |