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Show 484 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, 43. NONAGRIA TURPIS. Nonagria turpis, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 359 (1879). A fine series, coll. Pryer. I took one 2 example at Nagasaki in May. Yokohama (Pryer) ; Nagasaki (Leech). 44. NONAGRIA SPARGANII. Noctua sparganii, Esp. Schmett. pi. 148. figs. 2, 3; Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. i. figs. 549, 550. Nonagria sparganii, Treit. Schmett. Eur. ii. p. 323 ; Guen. Noct. i. p. 108. One specimen, coll. Pryer. Japan (Pryer); Europe. 45. NEPHELODES DATANIDIA. Nephelodes datanidia, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 132 (1885). Two examples, coll. Pryer (no. 711). Yokohama? (Pryer). 46. HYDREECIA NICTITANS. Noctua nictitans, Esp. Schmett. pi. 126. fig. 5 ; Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iv. 463. Noctua chrysographa, Hiibn. Noct. fig. 221. Phaleena auricula, Donovan, Brit. Ins. xii. pi. 397. fig. 3. Noctua auricula, Haw. Lep. Brit. p. 240. Hydreecia nictitans, Guen. Noct. i. p. 126. Var. Noctua erythrostigma, Haw. I. c. Gortyna nictitans, var. lucens, Freyer, v. p. 143 (1845); Herr.- Schiiff. Eur. Schmett. ii. p. 219, pi. 57. figs. 285-288. A long and variable series, including specimens from Pryer's collection and others, taken by myself at Gensan in July and Hakodate in August. Sixteen of the twenty-eight specimens are of the erythrostigma form. Var. lucens is also represented. Yokohama, Oiwake (Pryer) ; Gensan, Hakodate (Leech); Europe, N. America. 47. HYDREECIA PETASITIS. Hydreecia petasitis, Doubl. Zool. v. p. 1915 (1847) ; Guen. Noct. i. p. 128. Noctua vindelicia, Frey. Neu. Beitr. Schmett. vi. p. 82, pi. 531. fig. 3 (1849). Hydreecia vindelicia, Herr.-Schaff. Eur. Schmett. 521-523 ; Guen. Noct. i. p. 127. One example, coll. Pryer. I took several specimens at Hakodate and Nemoro in August. H. immanis, Guen., from New York, is probably referable to this species. Yokohama (Pryer); Hakodate, Nemoro (Leech) ; Europe. |