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Show 1889.] LEPIDOPTERA O F J A P A N A N D COREA. 497 My native collector took this species at Hakodate in July, and I have a male example taken by Mr. Eastlake at Hakone. A very variable species. Two specimens have the basal two thirds of primaries yellowish grey ; others have a triangular or quadrate black spot before the orbicular and a square black patch between the stigmata. Both forms are connected by intermediates with the type form. Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer) ; Hakone (Eastlake); Hakodate (Nat. Coll.) ; Askold; Amur. 108. GRAPHIPHORA BRUNNEA. Noctua brunnea, Fabr. Mant. 168; Hiibn. Noct. fig. 121 ; Treit. Schmett. vi. p. 219; Guen. Noct. i. 330. Graphiphora brunnea, Steph. 111. Haust. ii. p. 131. One example without locality in Pryer's collection with G. exusta. Although not quite identical with any specimen in m y European series of G. brunnea there is no doubt that this example is referable to that species. As, however, it runs very close to some of the forms of G. exusta the probability of this last not being specifically distinct from G. brunnea is suggested. Japan (Pryer) ; Europe ; Ural ; Altai. 109. GRAPHIPHORA DAHLII. Noctua dahlii, Hiibn. Noct. figs. 465, 466; Treit. Schmett. v. 1. 222; Guen. Noct. i. p. 332. Graphiphora dahlii, Steph. IU. Brit. Ent., Haust. ii. p. 134. Var. Graphiphora canescens, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 165 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxx. fig. 1 (1878). Several specimens, coll. Pryer. I took this species at Oiwake in October. Very variable in size, colour, and definition of markings. Some of the specimens in m y Japanese series agree with G. canescens, Butl., others are quite typical, and others again connect these two forms. There are also examples which come very close to G. brunnea, and I may remark that two similar specimens, also from Japan, are incorporated with G. brunnea in the National Collection, whilst two other Japanese specimens in the series of G. subdolens, Butl., in the same collection are simply G. dahlii and do not agree with the Dharmsala specimens in same series. Tokio (Fenton) ; Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer) ; Oiwake (Pryer and Leech). 110. GRAPHIPHORA DESCRIPTA. Noctua descripta, Brem. Bull. Acad. Sci. Petersb. iii. p. 576 ; Lep. Ost-Sib. pi. iv. fig. 11. Graphiphora rubicilia, Moore, P. Z. S. 1867, p. 55. A nice series, coll. Pryer. I took specimens at Hakodate in August, Nikko in September, and Oiwake in October. |