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Show 498 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, Yokohama (Pryer) ; Oiwake, Nikko, Hakodate (Leech) ; Darjeeling ; Amur. 111. GRAPHIPHORA ILLOBA. Agrotis illoba, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 162 (1878); 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. pi. xliv. fig. 7 (1879). Graphiphora pacifica, Butl. A. M . N . H . (5) i. p. 165 (1878); 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxx. fig. 2 (1878). An extensive and variable series, coll. Pryer. I took this species at Yokohama in October. The difference between G. illoba and G. pacifica, Butl., is one of colour only. Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer) ; Oiwake (Pryer) ; Kiukiang (Pratt). 112. GRAPHIPHORA DEPARCA. Mythimna deparca, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 358 (1879). Several specimens, coll. Pryer. I took two males at Oiwake in October. Except that the 3 of this species has pectinated antennse it is hardly separable from G. festiva. Mr. Butler says it is allied to Mythimna placida, but in this I cannot concur. Yokohama (Prye?-) ; Oiwake (L/eech). 113. CHERSOTIS QUADRISIGNA. Agrotis quadrisigna, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881. p. 350. Chersotis quadrisigna, Butl. Proc. Zool. Soc. 1881, p. 617. I received one specimen from Mr. Manley of Yokohama. Yokohama (Manley) ; N. India. 114. HERMONASSA CECILIA. Hermonassa cecilia, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 164 (1878); 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. pi. xliv. fig. 9 (1879). Opigena ai'enosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 179. Several specimens, coll. Pryer, among which are examples varying in the direction of O. arenosa, Butl., which is certainly a pale form of 0. cecilia. I took a specimen at Nikko in September 1886 which agrees exactly with the type of O. arenosa in the National Collection at South Kensington. Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer) ; Tokio (Fenton) ; Yesso (Pryer) ; Hakodate, Nikko (Leech) ; Kiukiang (Pratt). 115. HAPALIA PRECOX. Phal.-Noctua preecox, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. 517, xii. 854. Noctua prcecox, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 89. figs. 4-7. Noctua preeceps, Hiibn. Noct. pi. 15. fig. 70. |