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Show 530 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, 253. PLUSIA EXCELSA. Plusia excelsa, Kretschmar, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1862, p. 135, pi. i. fig. 5. _ Plusia metabractea, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 190. A specimen which I took at Nemoro in August agrees exactly both with P. excelsa, Kretschmar, and P. metabractea, Bud. It is very like P. bractea, and is possibly only a form of that species. Tokio (Fenton) ; Nemoro (Leech); Russia, Ural, Altai. 254. PLUSIA AGRAMMA. Plusia agramma, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 327 (1852). Six specimens, coll. Pryer. Yokohama ? (Prger) ; Ceylon, Java. 255. PLUSIA LEONINA. Plusia leonina, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. x. p. 26, pi. iii. fig. 11 (1884). Plusia humeralis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 135. Three examples, coll. Pryer. Sidemi (Jankowski) ; Yesso (Pryer). 256. PLUSIA CHRYSON. Noctua chryson, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 141. fig. 2 (1789). Noctua orichalcea, Hiibn. Noct. pi. 57. fig. 2/8. Plusia orichalcea, Treit. Schmett. v. 173; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 334. Four examples, coll. Pryer, and one taken by m y native collector at Gensan. In the Gensan specimen the gold spot is only well defined within the submarginal line. Yokohama, Oiwake (Pryer) ; Gensan (Nat. Coll.) ; Europe. 257. PLUSIA CHRYSITIS. Phal.-Noctua chrysitis, Linn. Svst. Nat. x. p. 513. Noctua chrysitis, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 109. fig. 5 ; Hiibn. Noct. pi. 56. fig. 272, pi. 145. figs. 662, 663. Plusia chrysitis, Treit. Schmett. v. 169; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 335. Var. Plusia uadeja, Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 84, pi. iii. fig. 10(1880). Three examples, coll. Pryer. I took specimens at Gensan in June and Hakodate in August. Although it would seem to be the only form occurring there, the variety of P. chrysitis to which Oberthur has given the name of nadeja is not peculiar to Japan, Corea, or Isle of Askold. I have such specimens in my European series of the species, and it is not an uncommon thing to find even British examples in which the central dark fascia ot primaries is more or less completely divided into two portions. Yokohama, Nikko (Pryer) ; Hakodate, Gensan (Leech) ; Isle of Askold ; Europe. |