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Show 540 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, 305. AMPHIPYRA SCHRENKII. Amphipyra schrenkii, Men. Bull, de l'Acad. xvii. p. 249 ; Schr. Reise Amur. ii. Lep. p. 61, pi. v. fig. 4. Several specimens, coll. Pryer (unnamed). I took this species at Hakodate in August. Oiwake, Yesso (Pryer); Hakodate (Leech) ; Amur. 306. AMPHIPYRA PERFLUA. Noctua perflua, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 179; Hiibn. Noct. fig. 35. Noctua pyramidina, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 192. fig. 2. Amphipyra perflua, Ochs. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 70 ; Treit. Schmett. v. 1. 289; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 414. Var. Amphipyra erebina, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 287 (1878); 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. pi. xlvi. fig. 12 (1879). Var. Amphipyra jankowskii, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. x. p. 27, pi. ii. fig. 8 (1884). Several specimens, coll. Pryer. A. erebina, Butl., is a small form of A. perflua, and A. jankowskii has the central third of the primaries darker than in the type. I took the erebina form at Fushiki, Nagahama, and Gensan in July 1884, and my native collector one of the jankowskii form at Gensan in July 1887. Yokohama (Jonas and Pryer); Hakodate (Whitely); Fushiki, Nagahama, Gensan (Leech) ; Tokio ; Sidemi (Janskowski) ; Europe. 307. AMPHIPYRA TRIPARTITA. Amphipyra tripartita, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 288 (1878); 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxxii. fig. 4 (1878). One example, coll. Pryer. I took two specimens at Oiwake in October. Yoshino (Pryer) ; Yokohama (Jonas) ; Oiwake (Leech) • Ichang. 308. AMPHIPYRA CORVINA. Amphipyra corvina, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix. p. 194 (1866). Several specimens, coll. Pryer. I took this species at Nagahama and Gensan in July, and at Hakodate in August. It was a perfect pest at sugared tree-trunks and appeared to be the commonest Moth in Japan. Yokohama, Oiwake (Pryer) ; Hakodate, Nagahama, Gensan (Leech) ; Kiukiang (Pratt) ; Amur. 309. AMPHIPYRA LIVIDA. Noctua livida, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 138 (1787) ; Hiibn. Noct. fig. 38. Noctua scotophila, Esp. Schmett. iv. pL 170. fig. 3. Amphipyra livida, Treit. Schmett. v. 1. 281; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 415. I took one specimen at Nemoro in August. Nemoro (Leech); Amur ; Europe. |