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Show 548 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, 341. ERCHEIA UMBROSA. Ercheia umbrosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 194. Four examples, coll. Pryer (no. 936, ?gen. ? sp.). Tokio (Fenton) ; Nikko, Gifu (Pryer). 342. COCYTODES MODESTA. Catocala modesta, Van der Hoeven, Lep. Nouv. pi. vii. figs. 8 a, b. Cocytodes immodesta, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 42 (1852). Arete senica, Feld. Reise Nov. Lep. pi. 113. fig. 2. Several specimens, coll. Pryer. The larva is said to resemble a brightly coloured centipede (Pryer, Cat. p. 103). Yokohama (Pryer) ; Kiukiang (Pratt) ; Ceylon, Silhet, Sikkim, Nilgiri Hills, Solun, Java, Sumatra. 343. LAGOPTERA ELEGANS. Ophiusa elegans, Hoeven, Lep. Nouv. pi. v. figs. 6 a, b. Lagoptera multicolor, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 226 (1852). Lagoptera elegans, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1352 (1858). A few specimens, coll. Pryer. I took specimens at Fushiki and Gensan in July. Yokohama (Pryer); Fushiki, Gensan (Leech); Kiukiang (Pratt) ; Java, Himalaya. 344. CATOCALA NIVEA. Catocala nivea, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 241 (1877) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxxiii. fig. 4 (1878). A good series in Pryer's collection. I found the species very abundant at Nikko in September. This insect is a conspicuous object as it rests on trunks of Grip-tomeria, whereas its colour and ornamentation would render it almost unnoticed if it rested on the young oaks, which are common in the localities where it occurs. Oiwake, Utsunomiya (Pryer) ; Yokohama (Jonas) ; Hakodate, Nikko, Yokohama (Leech); Ichang (Pratt) ; Thundiani. 345. CATOCALA LARA. Catocala lara, Brem. Bull, de l'Acad. 1861, t. iii.; Lep. Ost-Sib. pi. v. fig. 13. A nice series, coll. Pryer. Yesso (Pryer) ; Tokio ; E. Siberia, Askold. 346. CATOCALA INTACTA, sp. n. (Plate LIII. fig. 7.) Primaries pale grey, clouded with darker ; basal line represented by a triangular black spot on costa; the basal third, which is somewhat darker than other part of wing, is limited by a dark brown oblique band extending to the middle of wing, from whence a dark angulated line descends vertically to the inner margin ; outer line serrated and elbowed below costa, it has a long inward projection at |