JAPANESE LEPIDOPTKRA. 7o 



Described from a male specimen in coll. Holland given me by 

 Rev. Mr. Haines, of the Doshisha School in Kioto, who received it 

 from Mrs. Gulick, who captured it upon Hi-yei-san, the lovely moun- 

 tain rising to the Northeast of Kioto upon the boundaries of Yama- 

 shiro. I have seen several other specimens of this or a closely allied 

 species taken on the volcano Asama-yama and contained in the col- 

 lection of Mr. Harry Pryer, of Yokohama (No. 3 in Fryer's Cata- 

 logue ; Trans. Asiat. Soc. Japan vol. xi, p. 239). As the species 

 inhabits the mountains of the main island at an elevation of 3000 to 

 4000 feet, it will also very probably occur in Yesso. 



Genus ARTAXA Walker. 



3. Artaxa Torasan u. sp.— 'S . Uniformly of a bright orauge red. The 

 upper surface of the posterior wings slightly clouded on the disc by fuscous. A 

 small dash of obscure brown on the under surface of the primaries behind the 

 costal margin of the apex. Expanse of wings 22 mm. 



One % , Shirakawa, July. Type in coll. Holland. 



I take pleasure in naming this beautiful little insect after my 

 faithful Japanese assistant, Tora-san, of whose unfailing ingenuity 

 and untiring perseverance I retain a most grateful recollection. 



NOTODONTID^. 



BIRETA Walker. 



4. Bireta Koiitlierlaiidii u. sp.— % . Prevalently pale stramineous, with 

 a shade of pale brown running from the base of the primaries just below the 

 cell and then curving upward to the apex. The upper surface of the seccmdaries 

 is somewhat darker than that of the primaries. Antennae heavily pectinated. 

 The female does not differ in coloration from the male. Expanse of wings 40- 

 44 mm. 



Types in coll. Holland. 



I name this species after Lieut. W. H. H. 8outherland, of the 

 United States Navy, who was detailed by Admiral Chandler to act 

 as one of the assistants of the astronomer of the expedition. 



Genus NOTODONTA Ochs. 



5. Notodoiita Toddii n. sp. 



9 . Upperside.— Corselet ashen gray, bordered posteriorly by a line of black, 

 which is continued upon the outer edges of the patagise. Thorax dark brown, 

 with a geminate median line. Abdomen light gray. Anterior wings gray, in- 

 clining to brownish, traversed by a black, transverse, anterior line, greatly 

 curved and denticulated, defined inwardly by pale gray and terminating upon 

 the submediau nervule. The transverse posterior line is of a paler gray than 

 the body of the wing. A reniform spot of the same pale shade is faintly visible. 



TRANS. AM. ENT. SOC. XVI. (10) MARCH, 1889. 



