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There were eight specimens in Fryer's collection ; these 

 were from Yokohama, Oiwake, and Yesso ; some of tliem 

 are fairly typical, while others agree with Staudinger's 

 figure of \nx. piwcurrens ; others again are intermediate 

 between that form and typical 'prtvcox, and I find similar 

 intermediate forms among my European examples. 



Graeser (Berl. Ent. Zeit., 1888, p. 323) describes a form 

 {fiavomaculata) from Amurland, with which some Irish 

 specimens in my collection seem to agree. 



Distribution. Europe. — Amurland ; Japan ; Yesso. 



756. Agrotis alhipennis. 



Cosmia albipennis, Butl., 111. Typ. Lep. Het., vii, p. 58, pi, 



cxxvii, fig. 13 (1889). 

 Agrotis alhi^jennis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, 



p. 186 (1894). 



I received one male specimen from Chaiig-yang, taken 

 in July. 



Distrilmtion. North-West Himalayas; Central 

 China. 



757. Agrotis ijuiris. 



Noctua putris, Linn., Faun. Suec, p. 315. 

 Axylia putris, Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, p. 486. 

 -4^roi5*sj;w^7'i.s, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, p. 186 

 (1894). 



Fryer's examples were from Tokio ; I have specimens 

 from Hakodate taken in June or July, and I took one 

 example at Foochau in April. 



Distribution. Europe. — ^Amurland ; Japan ; Yesso ; 

 Eastern China. 



758. Agrotis tritici. 



Noctua tritici, Linn., Faun. Suec, p. 320. 

 Agrotis tritici, Treit., Schmett. Eur., v, i, 137; Auct. 

 Agrotis tritici, var. obscurior. Stand., Rom. sur Lep., vi, p. 

 420 (1892). 



There was a male specimen in Fryer's collection which 

 agrees well with a large dark strongly-marked example in 

 my collection from Central France. This is probably 

 referable to var. obscurior of Staudinger from Amurland. 



Ferhaps Dr. Staudinger may not be aware that nearly 



