Heteroccra from China, Jcqmn, and Corca. 39 



lirownisli, and there are vestiges of two browuisli lines towards outer 

 angle. 



Expanse 38 millini. 



One male specimen, taken at Pu-tsu-fong in June or 

 July. 



Habitat. Western China. 



785. Grapliiijliora 'palliihda, sp. ii. 



Primaries brownish-white ; basal, antemedial, and postmedial 

 lines are dark brown, waved, and donble ; submarginal line and 

 median shade brownish, the former waved and commencing in a 

 conspicuous mark on the costa ; reniform and orliicular stigmata black 

 outlined in whitish ; a marginal series of black points. Secondaries 

 pale fuscous with darker discal lunule. Under surface of primaries 

 fuscous, costa and outer margin brownish-white ; secondaries whitish, 

 speckled and marked with brownish on costal area, and with a 

 brownish discal lunule. 



Expanse 34 milliin. 



One male specimen and two females from Omei-slian. 

 July. 



Hahitat. Western China. 



780. Gra-phiphora (laJilii. 



Nodua dalilii, Hiibn., Noct., figs. 465, 40(3. 



Agrotis dalilii, Stand., Rom. sur Lep,, vi, ^. 414 (1892). 



Graphiphoi'a cancscens, But!., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 



i, p. 165 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het., ii, p. 28, pi. xxx, 



fig. 1 (1878). 

 Graphi'phora dalilii, Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 



p. 497. 

 Cerastis suhdolnis, But!., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, 



p. 181. 

 Agrotis dcscripta (part), Hampsun, Fauna Brit. Lid., 



Moths, ii, p. 184 (1894). 



The form described by Butler as si/hdolm.^ was met 

 with commonly at Yokohama and Gifu (Pryer), and at 

 Kiukiang, Ta-chieu-lu, and Chia-kou-ho. These specimens 

 are generally groyer-brown in coloration of primaries than 

 European dalilii, but otherwise tliey do not exhibit any 

 important variation from the type. 



Of the cancscens form there were specimens from Yoko- 

 hama in Pryer's collection, and I have received others 



