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799. Ampliipjjra ^j^ra»z«?t'ff. 



Nodua fyraniidca, Linn., Syst. Nat., x, p. 518; Hiibn., 



Noct., fig. 36. 

 Ampliiiryra monolitlia, Giien., Noct., ii, p. 414 (1852) ; 



Hampson, Fauna Brit. Incl, Moth.^ ii, p. 191 (1894). 

 Ainphipi/ra surmia, Feld., Reis. Nov., pi. c.xii, fig. 17 



(18G4-1867). 

 Ainplivpyra j'^/'az/iw^cw, var. ohscitra, Obertli., Etud. 



d'Entom., v, p. 85 (1880). 

 Amphipyra jryramidea, var. ohliqtiilunhata, Graeser, Berl. 



Eat. Zeit., 1888, p. 352. 



I have specimens of tlie vionolitha = surinia form from 

 Yokohama, Oiwake, Tsuruga, Fushiki, Nemoro, Hakone, 

 Hakodate and Nagasaki; and also from Gensan, Kiukiang, 

 Chang-yang, Ornei-shan, Ta-chieu-lu, Pu-tsu-fong, and the 

 jK'ovince of Kwei-chow. One example of the ohscura form 

 was received from Pu-tsu-fong, where it was taken in June 

 or July. 



The species occurs in July and August, but some 

 examples were taken at Oiwake in October. 



Distribution. Dharmsala; Sikhim {Hampson); 3 k.v Mi; 

 Yesso ; KiusHiu; Central and Western China; 

 Corea ; Amurland, — Europe. 



800. Ampjliipyra erddna. 



Ampliipyra erehina, Butl., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 

 i, p. 287 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het., lii, p. 23, pi. 

 xlvi, fig. 12 (1879). 



Amp)liipyra pcrjina, Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 

 p. 540. 



There were specimens from Yokohama in Pry'er's 

 collection, and I obtained others, in July, at Fushiki, 

 Nagahama, and Gensan. Other Japanese localities are 

 Tokio and Hakodate. The species does not appear to 

 have been met with in China. 



A considerable addition of material since my former 

 paper was published, has led me to consider erehina, Butl., 

 distinct from perflua, Fab. ; at the same time I find that 

 it agrees better with European examples of that species 

 in the reddish-brown coloration of the primaries than it 

 does with the blackish Eastern form janl'owshii. It is 

 distinguished by the pale basal position occupying quite 



