Hetcrocera from (J/iina, Jaimn, and Corca. (33 



853. Apamca inicrmida, sp. n. 



Head and collar dark brown ; thorax black, aljdonien fuscous. 



Primaries russet-l)rown clouded with blackish ; the costa is dotted 

 with black and there is a short, longitudinal, black bar from the 

 middle of the base of the wing with an oblique one below it on the 

 inner margin, the bar is surmounted by a patch of the clear ground 

 colour ; antemedial and postmedial lines blackish, wavy, but indis- 

 tinct except below tlie middle where they approximate and are united 

 by a black cloud ; submarginal line of the ground colour with some 

 black marks upon it about tlie middle ; reniform and orbicular of 

 the ground colour, outlined in darker and with a darker cloud in the 

 lower i^ortion of each, there is a clear space of the ground colour 

 below the stigmata extending to the black connecting-cloud ; fringes 

 blackish dotted with the ground colour and preceded by a black 

 lunulated line. Secondaries pale brown sufl'used with fuscous 

 especially on outer marginal area ; discal spot elongate, blackish ; 

 fringes pale brown intersected and preceded by darker lines. Under 

 surface of primaries fuscous, pale drab at base and along basal two- 

 thirds of the costa ; postmedial line dusky with a pale dot upon it 

 towards the costa : secondaries pale drab powdered and suffused with 

 fuscous on costal half ; discal mark annular, blackish ; postmedial 

 line blackish, serrated, costal half most distinct. 



Expanse 34 milHm. 



One male specimen from Ta-chien-lu, taken in May or 

 June. 



IlalUat. Western China. 



8.54. Apoinra asJcohUs. 



Hadma {jipamea) aslrjldis, Oberth., Etud. d'Entom., v, 



p. 72, pi. iii, li.s,r. 13 (1880). 

 A'pavica nivalis, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc, 1881, p. 177. 

 Hadena {Miana) asJcoldis, Stand., Rom. snr. Lep., vi, p. 445 



(1892). 

 Apamca askoldis, Leecli, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., 1889, p. 



490. 



A. nicalis was described from Tokio ; there were two 

 specimens in Pr3'er's collection, bnt the exact locality was 

 not indicated. I have examples from Chang-yang, Chia- 

 kou-ho, and Ta-chien-lu. Occurs in July and August. 



Distribution. Amuiiland ; Japan ; Centkai- and 

 Western China. 



