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Occurs at Yokohama and in the island of Kiusbiu, and 

 the Loochoo islands. I have nine specimens, the majority 

 of which are iiom Fryer's collection. 



Distribution. Japan ; KiusHiu ; Loochoo. 



Genus Mythimna. 

 Hiibner, Verz. Schmett., p. 238. 



1046. Mythimna turca. 



Noct'ita turca, Linn., Syst. Nat., xii, p. 847 ; Hilbn., Noct., 



fig. 218. 

 Mythimna limbata, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, 



p. 173. 

 Leucania turca, Stand., Rom. sur Lep., vi, p. 479 (1892). 



I have specimens from Yokohama, Oiwake, Kiusbiu, 

 Hakodate, Gensan, Chang-yang, Kiukiang, Omei-shan, and 

 the province of Kwei-chovv. Occurs in June and July. 



The colour of the primaries ranges from chestnut-brown 

 through ochreous-brovvn to ochreous-grey ; the transverse 

 lines are usually clearly defined, but in some examples 

 they are only faintly traceable, and in one example from 

 Gensan, which has the median nervure and branches 

 whitish, the lines are entirely obliterated. 



Distrihution. Europe. — Amurland; Japan; Kiushiu ; 

 Yesso ; CoREA ; Central and Western China. 



1047. Mythimna grcmdis. 



Mythimna grandis, Butl., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 

 i, p. 79 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het, ii, p. 22, pi. xxviii, 

 fig. 7 (1878); Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, 

 p. 480. 



Mythimna diverqens, Butl., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 

 i, p. 79 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het., ii, p. 22, pi. xxviii, 

 fig. 8 (1878). 



Described from Hakodate. There were specimens from 

 Oiwake and Yokohama in Fryer's collection, and I took 

 examples at Gensan in July. 



My series is a very variable one, some examples agree 

 with typical grandis, others with divcrgens, otliers again 

 agree with grandis in one character and divcrgens in 

 another. In some specimens the antemedial line is not 



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