Hetcrocera from China, Japan, and Cona. 157 



A series in Fryer's collection from Yokohama and 

 Yesso. 



Hahitat. Japan and Yesso, 



1131. Metachrostis hrunnea, sp. n. 



Primaries pinky-brown with some darker brown clouds on basal 

 area ; central fascia dark brown, bifurcated towards the costa ; 

 reniform and orbicular stigmata outlined in paler, the former in- 

 wardly edged with blackish and followed by some blackish streaks ; 

 fringes preceded by a brown line, which terminates in a black dot 

 below vein 2. Secondaries fuscous, fringes pale brown tipped with 

 fuscous and preceded by a darker line. Under surface fuscous, paler 

 on costa and inner margin of primaries, and on the abdominal half of 

 the secondaries. 



Expanse 16-18 millim. 



One male specimen from Ichang, and one from Chang- 

 yang. Occurs in June and August. 

 Habitat. Central China, 



Genus Naranga. 

 Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1S81, p. 359. 



1132. Naranga diffusa. 



Xanthodes diffusa. Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xxxiii, p. 779 



(1865). ■ 

 Naranga diffusa, Moore, Lep. Ceyl., iii, p. 49, pi. cl, fig. 17 



(1884). 

 Naranga quadrivittata, 'Moore, Lep. Atk., ii, p. 134 (1882). 

 Naranga ferruginea, Moore, /. c. 

 Naranga diffusa, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, 



p. 333 (1894). 



There were two examples of the male in Fryer's collec- 

 tion, and six females. I obtained the speciesat Tsuruga 

 and Fushiki in July, and my native collector took speci- 

 mens in the island of Kiushiu. 



Distribution. Formosa; Dharmsala; Feninsular 

 India and Ceylon ; Burma ; Java (Hampson) ; Japan ; 

 Kiushiu. 



1133. Naranga hebcscens. 



Anthophila hebcscens, Butl., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 

 iv, p. 366 (1879), 



