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XII. Lepidoptera Heterocera froin Northern China, Japan, 

 and Corca. By John Henry Leecit, B.A., F.L.S., 

 F.Z.S., etc. 



Part IV. 



In this section of my paper, which conchides the considera- 

 tion of the family Noctuidai, four hunch'ed and twenty-six 

 species are enumerated. These, with the exception of five 

 members of the Acontiinm previously omitted, belong to 

 FaIindiin}B, Sarrotliripinn:', EiitdiiniB, SHdoptcrinn?', Gonop- 

 terimv, Quadrifinm, Focillin.T, and Ddtoidin/v. 



One hundred and fourteen species and tAvu local forms 

 are, I believe, now described for the first time. 



Genus Corgatha (ante, p. 161). 



1140. Corgatha viira. 



Belenis mira, Butl., 111. Typ. Lep. Het., iii, p. 29, pi. xlvii, 



fig. 6 (1876). 

 Corgatha mira, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend., 1900, p. 



161. 



In addition to the specimen in Fryer's collection previ- 

 ously mentioned, I have examples from Fushiki, Gensan, 

 and Chang-yang. 



Fryer's specimen and that from Chang-yang have the 

 venation on outer area yellowish. The submarginal line 

 in the other specimens is obscured. 



Distribution. Japan ; Central China ; Corea. 



1147. Corgatha argillacca. 



Egnasia argillacca, Butl., Ann. and Mag. Nat, Hist., (5) iv, 



p. 450 (1879). 

 Aventiola (?) Avcntina costimacuht, Stand., Rom. sur. Lep., 



vi, p. 604, pi. xiv, fig. 4 (1892). 



Described from Yokohama. 



There were specimens in Pr3^er's cullection. I obtained 

 examples at Nagahama and Gensan in July, and at Sakata 

 in August. 



Distrihutio7i. Amueland ; Japan ; Corea. 



trans, ent. soc. lond. 1900. — part iv. (dec.) 



