540 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



Kensington, in having the space between ante- and post- 

 medial lines filled in with whitish, except on the costal 

 area. 



Habitat. Yesso and Japan, 



1234. Sypna moorei. 



Sypna moorei, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend., 1881, p. 209 ; 



111. Typ. Lep. Het., vi, p. 44, pi. cxii, fig. 2 (1886). 

 Sypna curvilinca (part.), Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., 



Moths, ii, p. 449 (1894). 



One male specimen from Kiukiang, and a female from 

 Ta-chien-lu. 



Distribution. North-West Himalayas; Central and 

 Western China. 



1235. Sypna cnrvilmca. 



Syp7ia curvilinea, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, p. 60, 

 pi. vi, fig. 4. 



One female specimen obtained on the hi<;^h plateau to 

 the north of Ta-chien-lu appears to be referable to this 

 species. 



Distribution. North-West Himalayas ; Western 

 China. 



1236. Sypna cyanivitta. 



SyjJna cyanivitta, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1867, p. 

 70 ; Waterhouse, Aid., ii, pi. clix, fig. 4 (1885). 



Sypia brunnca, Moore, Lep. Atk., p. 107 (1882) ; Water- 

 house, 1. c, fig. 3. 



I have examples of the hrunnca form from Wa-shan, 

 Chia-kou-ho, and Omei-shan ; these were taken in Jul}'. 



Distribution. North-West Himalayas; Sikhim 

 {Hamj^son) ; Western China. 



1237. Sypna sobrina, .sp. n. 



Antennae strongly fasciciilate. Primaries brown with a violet 

 tinge, siib-baFal and antemedial lines black, double, the latter dentate 

 above median nervnre ; postmedial line black, double, angulated 

 below costa, bidentate beyond cell, and dentate below vein 2, only 

 the costal half of this line is usually distinct and there is sometime^ 



