558 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



1277. O-phiusa curvata. 



02'>hiusa algira, var. curvata, Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 

 1889, p. 546, pi. liii, fig. 8. 



Originally described from Loochoo and Gensan. I have 

 since detected other specimens from Japan ; these last 

 were in Fryer's collection and were perhaps also from 

 Loochoo. 



DlstrihUion. CoREA ; LooCHOO. 



1278. O'pMusa maturata. 



Ophiusa maturata, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xiv, p. 1882 



(1858). 

 Ophiusa falcata, Moore, Lep. Atk., ii, p. 171, pi. vi, fig. 14 



(1882) ; Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1889, p. 546. 

 Ophmsa maturata, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, 



p. 499 (1894). 



One example without locality in Pryer's collection. 



I have specimens from Ningpo, Gensan, Kiukiang, Ship- 

 y-shan, and Ta-chien-lu. Occurs in July, 



Distribution. Khasis ; Calcutta ; Bombay, Nilgiris ; 

 Penang {Hampison); Japan; Corea; Eastern, Central, 

 and Western China. 



1279. Ophiusa ardotmnia. 



Ophiusa arctotienia, Guen., Noct., iii, p. 272 (1852) ; 

 Hampson, Fauna Brit. Lid., Moths, ii, p. 501 (1892). 



I obtained specimens in Satsuma in May and at Gensan 

 in June. There were examples from Yokohama and 

 Loochoo in Pryer's collection, and my native collector took 

 others in the island of Kiushiu. The species was met 

 with in nearly ail the localities m China that my collector 

 visited. 



Distribution. Throughout Indla., Ceylon, and Burma ; 

 Java {Hampson) ; Japan ; Kiushiu ; Loochoo ; Corea ; 

 Central and Western China. 



1280. Ophiusa didcis. 



Ophiusa dulcis, Butl., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) i, p. 293 

 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het., ii, pi. xxxiv, fig. 5. 



