Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. 567 



patch. Fringes of the ground-colour cheijuered with darker. 

 Secondarie.s ochreous .suffused with fuscous on the discul area. Under 

 surface stramineous becoming golden-yellow on outer margins and 

 clouded with fuscous un the median area of the primaries. 

 Expanse 40 milliiu. 



One uialo specimen taken by my native collector at 

 Hakodate in June or July. 



Habitat. Yesso. 



I have placed this .specimen in Bcmir/ia provisionally ; a 

 new genus will probably have to be founded for its 

 reception. 



Genus Trigonodes. 

 Guenee, Noct., iii, p. 281 (1852). 



1305. Trigonodes hypioasia. 



Nodua lujiypasia, Cram., Pap. Exot., iii, pi. ccl, fig. E 



Trigonodes hypiiasia, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, 

 p. 527 (1894). 



Seven specimens from Loochoo in Fryer's collection. I 

 have also received examples from Chia-ting-fu (July), 

 Ichang (August), and Ship-y-shan (September). 



Distribution. Africa; Mauritiu.s; Madagascar; 

 Aden ; Formosa ; throughout India, Ceylon, and 

 Burma ; Java ; Australasia {Hampson) ; Central and 

 Western China; Loochoo. 



Genus Grammodes. 

 Guenee, Noct., iii, p. 275 (1852). 



1306. Grammodes gcometrica. 



Grammodes ammonia, Guen,, Noct, iii, p. 278 (1852). 

 Nocttia geometrica, Fabr., Syst. Ent., p. 599 (1775); God. 



Lep. Fr., v, p. 114, pi. liii, fig. 4. 

 Noctua ammonia, Cram., Pap. Exot., iii, pi. ccl, fig. D 



(1779). 

 Grammodes gcometrica, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, 



ii, p. 531 (1894). 



An extensive series was reared from larv?e at Chung- 

 king, in May. I have also received specimens from 



