582 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



The type of rutilifrons was from " North China." There 

 were specimens from Yokohama in Fryer's collection, and 

 I have received others from Hakodate and Nikko. 



Adscri2)ia was described from Amnrlaud by Staudiiiger, 

 and he states that he has also examples from Japan ; it is 

 certainly referable to P. rutilifrons, Walk., with which, as 

 he does not mention it, Dr. Staudinger was probably 

 imacquainted. 



Distrihution. North China ; Japan ; Yesso ; Amur- 

 land. 



1343. Flusia Jessica. 



Plusia Jessica, Butl, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist,, (5) i, p. 201 

 (1878) ; 111. Tvp. Lep. Het., iii, p. 22, pi. xlvi, fig. 6 

 (1879). 



Plusia Serena, Butl, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) iv, p. 

 368 (1879). 



The specimens in Fryer's collection were from Yoko- 

 hama ; the species also occurs at Tokio. 



Serena appears to be only a slight modification of P. 

 Jessica. 



Distrihution. North-West Himalayas {Hamijson) ; 

 Japan. 



1344, Plusia ni. 



NoctMa ni, Hiibn., Noct., pi. Iviii, fig. 284. 

 Plusia ni, Treit,, Schmett., p. 189 ; Hampson, Fauna Brit, 

 Ind., Moths, ii, p. 570 (1894), 



One typical example, without exact locality, in Fryer's 

 collection. 



BistrilnUion. San Domingo ; St. Vincent (Cape 

 Yerde); Aden; N orth- West India (i7fM/ij?swi); Europe. 

 — Japan. 



1345. Plusia oxy gramma. 



Autographa oxygramnia, Hiibn., Zutr., p. 37, figs. 769, 770. 

 Plusia alhostriata, Brem. and Grey, Schmett., Nordl. China, 



p. 18 (1853) ; Men. Cat, Mus, Fetr., pi, xvi, fig. 10 



(1863). 

 Ahrostola transjixa, Walk., Cat. Lep, Het., xii, p. 884. 

 Abrostola nuhila, Moore, Lep. Ceyl,, iii, p. 549. 

 Plusia oxygramma, Alph., Iris., vii,, p, 313 (1894), 



Fryer's specimens were from Yokohama ; I met with the 

 species at Gensan, and my native collector obtained it at 



