Heterocera fram China, Japan, and Corea. 271 
Family BOMBYCID. 
Genus BomByx. 
Hiibn.; Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind. Moths, i, p. 32 
(1892). 
21. Bombyx more. 
Bombyx mort, Linn., Syst. Nat.,i, p. 499 (1758) ; Hampson, 
Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, i, p. 32 (1892); Kirby, Cat. 
Lep. Het., p. 718 (1892). 
Bombyx sinensis, Moore and Hutt., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 
(3) i, p. 813 (1862) ; 2d. ii, p. 313 (1865). 
Specimens from Yokohama in Pryer’s collection. 
Distribution. CHINA; ina domesticated state throughout 
India and Europe (Hampson) ; JAPAN. 
22. Bombyx mandarimus, 
Theophila mandarina, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc, Lond., 1872, 
p. 576, pl. xxx, fig. 5. 
This is probably the wild form of Bombyx mori. In 
colour it is darker, and the markings are distinct; the 
female is much larger than the same sex of B. mor‘. 
Distribution. JAPAN; YESSO; COREA; EASTERN CHINA. 
Genus RONDOTIA. 
Moore, Ann, and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) xx, p. 491 (1885). 
Ectrocta, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, i, p. 33 
(1892). . 
23, Rondotia menciana, 
Rondotia menciana, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (5) 
xv, p. 491 (1885). 
Rondotia lurida, Fixsen, Rom. sur Lép., ii, p. 346, pl. xv, 
fig. 8 (1887). 
Lurida only appears to differ from menciana by the 
fringes towards the anal angle of the secondaries not being 
marked with black. 
I have a fine series from Ichang, taken in June, and 
from a place 30 miles miles north of Ichang, taken in 
August. 
Distribution. COREA; EASTERN AND CENTRAL CHINA. 
