Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. 299 
97. Phalera alpherakyt, sp. 0. 
¢ Primaries fuscous-grey with several blackish, wavy, transverse 
lines ; the most prominent of the markings are the double line 
limiting the pale grey basal area, a single one just beyond the cell, 
and a double one from the white edged ochreous, somewhat cuneiform 
apical patch ; there is a blackish lunule surrounded with whitish at 
end of cell and a lunulate, blackish, sub-marginal line ; the latter is 
spotted with black between veins 1—4; fringes reddish-brown, 
Secondaries fuscous with a ill-defined pale band just beyond the 
middle ; fringes whitish marked with reddish-brown at ends of the 
nervures. Under surface: primaries have the basal three-fourths 
blackish, the outer limit defined by an oblique darker line ; the 
outer third of the wing is pale ochreous with a large diffuse blackish 
patch, traversed by a wavy pale ochreous line, between veins 6 and 
inner margin : secondaries whitish suffused with fuscous on basal 
area, Which is limited by a blackish band, and on outer fourth except 
towards outer angle. 
Expanse. 58-64 millim. 
Two male specimens from Pu-tsu-fong, taken in June 
or July. 
Allied to P. assimilis, Brem. 
98. Phalera sigmata. 
Phalera sigmata, Butl., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (4), xx, 
p. 473 (1877); Ill. Typ. Lep. Het., iu, pl. xxiv, fig. 9 
(1878); Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 641. 
A nice series in Pryer’s collection from Yokohama. I 
have one example from Omei-shan which was taken in 
June or July. Butler's female type was from Hakodate. 
Distribution. JAPAN; YESSO; WESTERN CHINA. 
99. Phalera flavescens. 
Phalera flavescens, Brem., Lep. Nord. China, p. 14 (1858). 
Trisula andreas, Oberth., Etud. d’Entom., v, p. 38, pl. v, 
fig. 4 (1880). 
Trisula (Phalera) flavescens, Staud., Rom. sur Lép., vi, 
p. 368 (1892). 
Oberthiir places this species in Z’risula and so also does 
Staudinger with the remark that he is unable to ascertain 
where the genus was characterised. 
Trisula was founded by Moore (Cat. Lep. E.LC., ii, 
p- 420) for the reception of variegata, Moore, which Hamp- 
