300 Mr. J. H. Leech on 
son (Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, i, p. 430) states is a 
Noctua. 
There were specimens in Pryer’s collection from Yesso 
and Yokohama. I obtained the species at Gensan and my 
native collector at Hakodate; I have also received one 
example from Moupin. 
Graeser states that the larva resembles that of P. bucephala 
and feeds on birch. 
Distribution. JAPAN; YESSO; COREA; AMURLAND ; 
ASKOLD ; NORTHERN and WESTERN CHINA. 
100. Phalera assimilis. 
Pygera assimilis, Brem. and Grey, Motsch. Etud. d’Ent., 
i, p. 80 (1852) ; Schmett. nord. China, p. 16 (1853). 
Phalera assimilis, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., 1, p. 577 (1892) ; 
Alphéraky, Rom. sur Lép., ix, p. 156, pl. xi, fig. 4 
(1897). 
Phalera ningpoana, Feld., Wien. Ent. Mon., vi, p. 37 (1862). 
One male specimen from Omei-shan and a female from 
Wa-shan ; both taken in July. 
Distribution. NORTHERN and WESTERN CHINA. 
Genus EDEMA. 
Walker, Cat. Lep. Het., v, p. 1028 (1855). 
101. Hdema nivilinea. 
Edema nivilinea, Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, 
p. 638, pl. xxxii, fig. 1. 
There were two specimens from Oiwake in Pryer’s 
collection and three others, without locality, among his 
unarranged material. 
Hab. JAPAN. 
Genus PYDNA. 
Walk. ; Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, i, p. 188 
(1892). 
102. Pydna plumosa. 
Bireta plumosa, Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 620, 
pl. xxxi, fig. 4. 
This species was taken by Pryer at Ohoyama. 
Hab, JAPAN. 
