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I have received but one example (male) from Kiukiang. 

 In April, 1886, I found D. ahietis in the Snowy Valley, 

 near Ningpo, fairly plentiful at rest on the trunks of fir- 

 trees, from which they darted quickly when approached. 

 They flew wildly from tree to tree, and were difiicult to 

 capture. 



137. Eligma narcissus. Cram., Pap. Exot., i., 116, 

 pi. 73, figs. E, F. 



One specimen. 



138. Lithosia vetusta, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., ii., p. 508 

 (1854). 



Eight specimens, agreeing well with examples in my 

 collection from Corea. 



139. Numenes disparilis, Staud., Rom. Mem. sur lea 

 Lep., Tome iii., p. 200. 



One female example. 



140. Laria l-nigrum, Muller, Faun. Fr., p. 40. 



Kiukiang specimens have the [_ or V mark on the 

 upper surface of the primaries replaced by a small round 

 dot, but agree in every other resj^ect with the typical 

 form. 



141. Porthetria dispar, Linn. 



Liparis dispar var. japonica, Motsch., Etud. Ent., 



1860, p. 31. 

 Portlietria umhrosa, ButL, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 



1881, p. 10. 

 P. hadina, Butl., I. c. 



Kiukiang specimens come between hadina, ButL, and 

 japonica. Motsch., and these, together with umbrosa, are 

 certainly forms of P. dispar. Seeing how subject to 

 variation P. dispar is in Europe, it is perhaps not matter 

 for surprise that the species should also vary in Asia, 

 and that the Asian forms and those of Europe be con- 

 nected by intermediates. 



