104 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



taken in June and July. I obtained the species at 

 Gensan in June and my collectors met with it at Ichang 

 in August. 



Distribution. Amurland ; JAPAN ; Yesso ; Central 

 and Northern China; Corea. 



Genus MiRESA. 

 Walker, Cat. Lep. Het., v, p. 1123 (1855). 



367. Mircsa inornata. 



Mircsa inornata, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., v, p. 1125 $ (1855) ; 

 Butl., Cist. Ent., iii, p. 120 $ (1885); Hampson, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, i, p. 386 (1892). 

 Hcrcogenea flavidorsalis, Stand., Rom. sur Lep., iii, p. 195, 

 pi. xi, fig. 7 (1887). 



Two specimens from Chang-yang taken in June. There 

 was one example in Fryer's collection and a native collec- 

 tor obtained one at Hakodate in June or July. One of 

 these specimens, which is most certainly referable to 

 M. inornata, Dr. Staudinger has identified as his flavi- 

 (lorsalis. 



The Chinese specimens are rather paler in ground colour 

 and the thorax is more tawny. 



Distribution. North-Western Himalayas; Nagas 

 {Hanvpson) ; Amurland ; Japan ; Yesso ; Northern and 

 Central China. 



368. Mircsa dccedcns. 



Mircsa decedcns, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., v, p. 1125 (1855); 

 Butl., 111. Typ. Lep. Het., vi, p. 5, pi. cii, fig. 3 

 (1886); Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, i, p. 387 

 (1892). 



One male specimen from Ichang in August. 

 Distribution. Assam ; Nilgiris (Har/^ysooi) ; Central 

 China. 



869. Mircsa (J) pallivitta. 

 Miresa jyo^llivitia, Moore, -Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 

 XX, p. 93 (1877). 

 One female specimen from Ningpo, taken in June. 

 The type was from Shanghai. 



Habitat. North-Eastern China. 



