124 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



- Calliteara argentata, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. 470 

 (1892). 



Four male specimens and one female from Nikko in 

 Fryer's collection. 



This appears to be the Japanese representative of the 

 European G. ahietis, from which species it differs princi- 

 pally in its much darker coloration. 



Habitat. Japan. 



424. Dasychira pudibunda. 



Bomhyx pudihunda, Linn., Syst. Nat., x, p. 303. 

 Dasychira pudibunda, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. 482 



(1892). 

 Dasychira pudibunda, ab. concolor, Staud., Cat. Lep. Eur., 



p. 29 (1861). 



Two male specimens that I took at Ningpo in April 

 agree very well with var. concolor, Staud., and a female 

 taken by a native at Hakodate is almost exactly identical 

 with typical European examples, and has none of the 

 characteristics oi prycri, Butl., ov pitdica, Staud. 



Distribution. Europe. — Yesso ; North-East China ; 

 ? Amurland. 



425. Dasychira grotei. 



Dasychira grotei, Moore, Cat. Lep. E.I.C., p. 338 (1859). 

 Dasychira horsficldi, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, i, 

 p. 448 (1892). 



One female specimen taken at Moupin in July. 

 Distribution. India; Western China. 



426. Do.sychira pscudabietis. 



Calliteara pseudabictis, Butl., Cist. Ent., iii, p. 118 $ (1885). 

 Calliteara abietis. Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, 



p. 631. 

 Dasychircc 2Jryeri, Butl., Cist. Ent., iii, p. 1190 (1885). 

 Dasychira p>udica, Stand., Rom. sur Lep., iii, p. 204 (1887). 

 Dasychira modesta, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. 483(1892). 

 ? Orgyia punctateUa, Motsch., Etud. Entom., 1860, p. 32. 



Two male specimens and three females from Yokohama 

 and Nikko in Fryer's collection. I obtained a male 



