Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corca, 149 



489. Spilosoma mollicula. 



.Spilardia mollicula, Butl., Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 

 XX, p. 895 (1877) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het, iii, pi xli, 

 fig. 7 (1879). 



Described from Hakodate. Staudinger considers that 

 it is simply a form of S. seriatopiinctata, Motsch. 

 HaUtat. Japan. 



490. Spilosoma suhcarnea. 



Spilosoma suhcarnea, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., iii, p. 675 



(1855). 

 Spilarctia suhcarnea, Butl., 111. Typ. Lep. Het., iii, p. 6, 



pi. xlii, fig. 8 (1879). 

 Aloa' leucothorax, Feld., Wien. ent. Mon., vi, p. 36 (1862). 



I have received this species from Chia-kou-ho, Che-tou, 

 and Ichang. There were specimens in Fryer's collection 

 from Loochoo and Yokohama, and I captured the species 

 at Gensan. 



Some of the specimens are entirely devoid of spots, 

 whilst other examples have from one to six spots on 

 primaries. 



Distribution. North, Central, and Western China ; 

 Japan; Corea; Loochoo. 



491. Spilosoma hifrons. 



Aloa hifrons. Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., iii, p. 705 (1855). 

 Spilosoma cruhescens, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (4) 



XX, p. 89 (1877). 

 Spilarctia ertchescens, Kirby, Cat. Lep. Het., i, p. 231 



(1892). 

 Spilosoma ryhahowi, Alph., Rom. sur Lep., ix, p. 171, 



pi. X, fig. 9 $ (1897). 



There were three specimens in Fryer's collection, and I 

 have received the species from Moupin and Omei-shan. 

 Distrihution. Japan ; Northern and Western China. 



492. Spilosoma rohustum, sp. n.- 



Male. Primaries creamy white, a black spot at upper angle of the 

 cell, one on each side of vein 1, about one third from outer angle, 

 and traces of a black dot towards outer margin and near vein 6. 



