160 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



E. phiBosoma, var. auri2)ennis, But!., Trans. Ent. Soc, 



1881, p. 7. 

 Hypercompa 2yhc%'osovia, Kir by, I. c, p. 259. 

 Eiiprepia caia, Leech, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1888, p. 617. 

 Arctia orientcdis, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist, (5) i, 



p. 230 (1878) ; Hanipson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, 



ii, p. 16 (1892). 



Appears to be generally distributed in Japan ; and 

 Alpheraky records it from Corea. Oricntalis, Moore, is 

 not worth retaining even as a varietal name. Atiripennis, 

 Butl., is a form with the secondaries yellow instead of 

 scarlet. Some of the Japanese examples are exceptionally 

 large. 



DistriUdion. Europe. — Amueland ; Japan ; Yesso ;. 

 Corea ; Himalayas. 



518. Arctia mirijica. 



Chelonia mirifica, Oberth., Etud. d'Entom., xvi, p. 8, pi. i, 

 fig. 7 (1892). 



I have two specimens from the high plateau to the 

 north of Ta-chien-lu, 



Habitat. Western China. 



Genus Thanatarctia. 

 Butler, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (4) xx, p. 395 (1877). 



519. Thanatarctia infernalis. 



Thanatarctia infernalis, But!., Ann, and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 (4) XX, p. 395 (1877) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het., iii, p. 7, 

 pi. xlii, fig. 9 (1879). 



One male specimen from Nikko and one from Oiwake 

 in Fryer's collection. I obtained one example of the same 

 sex, and my collector another, at Hakodate in August. 



Distrilidion. Japan ; Yesso. 



Genus Arctinia. 

 Eichwald, Zool. Spec, ii, p. 195 (1831). 



520. Arctinia aesarea. 



Bomhyx cxsarea, Goeze, Ent, Beytr,, iii, (3) p. 63 (1781). 

 Bomhyx luctifera, Esp., Schmett., iii, p. 222, pi. xliii, figs. 

 1-5 (1784). 



