Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. 205 



655. Earias chromataria. 



Earias chromataria. Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xxvii, p. 204 

 (1863); Hampson, Fauna, Brit. Ind., Moths, ii, p. 133 

 (1894). 



Earias limbana, Snellen, Tijdschr. Ent., xxii, p. 97, pi. viii, 

 fig. 2 (1879). 



There was a nice series from Yokohama in Fryer's col- 

 lection ; I took the species at Gensan in July, and have 

 received it from Ichang and Moupin. 



Distribution. Throughout Africa, India, and Ceylon 

 {Hampson) ; Japan ; Corea ; Central and Western 

 China. 



656. Earias roseifera. 



Earias roseifera, Butl., Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, p. 18. 



Specimens from Yokohama and Gifu in Fryer's col- 

 lection, and one from Oiwake ; the latter has the whole of 

 the central area of primaries suffused with pink. The 

 type was from Tokio. 



Habitat. Japan. 



657. Earias pudicana. 



Earias pudicana, Stand., Rom. sur Lep., iii, p. 174, pi. viii, 

 fig. 10 (1887). 



I took this species at Ningpo in April, at Nagasaki in 

 May, and at Tsuruga in July ; there were some specimens 

 in Fryer's collection. 



Distrilntion. Amurland ; Japan ; Kiushiu ; North 

 China. 



Genus Gabala. 



Walker, Cat. Lep. Het., xxxiv, p. 1220 (1865). 



658. Gahala argentata. 



Gabala argentata, Butl., 111. Typ. Lep. Het., ii, p. 56, 

 pi. xxxix, fig. 3 (1878). 



There were a number of specimens in Fryer's collection, 

 but without exact locality. I met with the species in 

 Satsuma in May, at Nagasaki in June, and at Fushiki in 

 July ; and I have received it from Gensan and Chow- 

 pin-sa. 



Distribution. Japan ; Kiushiu ; Corea ; Western 

 China. 



