ertsan a 
XV. New and Unrecorded Species of Lepidoptera Hetero- 
cera from Japan. By A. E. WILEMAN, F.ES. 
[Read October 19th, 1910. ] 
PLATHS” XXX XX. 
THE new and unrecorded species enumerated in this 
paper are contained in a collection of over two thousand 
species (inclusive of Micro-lepidoptera) made by my 
Japanese collector, Mr. Uehara, and myself during a 
period of eleven years from the year 1892 to 1903. 
During this period we both made numerous excursions 
to various localities situated in the four great islands of 
Japan, namely, Hondo (or Honsht), Shikoku, Kyasha 
and Yezo (or the Hokkaido), and we also did a great deal 
of collecting at all the various ports at which I have 
resided, Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Hakodate, the first 
three of which are situated in the island of Hondo and 
the last named in Yezo. I also received welcome assistance 
from the Rev. W. Andrews, of Hakodate, and Mr. Nawa, 
of Gifu, both of whom kindly presented me on several 
occasions with specimens of Japanese Heterocera. 
The provinces worked by us during these eleven years 
include those of Josht, Shinsht, Shimotsuke, Sagami, 
Musashi, Yamashiro, Settsu, Yamato, and Kishiu, all of 
which are situated in the island of Hondo; the provinces 
of Tosa, Iyo, Awa and Sanuki, which comprise the whole 
of the island of Shikoku; the provinces of Bungo, Buzen, 
Higo, Hytiga, Satsuma and Osumi, which are six of the 
nine provinces composing the island of Kyushu, and the 
provinces of Oshima and Ishikari in the island of Yezo. 
By far the most productive localities were Yoshino, pro- 
vince Yamato, and Nikko, province Shimotsuke, both in 
the island of Hondo, and Hakodate in the island of Yezo. 
My collector worked for four years in succession at 
TRANS. ENT. SOC. LOND. 1911.—PaRT Ul. (OCT.) O 
