of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan. 207 
Noctua nictitans, Esp., pl. exxvi, fig. 6 (nec Linn.). 
Noctua leucostigma, Esp., pl. clix, fig. 7. 
Euplexia didyma, Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Moths, 11, 
p. 210 (1894). 
Apamea didyma, Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1900, p. 60. 
Trachea secalis, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal., vu, p. 211 (1908). 
Two males and four females of the typical form; two 
received from Mr. Andrews, Yezo, and four taken at 
Jozanke, near Sapporo, Yezo, in August, 1896. 
Two males and two females of the form /ewcostigma ; 
three taken at Jozanke and one at Tobetsu, Oshima, in 
August, 1902. 
Two females of the form nictitans taken at Jozanke in 
August, 1896. 
Unrecorded by Leech from Japan, but recorded by 
Hampson. 
Local distribution. YEZO; Honpo, Oiwake (Pryer), 
Yokohama (Jonas). 
General distribution. KuRopE; ARMENIA; ASIA MINOR; 
W. and E. TuRKESTAN ; INDIA; W. CHINA; JAPAN. 
Collection numbers, 899, 899a, 8990. 
33. 
Trachea (2) yoshinoensis, sp. n. (Plate XXX1I, fig. 13.) 
dg. Head and thorax white, collar and patagia marked with brown ; 
abdomen fuscous grey. Forewings white, stippled with brownish at 
the base ; the costa is narrowly edged with brown, and from the 
middle of this a bilobed brown patch is projected across the wing 
almost to vein 1, the pale outlined, but indistinct, orbicular stigma 
is enclosed in the patch, and on the outer edge of the patch is the 
reniform stigma which is white faintly outlined in brown; the 
costal edging, which is dotted with white beyond the middle, expands 
at its termination before the apex; there is a brown mark on the 
outer margin above the middle and an elongate one before the outer 
angle, the latter is crossed by an indistinct brownish submarginal 
line ; fringes golden brown chequered with darker and preceded by 
a series of blackish triangular dots. Hindwings fuscous grey 
becoming paler towards the base, discal dot black, fringes whitish. 
Under surface pale fuscous, the inner marginal area of forewings 
slightly opalescent; hindwings with a blackish discal dot. 
Expanse 32 mm. 
P2 
