of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan. 219 
A series of two male and"three female specimens taken 
at Suma, near Kobe and at Yoshino, Yamato, in June and 
August, 1899, 1901. The specimens range from 23 mm. 
to 27 mm. in expanse. 
Local distribution. Honpo. 
Halitat. JAPAN. 
Collection number, 998. 
Genus PETILAMPA. 
Aurivillius, Nord. Fjir., p. 156 (1890); Hampson, Cat. 
Lep. Phal., viii, p. 414 (1909). 
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Petilampa palustres, 
Noctua palustris, Hiibn., Eur. Schmett. Noct., f 367 
(1808). 
Hydrilla melanochroa, Staud., Rom. sur Lép., vi, p. 488 
(1892). 
Petilampa palustris, Hampson, Cat. Lep. Phal., vii, p. 415 
(1909). 
A male specimen from Yoshino, Yamato, taken in June, 
1900, is referable to var. melanochroa, Staud. 
Hitherto unrecorded from Japan. 
Local distribution. Honvpo. 
General distribution. Europe; ARMENIA; MONGOLIA; 
EK. SIBERIA; KAMCHATKA; JAPAN. 
Collection number, 996. 
Genus PROXENUS. 
Herr-Schaff, Eur. Schmett., ii, p. 240 (1845); Hampson, 
Cat. Lep. Phal., viii, p. 430 (1909). 
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Proxenus dissimalis. 
Proxenus dissimilis, South, ined.; Hampson, Cat. Lep. 
Phal., vil, p. 431, pl. exxxiii, fig. 15 (1909). 
Four male and five female*specimens taken at Yoshino, 
Yamato, in June, August and September, 1899. 
Type in collection Wileman. 
a Described by Hampson from Japan, unrecorded by 
eech. 
