of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan. 241 
Genus OPHIUSA. 
Ochsenheimer, Eur. Schmett., iv, p. 93 (1816); Hamp- 
son, Fauna Brit. India, Moths, u, p. 498 (1894). 
108. 
Ophiusa triphaenoides. 
Ophiusa triphaenoides, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xiv, p. 1358 ; 
Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, u, p. 505 (1894). 
A series of nine male and three female specimens taken 
at Yoshino, Yamato, June, July, August and September, 
1895, 1899, 1900, and at Beppu, Bungo, in May, 1893. 
My series comprises both very light and very dark 
specimens. 
Hitherto unrecorded from Japan. 
Local distribution. 'HONDO; KyUsHt ; May to September. 
General distribution. Formosa; N.W. and E. Hima- 
LAYAS; BENGAL; W. and S. INDIA; JAPAN. 
Collection number, 1153. 
109. 
Ophiusa fulvotaenia. 
Ophiusa fulvotaenia, Guen., Noct., iii, p. 272; Moore, Lep. 
Ceyl., iii, pl. elxxi, fig. 1; Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, 
Moths, u1, p. 504 (1894). 
Hampson records this species from Japan, unrecorded 
by Leech. Not represented from Japan in the National 
Collection. 
General distribution. JAPAN; CHINA; Formosa; 
throughout INDIA; CEYLON and BuRMA; SUMATRA; JAVA. 
ELO: 
Ophiusa dotata. 
Noctua. dotata, Fabr., Ent. Syst., iii, 2, p. 55 (1794). 
Ophiusa dotata, Van der Hoev., Lep. Nov., pl. iv, figs. 3, a, 6; 
Hampson, Fauna Brit. India, Moths, ii, p. 496 (1894). 
Four male specimens taken at Tida-San, Higo, in June, 
1893. 
Hitherto unrecorded from Japan. 
