of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan. 337 
Warren states that amoenaria, Oberth., is closely allied 
to this species, but has only two reddish spots. 
Local distribution. Honpbo; June to October. 
General distribution. WESTERN CHINA; JAPAN, 
Collection number, 766. 
Genus HEMITHEA. 
Duponchel, Lép. France, iv, 2, p. 233 (1829); Hampson, 
Fauna Brit. India, Moths, in, p. 490 (1895). 
308. 
Hemithea eluta, sp. 0. 
¢. Head whitish, wings pale green. Forewings have two whitish 
transverse lines, the antemedial is slightly wavy and turned inwards 
on the costa, the postmedial is almost parallel with the outer margin ; 
the transverse lines are continued on the hindwings, but the outer 
one is angled before the middle and again beyond the middle. 
Fringes and underside whitish, the latter tinged with green. 
Near Hemithea marina, Butler. 
Expanse 18 mm. 
Male type from Yoshino, Yamato, August, 1900. A 
series of seventeen males and ten females taken at 
Yoshino, Yamato, June, July, August and September, 
1895, 1899, 1900; at Kobe, July, 1901; Junsai Numa, 
Oshima, July, 1896, and at Kakizako, Higo, June, 1895 
Expanse of series, 18 mm. to 24 mm. JZ, 20 mm. to 
23 mm. ? 
Local distribution. Honpo; SHIKOKU; YEZO. 
Habitat. JAPAN. 
Collection number, 797. 
309. 
Hemithea disjuncta. 
Hemithea disjuncta, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xxii, p. 595; 
Moore, Lep. Ceyl., ii, pl. exevi, fig. 5; Hampson, 
Fauna Brit, India, Moths, il, p. 492 (1895). 
This species is recorded by Hampson from Japan ; there 
are, however, no specimens from Japan in the National 
Collection. 
Unrecorded by Leech. 
General distribution. SikKHIM; KuHAsis; GANJAM; 
CaNnaRA; NILGIRIS; CEYLON; JAPAN. 
