of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan. 358 
Genus RHODONEURA. 
Guenée, Phal., ii, pl. i, fig. 8 (1857). 
345. 
Rhodoneura aurea. 
Pyrinigides aurea, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1881, 
p. 200; Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1898, p. 376. 
Camptechilus divergens, Warren, Nov. Zool., v, p. 222 
(1898). 
Recerded by Leech from Japan as Pyrinioides aurea, 
included on account of emendation in synonymy. 
Local distribution. YEZO. 
General distribution. CENTRAL and WESTERN CHINA; 
JAPAN. 
Family PYRALIDAE. 
Sub-family CRAMBINAE. 
« Genus CRAMBUS. 
Fabricius, Ent. Syst., suppl., p. 464 (1798); Hampson, 
Fauna Brit. India, Moths, iv, p. 12 (1896). 
346. 
Crambus virgatellus, sp. n. (Plate XXXI, fig. 19.) 
¢. Forewings silvery white with a brownish medial longitudinal 
streak which becomes diffuse towards the outer margin; a sub- 
marginal series of black dots and a brownish line precede the silvery 
fringes. Hindwings pale fuscous, fringes silvery white. Underside 
of forewings fuscous and of hindwings whitish tinged with fuscous, 
Expanse 22 mm. . 
Male type from Ibaraki, April, 1899. 
Two male specimens taken at Ibaraki and Kobe, 
Settsu, in April, 1899. 
Allied to C. nivellus, Koll. 
Local distribution. Honpo. 
Habitat. JAPAN. 
Collection number, 1430. 
347. 
Crambus bivitiellus, sp. n. 
¢. Forewings pale ochreous brown with a silvery median streak 
from base extending to the outer margin where it becomes diffuse, 
