Bere 
of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan. 355 
Japan as a locality in his “Catalogue of Heterocera from 
China, Japan and Corea.” 
Local distribution. YEZO. 
General distribution. COREA; JAPAN (?). 
Sub-family SCHOHNOBIINAE. 
Genus LEECHIA. 
South, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1901, p. 400. 
350. 
Leechia sinuosalis, 
Leechia sinuosalis, South, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1901, 
p. 400, pl. xiv, fig. 15. 
A female specimen taken at Yoshino, Yamato, July, 
1900. 
Hitherto unrecorded from Japan. 
Local distribution. Honpo. 
General distribution. CENTRAL CHINA; JAPAN. 
Collection number, 1428. 
Genus SCHOENOBIUS. 
Duponchel, Cat. Lép. Eur., p. 312 (1844); Hampson, 
Fauna Brit. India, Moths, iv, p. 47 (1896). 
351. 
Schoenobius costalis, Moore. 
var. parvalis, nov. 
6. White silky forewings, faintly tinged with fuscous, edge of 
costa darker. Underside as above, but the forewings are more 
deeply tinged with fuscous. 
Expanse of type 22 mm. 
Expanse of series, 18 mm, to 25 mm. ¢, 25 mm. to29mm. ?. 
Male type from Yokohama, August, 1898. 
Appears to be referable to S. costalis, Moore, but it is 
smaller in size and the palpi are whitish. A series of six 
male and five female specimens taken at Yokohama in 
August, 1898, and Tokyo, in September, 1893. The 
forewings of the female are whiter than those of the male, 
and show only very slight traces of fuscous tinge. The 
