of Lepidoptera Heterocera from Japan. 365 
This species is described by Butler from Japan, but was 
omitted from Leech’s “ Catalogue of Heterocera from China, 
Corea and Japan.” Staudinger includes it in his Catalogue. 
Local distribution. HOoNpo. 
General distribution. E. SIBERIA; JAPAN. 
Collection number, 1475. 
373. 
Macalla scoparialis, sp. n. 
$. Head and thorax pale grey, the latter with a faint olive tinge. 
Forewings brownish on basal and outer marginal areas, the median 
area pale grey with a faint olive tinge and a brownish discal cloud ; 
antemedial line black, almost straight, not clearly defined towards 
the costa ; postmedial line black, sinuous, with a strong outward pro- 
jection about the middle, two black dots at the outer end of the cell 
and a series of black points on the outer margin ; fringes grey, mixed 
with brownish, preceded by a pale line. Hindwings whitish, 
suffused with fuscous, broadly bordered with dark fuscous; fringes 
grey, preceded by a whitish line. Under surface whitish, all the 
wings have a dusky discal mark, dark fuscous postmedial line and 
outer marginal border. 
Expanse 30 mm. 
Male type from Nikko, August, 1893. 
Local distribution. Honpo. 
Habitat. JAPAN. 
Collection number, 1280. 
Genus STERICTA. 
Lederer, Wien. ent. Mon., vii, p. 340 (1863); Hampson, 
Fauna Brit. India, Moths, iv, p. 120 (1896). 
374. 
Stericta olivalis, sp.n. (Plate XXXI. fig. 20.) 
. Forewings pale olive green, powdered with black, and clouded 
with brownish on the outer area ; a black dot on the costa near the 
base, two black dots at outer extremity of the cell, and one below 
the cell preceded by a short black dash; traces of black antemedial 
represented by a black dot on the costa; postmedial line pale olive, 
inwardly edged with black, curved beyond the cell ; a series of black 
dots on the outer margin; fringes brownish, mixed with paler. 
Hindwings pale fuscous, outer half darker and traversed by an 
irregular line of the ground-colour ; fringes pale brown, chequered 
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