NO. 1412. SOME JAPANESE LEPIDOPTERA—DYAR. 945 



the thorax, two warts above the stig-matal wart, normal. Cervical 

 shield densely hairy. Black; a dorsal yellow line, broken into two 

 spots on each segment; tine yellow dottings to a narrow broken sub- 

 dorsal line; sides more heavily dotted to a waved broken substioinatal 

 line. Feet reddish with black shields. 



The cocoon is composed of hair and thin silk. The pupa has the 

 usual Arctian shape. 



Family NOCTUID.E. 



APATELA MAJOR Bremer. 

 KUWA-NO-SHIRO-KEMUSHI. 



Food plant: 2[(rnix aJlm. 



The larva before me has unfortunately been nearly deprived of 

 hairs, yet a few points may be noted. Head shining- black, quadrate 

 hilol)ed, epistoma and bases of anteniue pale. Body cylindrical, uni- 

 form, densely covered with secondary hairs, the warts all obscure and 

 I'educed. Pale yellowish, a broad black dorsal band, widened diamond- 

 shape on the segments, forming distinct diamonds on joints 5, 7, 8-9, 

 and 12. Spiracles black, with dark d(jts, forming a stigmatal line, 

 below which is a diffuse whitish l)and. Hairs whitish yellow and 

 black, the black apparently tufted subdorsally on the black diamonds, 

 but no pencils. Yellow tufted hairs dorsally on joints tj, 10, and 11; 

 lateral hairs longer, pale. A good specimen would be of interest. 



MAMESTRA BRASSIC^ Linnaeus. 

 ENDO-NO-KIRIMUSHI. 



Food plant: Ptsimi sativum. 



An e^g mass, two green young larva', two l)lac]v mature larvae, and 

 a pupa are preserved. The species is well known and common in 

 Europe. 



LEUCANIA UNIPUNCTA Haworth. 

 A WA-N( )-Y()TOMUSIII. 



Food plant: Setar'la italica^ var. gprinanica. 

 The well-known "army worm." 



HELIOTHIS ARMIGERA Hubner. 



TABAK( )-X()-AOMUSriI. 



Food plant: Nicotiaiut tahacKm. 



The well-known "boll worm" of the United States. 



