190 Mr. J. H. Leech on Lepidoptera Heterocera 



indented on its upper edge and represented on apical area by 

 an oval spot ; below the latter there is a submarginal series of 

 four round spots, also white : secondaries white, with a black 

 central band and a black border on outer margin. Fringes 

 black, marked with white below apex of primaries and just 

 above the middle of secondaries. Under surface as above, 

 but the costa is streaked with yellowish. 



Female. Similar to the male, but the white markings of 

 primaries are wider and the black one of secondaries is 

 narrower. 



Expanse, <J 33-43, $ 45-47 millim. 



A long series from Chang-yang and one female specimen 

 from Ichang, June. 



Hob. Central China. 



The white band on primaries and the black on secondaries 

 are variable in width. 



Family Geoxnetridse. 



Subfamily BOAEMIINM. 

 (Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 139 (1895).) 



Genus URAPTERYX. 



(Leech ; Hampson, op. cit. p. 144.) 



Urapteryx sambucaria. 



Phal. Geometra sambucaria, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 519. 



Urapteryx persica, Me"n. Cat. Mus. Pet. p. 267 (1832). 



p Urapteryx nivea, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. xvii. p. 199 (1893). 



I took specimens of the var. persica in Satsuma in May 

 and at Nagasaki in June. This form is whiter than the 

 type, but it can hardly be called smaller. One of the Satsuma 

 examples expands 68 millim. I did not meet with the species 

 in any other part of Japan, and there were no specimens in 

 Fryer's collection. My native collector obtained the species 

 in the island of Kiushiu. 



I received specimens of the type form and also of var. persica 

 from Pu-tsu-fong and Omei-shan, but the variety only was 

 obtained in the province of Kwei-chow. The typical speci- 

 mens from China are rather more striated than is the case in 

 European examples. 



Distribution. Europe; Armenia; Amur ; Japan ; Western 

 China. 



Urapteryx latimarginaria^ sp. n. 

 White ; the markings on primaries are somewhat similar 



