from China, Japan, and Corea. 205 



more or less confluent rosy waved lines, and the outer margin 

 has a diffuse violet-tinged rosy band. Under surface pale 

 whity brown, with the markings of upperside reproduced in 

 dusky violet-grey. 



Female. The discal area of primaries is more suffused with 

 violet-grey. 



Expanse, ^ 31, ? 34 millim. 



One male specimen from Ichang, a male from Omei-shan, 

 and a female from Moupin : June and July. 



Hob. Central and Western China. 



Genus SELENIA. 

 (Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. p. 292 (1816).) 



Selem'a tetralunaria. 



Geometra tetralunaria, Hufn. Berl. Mag. iv. p. 506 (1769). 

 Selenia illustraria, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. p. 293 ; Guen. Phal. i. p. 154. 

 Selenia tetralunaria, var. astiva, Staud. Cat. p. 157,=var. A, Guen. 

 /. c. p. 155. 



My native collector took a female specimen of the typical 

 form at Hakodate in June, and I captured four examples of 

 var. cestiva at that place in August. 



Distribution. Europe ; Yesso. 



Selenia pallidaria. 

 Selenia pallidaria, Leech, Entom., Suppl. p. 43 (May 1891). 



There was one female specimen from Yesso in Fryer's 

 collection. 

 Hob. Yesso. 



Selenia adustaria. (PI. VII. fig. 7.) 



Selenia adustaria, Leech, Entom., Suppl. p. 42 (May 1891). 

 Selenia adustaria, var.y*wsca, Leech, I. c. 



Three specimens from Yesso in Fryer's collection. One 

 of these is probably an individual of the second brood. 

 Hob. Yesso. 



Selenia sordidaria, sp. n. 



Very pale whity brown, irrorated and marked with brownish 

 on costa of primaries ; all the wings have two thin brownish 

 transverse lines. Under surface as above, but there is an 

 ochreous lunular patch freckled with brownish on apex of 

 primaries, and the area of secondaries between the outer line 

 and the base of the wing is tinged with ochreous and 



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