from China j Japan, and Corea. 337 



Selidosema sordida. 



Selidosema sordida, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 406 (1878) 

 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 46, pi. Hi. fig. 7 (1879). 



A fine series from Ohoyama, Nikko, and Oiwake in Fryer's 

 collection. My native collector obtained the species at 

 Hakodate in June. 



Hob. Japan and Yesso. 



Genus TEPHROSIA. 



(Boisd. Ind. p. 198 (1840).) 

 Tephrosia luridata. 



Geometra luridata, Bork. v. p. 235 (1794) ; Zell. Stett. ent. Zeit. 



1853, p. 414. 



Geometra extersaria, Hiibn. Geom. fig. 159 (post 1797). 

 Tephrosia extersaria, Boisd. Tnd. p. 198 (18^9). 

 Ectropis luridata, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 104. 



There were a few specimens from Oiwake in Fryer's 

 collection. 



My native collector took the species at Hakodate in June. 



Japanese specimens are rather smaller than European 

 examples ; they are also more thickly powdered with brown- 

 ish, and the pale spot on outer marginal area of primaries is 

 of less size. 



Distribution. Europe; Amur; Japan. 



Tephrosia costipunctaria. 

 Tephrosia costipunctaria, Leech, Entom., Suppl. p. 47 (May 1891). 



There were three specimens of each sex from Oiwake in 

 Fryer's collection. 



Allied to T. luridata and also to T. punctularia from 

 Europe, but it is not likely to be confused with either of 

 those species. 



Hob. Japan. 



Tephrosia biundularia. 



Geometra biundularia, Bork. Eur. Schmett. v. p. 162 (1794). 



Geometra crepuscularia, Hiibn. Geom. pi. xxx. fig. 158. 



Tephrosia crepuscularia, Guen. Phal. i. p. 268. 



Ectropis biundularia, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 104. 



Boarmia crepuscularia, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 260 



(1895). 



Boarmia nikkonis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 406. 

 Tephrosia excellens, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) xiii. p. 275 



(1884). 



There were several specimens from Nikko and Yesso in 

 Fryer's collection. I took the species at .Ningpo in April ; 

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