ME. H. LANfet 



414 Mr. J. H. Leech on Lepidoptera Heterocera 



XLIII. On Lepidoptera Heterocera from China, Japan } and 

 Corea. By JOHN HENRY LEECH, B.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. 



[Continued from p. 349.] 



Boarmia venustaria. (PI. VII. fig. 2.) 

 Boarmia venustaria, Leech, Entom., Suppl. p. 44 (May 1891). 



Five specimens, including both sexes, from Oiwake in 

 Fryer's collection. 

 Hal. Japan. 



Boarmia leucophcea. 



Boarmia leucophaa, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 395 (1878) ; 



111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 33, pi. xlviii. fig. 12 (1879). 

 Boarmia elegans, Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. x. p. 31, pi. i. fig. 4 (1884). 



A very fine series from Yokohama and Oiwake in Fryer's 



collection, exhibiting considerable variation. My specimens 

 of the male agree exactly with Butler's type of B. leucophcea 

 and also with Oberthiir's figure of elegans ; therefore I do 

 not hesitate to consider the latter synonymous with the 

 former. 



The female is somewhat smaller than the male and the 

 ground-colour is grey. 



Var. nigrofasciariaj nov. 



Central shade of all the wings black and conspicuous ; 

 there is an oblique streak from this to outer margin, and all 

 the transverse lines are very distinct. 



Distribution. Japan; Askold. 



Boarmia angulifera. 



Boarmia angulifera, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 396 (1878) j 



111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 33, pi. xlix. fig. 1 (1879). 

 Aids angulifera, ab. albiferaj Warren, Novit. Zool. i. p. 434 (1894). 



There were several specimens from Oiwake and Nikko in 

 Fryer's collection. I obtained the species at Shikotan in 

 August and at Nikko in September; my native collector 

 captured a few examples at Gensan and in the island of Kiu- 

 shiuin July ; Butler's type was from Yokohama ; and I received 

 one female specimen from Omei-shan, taken in July. 



In some specimens the space between the central lines on 

 primaries is hardly paler than the rest of the wing, in other 

 examples it is almost white. 



Distribution. Japan ; Corea ; Kiushiu ; Kurife Islands ; 

 Western China. 



