444 Mr. J. H. Leech on. Lepidoptera Heterocera 



Abraxas placida. 



Abraxas placida, Butl. Ann. & Mag-. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 441 (1878); 



111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 48, pi. liii. fig. 1 (1879). 

 Calldbraxas propinqua, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 420. 



A few specimens from Oiwake, Nikko, and Yesso in. 

 Fryer's collection. T captured several examples at Hakodate 

 in August. 



Hob. Japan and Yesso. 



Placida, Butl., appears to be an aberrant form of propinqua, 

 Butl., but as it was the first to receive a name, it must stand 

 as the type of the species, and propinqua, which is really the 

 normal form, must rank as a variety. This is certainly 

 unfortunate, but is not by any means a singular case. 



Abraxas Whitelyi. 



Abraxas Whitelyi, Butl. 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. p. 52, pi. xxxvii. fig. 4 

 (1878). 



A nice series from Oiwake, Yesso, and Nikko in Fryer's 

 collection. 



I captured specimens at Gensan in June, and my native 

 collector at Hakodate in June or July. I have also received 

 two specimens from Mr. Manley, of Yokohama. 



There is a good deal of variation in the size of the black 

 markings. In some of the specimens, including all the 

 examples from Oiwake, the large spots on costa and inner 

 margin, representing the central band, are not intersected by 

 the ground-colour as in the type. These specimens have 

 also distinct macular submarginal and marginal bands on all 

 the wings. 



Distribution. Amur ( Grceser] ; Corea ; Japan j Yesso. 



Abraxas languidata. 



Abraxas languidata, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xxiv. p. 1122 (1862). 

 Callalraxas languidata, Harnpson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 518 

 (1895). 



Four specimens from Ohoyama in Fryer's collection. 

 I captured a specimen at Shimonoseki in July, and have 

 received two examples from Omei-sban, also taken in July. 

 Distribution. Japan and Western China. 



Abraxas martaria. 



Abraxas martaria, Guen. Phal. ii. p. 205 (1857) j Hampson. Fauna Brit. 

 Ind., Moths, iii. p. 300 (1895). 



I took a specimen at Foochou in April, and have received 

 the species from Kiukiang, Ta-chien-lu, and Moupin : June. 



