558 Mr. J. H. Leech on Lepidoptera Heterocera 



Scotosia certata. 



Geometra cervinata, Hiibn. Geom. pi. li. fig. 266. 



Plerocymia eertata, Hiibn. Verz. Schmett. p. 332. 



Scotosia certata, Guen. Phal. ii. p. 448. 



Calocalpe certata, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 70. 



Eucosmia varia, Hedem. Horse Soc. Ent. Ross. XYI. p. 55, pi. x. fig. 7 



(1879). 

 Eucosmia varia, var. hedemannaria, Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 55, 



pi. iv. fig. 10 (1880). 

 Eucosmia excultata, Christ. Stett. ent. Zeit. liv. p. 35 (1893). 



Three specimens, taken at Hakodate by my native col- 

 lector in July, are referable to E. varia, Hedem., which I 

 consider to be simply a well-marked form of Scotosia certata. 

 I have very similar examples in my series of this species 

 from Europe. 



I received one male specimen from Ichang. This has the 

 central fascia of primaries well defined, the inner edge rather 

 deeply indented towards costa, and the outer edge more than 

 usually dentate. There is a specimen very like this in the 

 series of 8. certata from Japan in the National Collection. 



Distribution. Europe ; Amur ; Askold ; Japan ; Yesso ; 

 Central China. 



Scotosia grisearia, sp. n. 



Whitish grey. Primaries have a dark grey basal patch, 

 central fascia, and outer marginal border ; the fascia has the 

 median area of the ground-colour, and the marginal border is 

 diffuse and intersected by a whitish wavy line, which de- 

 velops into a spot above inner angle and sometimes towards 

 costa. Secondaries are suffused with dark grey and traversed 

 by faint wavy lines of the same colour ; submarginal line 

 whitish, wavy. Fringes grey, marked with paler, and pre- 

 ceded by a blackish line. Under surface whitish grey ; 

 basal two thirds of primaries suffused with fuliginous grey, 

 the outer edge somewhat acutely angulated below costa ; 

 discal spot black, elongate, preceded by a blackish rather 

 wavy line ; apical area fuliginous grey : secondaries have a 

 black discal spot and a dusky, wavy, central line ; there is a 

 patch of long silky dark grey hairs from middle of sub- 

 median nervure in the male. 



Expanse, c? 48, $ 50 millim. 



Several specimens from Che-tou, Moupin, Ta-chien-lu, and 

 Omei-shan : July and August. 



Hal. Western China. 



In some of the examples the ground-colour is tinged with 

 ochreous. 



