668 Mr. J. H. Leech on Lepidoptera Heterocera 



cloud as above ; secondaries have a black discal spot and a 

 faint dusky wavy central line, marked with black on the 

 nervules; abdominal area as above ; fringes whitish grey. 



Expanse 38-41 millim. 



Several specimens, including both sexes, from Ta-chien-lu, 

 Moupin, Pu-tsu-fong, Che-tou, and Hovv-Kow : June and 

 July. 



Hal. Western China and Thibet. 



Larentia moniliferaria. 



Trichopleura moniliferaria, Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. xviii. p. 41, pi. v. 

 fig. 76 (1893). 



Occurred in most localities in Western China, June and 

 July. Oberthur's type was taken at T^-Tsien-Lou (Ta- 

 chien-lu). 



Hob. Western China. 



Larentia truncata. 



Phalana truncata, Hufh. Berl. Mag. iv. p. 602 (1769). 



Geometra russata, Hiibn. Geom. fig. 305. 



Hydriomena truncata, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1892, p. 72. 



Cidaria calandstrata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 662, 



pi. xxxiii. fig. 6. 

 Cidaria cinereata, Moore, I. c. 

 Cidaria corussaria. Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 55, pi. ix. fig. 7 



(1880). 

 Larentia truncata (part.), Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 378 



(1895). 



There were a few specimens from Yokohama in Fryer's 

 collection. I obtained the species at Nemoro and Shikotan 

 in August, at Nikko in September, and at Oiwake in 

 October. Specimens were received from Moupin and Che- 

 tou, taken in June, and also from the island of Kiushiu. 



All the Japanese specimens of L. truncata in my collection 

 are modifications of the type form varying in two directions 

 one graduating towards cinereata (corussaria}, and the other 

 leads up to a variety in which the basal third of the primaries 

 is blackish brown, intersected by a dingy rust-coloured band ; 

 the central fascia is almost white, the apical patch is unusually 

 large and agrees with the base in colour. The form last 

 referred to is from Oiwake, Yokohama, Kiushiu, and Moupin. 

 The cinereata form is represented by specimens from Ne- 

 moro, Shikotan, Kiushiu, and Che-tou. 



Distribution. Europe ; Altai ; Amur ; East Siberia ; 

 Askold ; Japan ; Kiushiu ; Western China, 



