670 Mr. J. H. Leech on Lepidopterd Beterocerd 



Larentia costinotaria, sp. ii. 53f2 



Primaries pale brownish grey ; basal patch black, indented 

 on its outer edge and limited by a pale ochreous line; there 

 is a black oblong mark on the costa this is outlined in pale 

 ochreous and contracted in the middle; between the black 

 markings there is a dark grey transverse shade from costa to 

 inner margin and some clouds of the same colour below the 

 costal mark; the outer margin is dark grey, indented in 

 the middle ; submarginal line represented by a whitish line 

 on the costa, and another towards inner angle. Secondaries 

 pale grey ; transverse central line rather darker, edged out- 

 wardly with whitish ; there are indications of a pale submar- 

 ginal line. Fringes grey, marked with darker. Under 

 surface fuscous grey ; all the wings have a central and a sub- 

 marginal dusky line, edged with whitish ; the central line of 

 primaries is acutely angled. 



Expanse 32 millim. 



One male specimen from Pu-tsu-fong, July. 



Hob. Western China. 



Allied to L. sagittata, Fabr. 



Larentia variata. 



Geometra variata, Schiff. Wien. Verz. p. 110; Hiibn. Geom. fig. 293. 



Geometra obeliscata, Hiibn. Geom. fig. 296. 



Hydriomena variata, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. Loud. 1892, p. 72. 



There were specimens from Gifu in Pryer's collection. I 

 took the species in April at Ningpo and Loochou and in June 

 at Gensan. All the examples are modifications of the obelis- 

 cata form of the species. 



Distribution. Europe; Altai; E.Siberia; Japan; Corea; 

 N.E. China. 



Larentia comis. 



Larentia comis, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist, (5) iv. p. 443 (1879) ; 

 Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 379 (1895). 



There were three specimens in Pryer's collection, one of 

 which was from Oiwake, and I obtained two examples in 

 the same locality in the month of October. 



Distribution. Sikhim (Hampson) ; Japan. 



Similar in general appearance to some European examples 

 of L. varnata, but the antennas are shortly bipectinate. 



The type (in the National Collection) is in poor condition. 



