from China, Japan, and Corea. 85 



Asthena plurilinearia. 



Somatina plurilinearia, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1867, p. 645. 

 Acidalia unistirpis, Butl. 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. p. 51, pi. xxxvii. fig. 7 



(1878) j Alph. Rom. sur L<p. vi. p. 54 (1892). 

 Camptogramma unistirpis, Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 54 (1880). 

 Asthena plurilinearia. Hampson. Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 417, 



tig. 194 (1895). 

 Hydriomena plurilinearia, Meyrick, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1892, p. 73. 



There was a nice series from Oiwake in Fryer's collection. 

 I obtained specimens at Gensan in July and at Hakodate in 

 August. 



My collectors met with the species in all the localities in 

 Western China that they visited, and also at Chang-yang : 

 June and July. Alphdraky records it from the province of 

 Szechuen, taken in August. 



In some of the specimens from Wa-shan and Che-tou the 

 white markings are very narrow, and there is an entire 

 absence of dark lines or patches. 



Distribution. N.W.Himalayas; Sikhim ; Khasis (Hamp- 

 son) ; Amur ; Japan ; Yesso ; Corea ; Askold ; Central and 

 Western China. 



Asthena conditaria, sp. n. 



Primaries pale brown, with darker transverse lines ; basal 

 area limited by a broad whitish band, which is elbowed below 

 costa ; between the central and outer marginal areas there is 

 a broad whitish band, interrupted above the middle ; a series 

 of submarginal white dots placed on the nervules, discal spot 

 black. Secondaries whitish, with traces of three waved 

 transverse lines, most distinct on abdominal area. Fringes 

 pale brown, chequered with darker. Under surface sordid 

 white ; basal two thirds of primaries suffused with fuscous ; 

 there is a pale brownish cloud before apex : secondaries have 

 the markings more pronounced. 



Eight specimens from Ta-chien-lu : May and June. 



Expanse 38 millim. 



Hab. Western China. 



Asthena (?) octomacularia, sp. n. 



Silky white. Primaries have an irregular and diffuse 

 ochreous band beyond the middle, the inner edge limited by 

 an interrupted blackish line, which forms an 8-like mark 

 about the middle. Secondaries have the basal two thirds 

 ochreous, transversely interrupted by an ill-defined band of 

 the ground-colour; on the outer marginal area there is a 



