98 Mr. J. H. Leech on Lepidoptera Heterocera 



collection. I obtained the species at Gensan in July, and my 

 native collector took specimens at Hakodate in the same 

 month. 



I have received examples from Chang-yang and Chia-kou- 

 ho. 



Distribution. Amur; Japan; Yesso ; Corea; Central and 

 Western China. 



is Acidalia superior. 

 Asthena superior, Butl. 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 39, pi. 1. fig. 9 (1879). 



A series from Yokohama and Oiwake in Fryer's collection. 



I captured specimens at Ningpo in April, at Tsuruga and 

 Gensan in July. My native collector took the species at 

 Ningpo in June and also in the isle of Kiushiu. I have 

 received specimens from Chang-yang, Ichang, and Omei- 

 shan, where they were taken in June and August. 



Distribution. Japan; Kiushiu; Corea; Central, Western, 

 and Northern China. 



t^ Acidalia nupta. 



Asthena nupta, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 401 (1878) ; 111. 

 Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 39, pi. 1. fig. 6 (1879). 



There were some specimens in Fryer's collection. I 

 obtained the species at Fusan in June, and my native collector 

 met with it in the island of Kiushiu. 



Distribution. Japan, Kiushiu, and Corea. 



i/ Acidalia pulveraria, sp. n. 



White, powdered with greyish. Primaries have an oblique 

 dusky diffuse line just beyond the middle and a more distinct 

 dusky waved line parallel with the outer margin ; the space 

 between these lines is less powdered with greyish than the 

 rest of the wing; submarginal line white arid wavy. Second- 

 aries with markings as on primaries. Fringes greyish, pre- 

 ceded by an interrupted blackish line. Under surface 

 whitish : primaries suffused with fuscous, except on inner 

 and outer margin, dusky lines as above : secondaries have a 

 black discal dot and an obscure dusky transverse line beyond 

 the middle. 



Expanse 22-30 millim. 



One example of each sex from the island of Kiushiu, taken 

 in June, and I took seven specimens in Satsuma in May. 

 There were two males in Fryer's collection. 



Uab. Japan and Kiushiu. 



Allied to A. (Idcea) peralba, Swinh. 



