228 Mr. J. H. Leech on Lepidoptera Ileterocera 



Black above, white beneath. 



This Raj grows to a very large size; but specimens are 

 almost impossible to obtain, owing to the superstitious fear 

 of thefishermen. The single specimen secured by Mr. Roberts, 

 the dimensions of which are recorded above, is a young one, 

 and is now deposited in the British Museum. 



XXIV. — On Lepidoptera Heterocera from China^Japan^ and 

 Corea. By JoHN HeneyLeech, B.A., F.L.S ,F.Z.S.,&c. 

 — Part II. Family Geomt\.\:\()i2e,; Subfamilies (J^nochxom\x\2ii^ 

 Orthostixina3, Larentiinae, Acidaliina?, and Geometrinae. 



[Continued from p. 110.] 



[Plates VII. & Vni.] 



Subfamily Geometsinm. 



Genus PSEUDOTERPNA. 



(Hiibn. Verz. p. 284; Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. 



p. 472.) 



Pseudoterp7ia superans. 



Hypochroma superans, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 398 

 (1878) ; lU. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 36, pi. xlix. fig. 12 (1879). 



There were some specimens from Nikko, Oiwake, and 

 Tesso in Pryer's collection, and I took a few examples at 

 Hakodate in August. 



Hah, Japan and Yesso. 



Pseudoterpna alba. 



Pingasa alba, Swinli. Trans. Ent. See. Lond. 1891, p. 491, pi. xix. 



fig. 6. 

 Pseudoterpna alba, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iii. p. 474 (1895). 



Six specimens from Gifu and one from Ningpo, the latter 

 taken by a native collector in July. 



Distribution. Khdsis [Hampson) \ Japan; N.China. 



Except that the ground-colour is tinged with ochreous, the 

 Japanese and Chinese examples are identical with Indian 

 specimens in the National Collection at South Kensington. 



Pseudoterpna pseudoterpnaria. 



Hypochroma pseudoterpnaria, Guen. Phal. i. p. 276 (1857). 

 Hypochroma Pryeri, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 398 (1878) ; 

 111. Typ. Lap. Het. iii. p. 35, pi. xlix. fig. 9 (1879). 



There were some fine specimens from Yokohama in Pryer's 



