from Chinay Japan^ and Corea. 445 



This species may be distinguished from all the forms of 

 A. sylvata by its larger size, more intense dark markings, and 

 by the almost uninterrupted dark costal border. 



Hampson considers A. piisilla, Butl., to be a small form of 

 A. martaria, Guen., and the latter as possibly an extreme 

 form of A. sylvata. 



Distribution. Nepal ; Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Assam {Hamp- 

 son) ; Eastern, Western, and Central China. 



Abraxas sylvata. 



Phalana sylvata, Scop. Ent. Cam. p. 220 (1763). 



Zerene leopardina, Koll. Hiig. Kascli. iv. p. 490. 



Abraxas sylvata, Hampson, Fauua Brit. Ind., Mollis, iii. p. 299 (1895). 



Abraxas miranda, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 441 (1878) ; 



111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 48, pi. Hi. fig. 12 (1879). 

 Abraxas safusa, Warren, Novit. Zool. i. p. 417 (1894). 

 Abraxas latifasciata, Warr. I. c. p. 419. 

 Abraxas fulvobasalis, Warr. I. c. 

 Abraxas suspecta, Warr. I. c. 

 Abraxas deminiita, Warr. /. c. 

 Abraxas degener, Warr. I. c. 



This species appears to vary in Eastern Asia to even a 

 greater extent than in Europe. I have specimens from 

 various localities in Japan and from all the localities visited 

 by my collectors in Central and Western China. Among 

 these are examples agreeing more or less exactly with the 

 forms named above, together with others that are intermediate 

 between such forms and the more typical specimens. The 

 largest individual in the series measures 60 millim. in expanse 

 and the smallest 31 millim. 



Distribution. Europe ; Amur ; Japan ; Corea ; Central 

 and Western China. 



Abraxas concinna. 

 Abraxas concinna, Warren, Novit. Zool. i. p. 421 (1894). 



Described from Thibet. My collectors did not meet with 

 this species. 



Abraxas grossulariata. 



Phal. Geometra grossulariata, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 52o. 



Abraxas conspurcata, Butl. 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 48, pi. Iii. fig. 11 



Abraxas Jlavisinuata, Warren, Novit. Zool. i. p. 420 (1894) . 



There were four examples of the conspurcata form from 

 Oiwake and two of the jlavisinuata form from Fujisan in 

 Piyer's collection. 



In the form conspurcata the markings on secondaries are 



