638 mr. j. h. lkkcu on thk [dcc. 18, 



270. Ptilophora plumigera. 



Bombyx plumigera, Esp. Schmett. iii. p. 50. pi. 50. figs. 6, 7 

 (1785); Hiibn. Bomb. pi. 58. fig. 250. 



A single example (?) in Fryer's collection ; this is no. 236 of 

 his catalogue. 



Yokohanna (January, Fryer) ; Europe. 



271. Pterostoma palpina. 



Bombyx palpina, Linn. F. S. p. 305 ; Syst. Nat. xii. p. 828 ; 

 Hiibn. Bomb. pi. 4. fig. 10. 



Ptilodontis grisea, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 45, pi, v. fig. 2 (1864). 



A very fine series in Fryer's collection, varying much in the tone 

 of ground-colour. I took two specimens at Nagasaki in June. 



In Japanese examples of this species the fringe of the tooth-like 

 projection on inner margin is but little, if any, darker than the 

 ground-colour of primaries, and the specimens are, on the whole, 

 much larger than European examples : thus, one female exjjands 72 

 niiUim. and a male 58 niiliim., whilst the smallest of Fryer's 

 measures 52 miUim. No. 222, Fryer's Catalogue, is referable to this 

 species. 



Yokohama, Oiwake {Pryer) ; Hakodate, Nagasaki (Leech). 



272. Microdonta bicolora. 



Bombyx bicoloria, Schiff. S. V. p. 49; Esp. Schmett. iii. pi. 41. 

 fig- 7. 



Bombyx bicolora, Hiibn. Bomb. pi. 5. fig. 18. 



Microdonta bicolora, Duponch. Cat. Lep. p. 93. 



Two examples ( c? ? ) in Fryer's collection. Referring to these 

 in his catalogue, Pryer says : " Two specimens only ; one taken by 

 my collector in my presence, on the 18th June, 1876, at Fujisan, at 

 rest in an alder, at an elevation of 5000 feet ; the other 1 myself 

 took, at light, on the 19th June, 1881, at Nikko." 



Fujisan, Nikko (Pryer) ; Europe. 



273. Nerice bipartita. 



Nerice bipartita, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 119 (1885). 



Two examples, coll. Pryer. "210. Closteral sp." of catalogue. 



Nikko, Yesso (Pryer) ; Sapporo (Lewis). 



274. Nekice bidentata. 



Nerice bidentata, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. v. p. 1076 (1855). 



Nerice davidi, Oberth. Etud. d'Entom. vi. p. 17, pi. ix. fig. 2 

 (1881). 



I took two examples of this North- American species at Hakodate 

 in August. 



Hakodate (Leech) ; North China (David); North America. 



275. Edema nivilinea, sp. n. (Plate XXXIL fig. 1.) 

 Primaries olive, traversed by a longitudinal white streak from the 



base to just beyond the middle of wing, where it terminates in a 



