534 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, 
270. Drva SPLENDIDA. 
Deva splendida, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 203 
(1878); Ill. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. pl. xlvi. fig. 8 (1879). 
Seven specimens, coll. Pryer. 
Hakodate (Whitely) ; Yesso, Nikko (Pryer). 
2,7. DIASTEMA VIRGO. 
Plusia virgo, Treit. Schmett. x. 2. p. 130; Herr.-Schiff. Schmett. 
Eur. ii. pl. 49. figs. 248, 249. 
Diastema virgo, Guen. Noct. p. 317. 
? Plucodes spencei, Boisd. Ind. Méth. p. 129; Guen. Noct. ii. 
p- 316. 
A few specimens, coll. Pryer. 
I took examples at Gensan in June and July, and these are 
darker than the Japanese specimens. 
Yokohama, Yesso (Pryer); Gensan (Leech). 
278. PLACODES AMETHYSTINA. 
Noctua amethystina, Hiibn. Noct. figs. 597, 598. 
Plusia amethystina, Treit. Schmett. v. 3. p. 136. 
Placodes amethystina, Boisd. Ind. Méth. p. 129. 1036; Guen. 
Noct. p. 316. 
I took examples at Hakodate and Gensan in June and July. 
Hakodate, Gensan (Leech); Tokio; Europe. 
279. HABROSTOLA TRANSFIXA. 
Abrostola transfiva, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xii. p. 884 (1857). 
Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 
I took an example at Gensan in July, and my native collector took 
one at Hakodate. 
The whitish oblique streak of primaries is subject to some variation, 
being in some specimens well defined, whilst in others it is incon- 
spicuous. Walker’s type is from Natal. 
Yokohama (Pryer) ; Gensan (Leech); Hakodate; Ichang; Natal. 
280. HABROSTOLA TRIPLASIA. 
Phal.-Noctua triplasia, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 517. 
Noctua triplasia, Esp. Schmett. iv. pl. 169. figs. 1-3; Hibn. Noct. 
fig. 626. 
Abrostola triplasia, Treit. Schmett. v. 3. 138; Guen. Noct. ii. 
p- 323. 
Four specimens, coll. Pryer. 
As this species is only separable from H. asclepiades in the larva 
stage, and as I have only seen the perfect insect from Japan, I 
am unable to say positively that the specimens determined as 
H. triplasia are really referable to that species. 
Yokohama, Oiwake (Pryer); Europe. 
