486 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [NoV. 19, 



Yokohama (Pryer) ; Hakodate (NaL Cull.) ; Gensan (Leech) ; 

 Europe. 



51. Heliophobus dissectus. 



HcUophobus dissectus. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. ii. p. 656 

 (1865). 



JS^euria dissecta,'MooTe,ljep. Ceylon, iii. p. 22, pi. 146. fig. 7(1884). 

 I took one example of this species at Nikko in September. 

 Nikko (Leech) ; Ceylon, Bengal. 



52. AXYLIA PUTRIS. 



Phal.-Noctua putris, Linn. Faun. Suee. p. 315. 

 Noctua putris, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 138. figs. 4, 5. 

 Noctua lignosa, Hiibn. Noct. fig. 245. 

 Xylina putris, Treit. Schmett. Eiir. v. 3. p. 29. 

 Axylia putris, Guen. Noct. i. p. 134. 

 Two specimens, coll. Pryer. 



My native collector took examples of this species at Hakodate in 

 June or July. 



Tokio, Hakodate, Foochau ; Europe. 



53. Mamestra cuneata, sp. n. (Plate L. fig. 12.) 



S . Primaries dark brown with a reddish-violet tinge more pro- 

 nounced towards the outer margin ; basal line abbreviated, wavy ; 

 the much-indented inner and elbowed and angulated outer transverse 

 lines approximate before reaching the inner margin ; submarginal 

 line pale, edged internally with darker and preceded by two cuneiform 

 black dashes, the larger opposite the lower end and the smaller 

 opposite the upper end of reniform ; this last, together with the 

 orbicular, are slightly paler than ground-colour ; a series of dark 

 contiguous lunules on outer margin : secondaries fuscous brown, 

 paler towards base and inner margin, central transverse line paler. 

 Under surface pale fuscous brown ; central spot and transverse line 

 on all the wings blackish, the latter followed by a broad fuscous band. 



Expanse 38 millim. 



One (S example, coll. Pryer, without exact locality. 



Yokohama? (Pryer). 



54. Mamestra advena. 



Mamestra advena, Fabr., var. adjuncta. Stand. Stett. ent. Zeit. 



Five specimens, coll. Pryer. 



A specimen in National Collection, labelled Alysia grisea, Butl., 

 from Japan, is probably referable to this species, but the example 

 is in such poor condition that it is not possible to come to any 

 satisfactory conclusion on this point. 



Oiwake, Yokohama? (Pryer) ; Chang Yang (Pratt) ; Amurland. 



55. Mamestra brassic^. 



Phal.-Noctua brassicce, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 516. 



