1889.] LEPIDOPTERA OF JAPAN AND COREA. 501 



either, and might be considered distinct only that there are still 

 other forms which connect them with A. ravida and A. valida, and 

 these last are also connected by intermediates. 



Yokohama (Prijer) ; Hakodate (Nat. Coll.) ; Oiwake, Gensan 

 (Leech) ; Shanghai, Tokio, Chiuzenji. Europe ; N. America. 



122. Agrotis bremeri. 



Agrotis bremeri, Ersch. Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. (Russian ed.) iv. 

 p. 152 (1870). 



Agrotis speciosa, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 50, pi. iv. fig. 10. 



One specimen, coll. Pryer. 

 Yesso (Pryer) ; Amur. 



123. Agkotis lucens. 



Spcelofis lucens, Bull. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 179. 



I have no example of this species, but examination of the type 

 specimen in Nat. Collection leads me to suppose that it is a near 

 relation of Agrotis senna, and is altogether out of place in the genus 

 Spcelotis. 



Tokio (Fenton). 



124. Agrotis squalida. 



Speelotis squalida, Boisd. Ind. Meth. 107. 800. 

 Agrotis lycarum, Herr.-Schaff. Schmett. ii. pi. 22. figs. 122-124 

 (1846). 



Agrotis squalida, Gueu. Noct. i. 300 (1852). 



Three examples, coll. Pryer. 



I took one specimen at Hakodate in August. 



Hakodate (Leech) ; Yokohama ? (Pryer) ; Ural, Amur, Altai. 



125. Agrotis tjndosa, sp. n. (Plate L. fig. 3.) 



Primaries violet-grey, traversed by a number of faint wavy lines ; 

 central third darker, inclining to black towards costa and limited by 

 slightly indented inner and undulated outer lines ; the inner portion 

 of basal third is crossed by several rather darker lines ; the dark 

 submargiual line commences in a black quadrate spot on costa ; 

 stigmata indistinctly outlined ; fringes preceded by a blackish line : 

 secondaries blackish, paler towards base, central luuule blackish ; 

 fringes yellowish. Under surface fuscous, central and submarginal 

 line of primaries darker, central area of secondaries with a black spot 

 and transverse line. Head and thorax silvery grey, collar blackish. 



Expanse 38 millim. 



One 2 specimen, coll. Pryer. 



I took a cJ example at Nikko in September, and another at 

 Oiwake in October 1886. 



Yokohama ? (Pryer) ; Nikko, Oiwake (Leech), 



126. POLYPH^NIS PULCHERRIMA. 



Epilecta pulcherrima, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1867, p. 54, pi. vi. 

 fig. 3. 



