1889.] LEPIDOPTERA OF JAPAN AND COREA. 513 



from Britain which ao;rees very well with them in this respect. I can 

 only regard T. evanida, But!., as an exaggerated form of T. instabilis. 

 Yokohama {Fryer') ; Europe. 



173. T^NIOCAMPA STABILIS. 



Noctua stabilis. View. Tab. Verz. ii. p. 14 (1789) ; Hiibn. Noct. 



Tceniocampa stabilis, Guen. Noct. i. p. 354. 

 Several examples, coll. Pryer, under the name of T. gracilis (no. 

 787). 



Yokohama {Mauley, Pryer) ; Yesso (Pryer). 



174. TjENIOCAMPA AURORl/E. 



TcBHoicampa aurorice, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. v. p. 7Q, pi. iii. fig. 6 

 (1880). 



One specimen in Fryer's collection, and one taken by my native 

 collector at Hakodate in June or July. 



175. T.ENIOCAMPA ODIOSA. 



Agrotis odiosa, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 162(1878) ; 

 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. pi. xliv. fig. 8 (1879). 

 Yokohama {Jonas). 



176. Orthosia suspecta. 



Noctua suspecta, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. Noct. fig. 633. 

 Orthosia suspecta, Guen. Noct. i. p. 360. 



Noctua congener, Freyer, Neuere Beitr. Schmetterl. iii. pi. 209. 

 figs. 2, 3. 



Noctua iners, Germ. Faun. Ins. Eur. xvi. pi. 24. 

 One example, coll. Pryer. 

 Japan {Pryer) ; Europe. 



177. Orthosia fatjsta, sp. n. (Plate L. fig. 2.) 



Primaries ochreous or brown, clouded with darker towards outer 

 margin ; a black spot on median nerve near the base; inner and outer 

 lines represented by black spots ; submarginal Hue pale, angulated 

 below costa ; fringes preceded by a row of black spots ; reniform 

 outlined in pale and filled up with blackish, below this is a dark shade 

 to the inner margin ; orbicular outlined in paler but very indistinct : 

 secondaries fuscous brown ; fringes paler. Underside fuscous brown, 

 apical area tinged with pink, central spot and line darker but 

 shadowy ; secondaries brown tinged with pink, a distinct black 

 costal spot, transverse central line formed of black dots. 



Expanse 40 millim. 



Six specimens coll. Pryer (Yesso) {Pryer) ; Yokohama {Manley). 



The above descri])tion is taken from a male specimen in which 

 the markings are well defined, but the characters referred to vary iu 

 intensity. 



