1889.] LEPIDOPTERA OF JAPAN AND COREA. 523 



secondaries silvery white, with a dark central transverse and marginal 

 line. 



Expanse 31 millim. 



One example, coll. Pryer, taken at Kioto. 



223. Anthcecia ? sigillata. 



Anthcecial sigillata, 'Slia. Bull, de I'Acad. xvii. p. 219; Schr. 

 Am. Reis. p. 60, pi. v. fig. 3 (1859). 



A few specimens, coll. Pryer. 



My native collector tf>ok specimens at Hakodate in June and July, 

 and I took some there in August. 



Oiwake {Pryer) ; Hakodate {Leech) ; Amurland. 



224. ACONTIA biplagiata. 



Acontia hiplnga. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xii. p. 79.5 (1857). 



Acontia biplagiata. Walk. /. c. Suppl. iii. p. 781 (1865) ; Butl. 

 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. p. 19, pi. xlv. fig. 7 (1879). 



Not represented in coll. Pryer. 



I took specimens at Fusan in June, Tsuruga and Shimonoseki in 

 July, and my native collector obtained some at Ningpo in June, 

 at Gensan in July, and at Nikko. 



Tsuruga, Fusan, Shimonoseki (Leech) ; Nikko, Ningpo, Gensan 

 {Nat. Coll.) ; N. China {Fortune) ; Nankow Pass {Swinhoe). 



225. Acontia noloides. 



Acontia noloides, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 366 

 (1879). 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 

 Yokohama, Yesso {Pryer) ; Ningpo. 



226. Acontia signifera. 



Acontia sicjniferu. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xii. p. 793. 



Acontia subjixa, Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. v. p. 1964. 



A nice series, ooU. Pryer. 



I took examples of this species at Nagasaki in June, and my native 

 collector at Gensan in September. 



Yokohama {Manley and Pryer) ; Nagasaki (Leach) ; Gensan {Nat. 

 Coll.) ; Tokio, N. India, Shanghai, Ceylon, Natal. 



227. Acontia viALis. 



Acontia vialis, Moore, Descr. Ind. Lep. Atk. ii. p. 135 (1882). 



Five fine examples, coll. Pryer. 



Yokohama, Yesso {Pryer) ; Darjeeling, Nilgiri Hills, Dharmsala. 



228. Acontia arefacta. 



Acontia arefacta, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 366 

 (1879). 



k fine series, coll. Pryer. 



1 took specimens at Foochau in April, in Satsuma in May, and at 



