1889.] LEPIDOPTERA OF JAPAN AND COREA. 525 



232. Erastria flavicollis, sp. n. (Plate LIII. fig. 4.) 



2 ■ Primaries violet-grey, a black longitudinal streak from middle 

 of base ; the elongated white reniforin stigma has a dark grey 

 spot at its lower end and is preceded and followed by a yellowish 

 suflFusion, which in turn is bordered with blackish ; apical third 

 clouded with blackish ; submarginal line only traceable as a pale 

 streak on costa before apex : secondaries pale fuscous grey. Under 

 surface of primaries fuscous, paler on the costa towards apex ; central 

 spot large, whitish ; some indistinct traces of darker transverse lines : 

 secondaries whitish grey, darker on costa ; central line and spot 

 blackish. 



Expanse 28 millim. 



One example, coll. Pryer. 



Oiwake (Pryer). 



233. Erastria costimacula. 



Erastria costimacula, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. v. p. 83, pi. iv. fig. 4 

 (1880). 



Six specimens, coll. Pryer. 

 Japan {Pryer) ; Askold. 



234. Erastria senex. 



Erastria senex, Butl. Trans. Eat. Soe. 1881, p. 189. 



Several examples, coll. Pryer. 



I took specimens at Nagasaki in June. 



Tokio (Fenton) ; Nagasaki {Leech) ; Yokohama {Pryer). 



235. Erastria africana. 



Erastria africana, Feld. R. N. cviii. fig. 6. 



Erastria nemorum, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. v. p. 82, pi. iv. fig. 2 

 (1880). 



A good series, coll. Pryer. 



I took a number of specimens at Gensan in June. 



Yokohama ? {Pryer) ; Gensan {Leech) ; xlskold, N. India. 



236. Erastria candidtjla. 



Noctua candidula, Borkh. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 196 ; Hiibn. Noct. 

 pi. 60. fig. 295. 



Erastria candidula, Treit. Schmett. v. p. 263 ; Guen. Noct. ii. 

 p. 228. 



A few specimens, coll. Pryer (no. 874). 



I took several examples at Gensan in July, and my native col- 

 lector obtained some at Hakodate in June or July. 



The dark markings are more distinctly defined than in European 

 specimens. 



Gensan {Leech) ; Hakodate {Nat. Coll.) ; Yesso {Pryer) ; Tokio. 



