528 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [NoT. 19, 



to the inner margin ; following this line is a dark elongated quadrate 

 blotch, edged narrowly with black, and its lower end terminating in 

 a short black bar, a similar bar lies beyond and near the costa, and 

 following this is a curved and indented pale line ; before tlie apex are 

 two short black streaks ; submarginal line pale, but not distinctly 

 defined ; reniform paler, indistinct, below this is a dark shade to 

 inner margin : secondaries grey-brown. Under surface pale brown, 

 primaries suffused with darker, central line dark, edged externally 

 with paler ; secondaries have a dark, central spot and crenate trans- 

 verse line. 



Expanse 30 millim. 



c? , Nagasaki, June {Leech) ; Niugpo, June, S $ {Nat. Coll.). 



The female specimen, being in better condition than either of the 

 males, has been described ; but there does not appear to be any differ- 

 ence in the character of markings in the sexes, 



244. Erastria securifera. 



Erastria securifera. Walk. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. p. 58. 

 One example, coll. Pryer. 

 Japan {Pryer) ; Borneo. 



245. Agrophila trabealis. 



Pyralis trabealis. Scop. Ent. Carn. p. 40 (1763). 



Phal.-Pyralis sulphuralis, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 881 (1766). 



Noctua trabeata, Scriba, Beitr. pi. 10. fig, 8. 



Noctua sul2)hurea, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 164. fig. 6 ; Hiibn. Noct. 

 pi. 60. fig. 291. 



Erastria sulphurea, Treit. Schmett. v. 251 ; {sulphuralis) Steph. 

 111. Brit. Ent., Haust. iii. p. 117. 



Agrophila sulphuralis, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 206. 



A nice series, coll. Pryer. 



My native collector took specimens at Hakodate in June or July, 

 and at Gensan in September. 



Varies in the amount of black on primaries. 



Oiwake, Yesso {Pryer) ; Hakodate, Gensan {Nat. Coll.) ; Europe. 



246. ACANTHOLIPES METALLIGERA. 



Acantholipes metalligera. Bull. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 190. 

 Tokio {Fenton). 



247. Methorasa thwaitesii. 



Methorasa thwaitesii, Moore, Lep. Cevl. iii. p. 61, pi. 151. fig. 2 

 (1884). 



One specimen, coll. Pryer, without locality (no. 894). 

 Japan {Pryer) ; Ceylon. 



248. OZARBA punctigera. 



Ozarla punetigera. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl.ii. p. 685 (1865). 

 Several examples, coll. Pryer. 



