530 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [Nov. 19, 



253. Plusia excelsa. 



Plusia excelsa, Kretschmar, Berl. ent. Zeit. 1862, p. 135, pi. i. 

 fig. 5. 



Plusia metubractea. Bull. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 190. 



A specimen which 1 took at Nemoro in August agrees exactly 

 both with P. excelsa, Kretschmar, and P. metabraclea, Butl. If is 

 very like P. bractea, and is possibly only a t'orm of that species. 



Tokio {Fenton) ; Nemoro (Leech); Russia, Ural, Altai. 



254. Plusia agramma. 



Plusia agramma, Guen. Noct. ii. p. 327 (1852). 

 Six specimens, coll. Pryer. 

 Yokohama 1 {Pryer) ; Ceylon, Java. 



255. Plusia leonina. 



Plusia leonina, Obeitli. Etad. d'Ent. x.p. 26, pi. iii. fig. 11 (188-1). 



Plusia humeralis, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. Ib86, p. 135. 



Three examples, coll. Pryer. 



Sidemi (Jankowski); Yesso (Pryer). 



256. Plusia chryson. 



Noctua chryson, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 141. fig. 2 (1/89). 



Noctua orichalcea, Hiibn. Noct. pi. 57. fig- 278. 



Plusia orichalcea, Treit. Schmett. v. 173; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 334. 



Four examples, coll. Pryer, and one taken by my native coUecior 

 at Geiisan. In the Gensau specimen the gold spot is only well 

 defined vfithin the snbmarginal line. 



Yokohama, Oiwake (/*ryer) ; Gensan (iVa/. Co//.) ; Europe. 



257. Plusia chrysitis. 



Phal.-Noctua chrysitis, Linu. Svst. Nat. x. p. 513. 



Noctua chrysitis, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 109. fig. 5 ; Hiibn. Noct. 

 pi. .o6. fig. 272, pi. 145. figs. 662, 663. 



Plusia chrysitis, Treit. Schmett. v. 169; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 335. 



Var. Plusia nadeja, Obeith. Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 84, pi. iii. 

 fig. 10(1880). 



Three examples, coll. Pryer. 



I took specimens at Gensan in June and Hakodate in August. 



Although it would seem to be the only form occurrnig there, the 

 variety of -P. chrysitis to which Oberthur iias given the name oi nadeja 

 is not peculiar to Japan, Corea, or Isle of Askold. I have such 

 specimens in my European series of the species, and it is not an un- 

 common thing to find even British examples in which tlie central 

 dark fascia of primaries is more or less completely divided into two 

 portions. 



Yokohama, Nikko (Pryer) ; Hakodate, Gensan (Leech) ; Isle of 

 Askold ; Europe. 



