1889.] lepidoptera of japan and corea. 533 



269. Plusia ornatissima. 



Plusia ornatissima, "\«^'alk. Cat. Lep. Het. xy. p. 1786 (1858). 



Plusia locuples, Oberth. Etud. d'Eiit. v. p. 85, pi. ix. fig. 3 (1880). 



Three examples, coll. Pryer (nos. 909 & 914). 



I have received from my native collector one specimen taken at 

 Hakodate in June or July. 



Yokohama, Nikko (Pryer) ; Hakodate {]^at. Coll.) ; Askold, 

 N. India. 



2/0. Plusia rutilifrons. 



Plusia rutilifrons. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xv. p. 1/85 (1858). 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 



Varies considerably in depth of colour. 



Yokohama {Pryer) ; Hakodate, Nikko (Nat. Coll.) ; N. China. 



271. Plusia pyropia. 



Plusia pyropia, Butl. Ann. S: Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 267 

 (1878). 



Four specimens, coll. Pryer. 



My native collector took one example at Gensan in July. 



Oiwake (Pryer) ; Gensan (Nat. Coll.) 



272. Plusia purissima. 



Plusia purissima, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 202 

 (1878); 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxxi. fig. 11 (18/8). 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 



I took an example at Nagasaki in May and one at Gensan in 

 July. 



Tok.\o (Fenton) ; Yokohama (Prye/-) ; Nagasaki, Gensan (Leech). 



273. Plusia ochrata. 



Plusia ochrata. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. Suppl. iii. p. 839 (1865). 

 One example coll. Pryer, and one from my native collector, who 

 took it at Gensan. 



Yokohama (Pryer) ; Gensan (Nat. Coll.) ; Ceylon. 



274. Plusia ni. 



Noctua ni, Hiibn. Noct. pi. 58. fig. 284. 



Plusia ni, Treit. Schmett. v. p. 1S9 ; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 349. 



One example, coll. Pryer. 



Yokohama 1 (Pryer) ; Europe, New York. 



275. Plusia cheiranthi. 



Plusia cheiranthi, Tausch. Mem. Mosc. 1809, p. 322, t. ii. fig. «. 



Plusia euyenia, Eversm. Bull. Nat. Mosc. 1841, i. p. 32, t. 3. 

 fig. 3, 4 ; Guen. Noct. ii. p. 329. 



Var. Plusidia abrostoloides , Butl. 111. Tvp. Lep. Het. iii. p. 28, 

 pL xlvii. fig. 5(1879). 



Two examples, coll. Pryer. 



Oiwake (Pryer) ; Europe, South Ural, Amur. 



