5J4 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE [NoV. 19, 



27b. Deva splendida. 



Deva splendida, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (.5) i. p. 203 

 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. pi. xlvi. fig. 8 (1879). 

 Seven specimens, coll. Pryer. 

 Hakodate {Whitely); Yesso, Nikko {Pryer). 



2/' 7. Diastema virgo. 



Plusia virgo, Treit. Schmett. x. 2. p. 130 ; Herr.-SchafF. Schmett. 

 Eur. ii. pi. 49. figs. 248, 249. 



Diastema virgo, Guen. Noct. p. 317. 



1 Placodes spencei, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 129: Guen. Noct. ii. 

 p. 316. 



A few specimens, coll. Pryer. 



I took examples at Gensan in June and July, and these are 

 darker than the Japanese specimens. 



Yokohama, Yesso {Pryer) ; Gensan {Leech). 



278. Placodes amethystina. 



Noctva amethystina, Hiibn. Noct. figs. 597, 598. 

 Phisia amethystina, Treit. Schmett. v. 3. p. 136. 

 Placodes amethystina, Boisd. Ind. Meth. p. 129. 1036; Guen. 

 Noct. p. 316. 



I took examples at Hakodate and Gensan in June and July. 

 Hakodate, Gensan {Leech) ; Tokio ; Europe. 



279. Habrostola transfixa. 



Ahrostola transfixa. Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xii. p. 884 (1857). 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 



I took an exam])le at Gensan in July, and my native collector took 

 cue at Hakodate. 



The whitish oblique streak of primaries is subject to some variation, 

 being in some specimens well defined, whilst in others it is incon- 

 spicuous. Walker's type is from Natal. 



Yokohama (Pryer) ; Gensan (Z/eec^); Hakodate; Ichang ; Natal. 



280. Habrostola triplasia. 



Phal.-Noctua triplasia, Litm. Syst. Nat. x. p. 517. 



Noctua triplasia, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 169. figs. 1-3; Hiibn. Noct. 

 fig. 626. 



Abrostola triplasia, Treit. Schmett. v. 3. 138; Guen. Noct. ii. 

 p. 323. 



Four specimens, coll. Pryer. 



As this species is only separable from H. asclepiades in the larva 

 stage, and as I have only seen the perfect insect from Japan, I 

 am unable to say positively that the specimens determined as 

 //. triplasia are really referable to that species. 



Yokohama, Oiwake {Pryer) ; Europe. 



