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297. LiTHOPHANE SAGA. 



Lithophane saga, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 198 

 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. pi. xlv. fig. 9 (1879). 



Six specimens, coll. Pryer. Mr. Manley sent me one example 

 from Yokohama. 



Yokohama (Jonas, Pryer, Manley). 



298. PiADA MULTiPLiCANS, Walk. (Plate LII. fig. 6.) 

 Var. JAPONICA, var. n. 



Primaries greenish grey, suffused over the inner half of the wing 

 with purplish brown ; a black spot at the base on subcostal nervure ; 

 several pale transverse lines traverse the wing, the inner and outer of 

 these are bordered with black ; reniform and orbicular outlined in 

 black, the former with a black central lunule ; beyond the outer line 

 is a series of white dots, each placed on a nervule and followed by a 

 blue-black interrupted streak, its lower portion edged externally with 

 orange, and the upper portion bordered by purjilish-brown dots ; a 

 series of black dots on upper half of outer margin : secondaries 

 fuscous : central and submarginal lines darker, the latter is only 

 distinct towards anal angle, where it is eilged externally with orange. 

 Under surface ashy grey ; primaries have a broad central trans- 

 verse fuscous shade intersected by a darker transverse line, lunule 

 surrounded with paler ; central spot of secondaries is black, and 

 enclosed in a yellowish ring ; central line and a broad band fuscous, 

 the latter limited by black spots, and edged externally with yellowish, 

 a series of black lunules on outer margin. 



Expanse 42 millim. 



One (S example, coll. Pryer. 



I took a 2 specimen at Sendai in September 1886. 



Yesso (Pryer) ; Sendai (Leech). 



299. CUCULLIA FRATERNA. 



Cucullia fraterna, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. p. 198 

 (1879); 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. pi. xlv. fig. 10 (1879). 

 Three specimens, coll. Pryer. 

 Hakodate (Whitely); Yokohama (Prye/-). 



300. Cucullia asteris. 



Noctua asteris, Schifferm. Wien. Verz. p. 312 ; Esp. Schmett. iv. 

 pi. 1.54. figs. 2, 3; Hiibn. Noct. fig. 260. 



Cucullia asteris, Treit. Schmett. v. 3. 118; Guen. Noct. ii. 

 p. 133. 



Two specimens, coll. Pryer. 



Yokohama? (Pryer). 



301. Cucullia perforata. 



Cucullia perforata, Brem. Bull, de I'Acad. 1861, t. iii.; Lep. 

 Ost-Sib. p. 54, pi. V. fig. 14 (1864); Oberth. Etud. d'Eut. x. 

 pi. iii. fig. 1 (1884). 



One example, coll. Pryer. 



