540 mr. j. h. leech on the [nov. 19, 



305. Amphipyra schrenkii. 



Amphipyra schrenkii, Men. Bull, de I'Acad. xvii. p. 249 ; Schr. 

 Reise Amur. ii. Lep. p. 61, pi. v. fig. 4. 

 Several specimens, coll. Pryer (unnamed). 

 I took this species at Hakodate in August. 

 Oiwake, Yesso {Fryer) ; Hakodate (Leech) ; Amur. 



306. Amphipyra perflua. 



Noctua -perflua, Fabr. Mant. Ins. ii. p. 179; Hiibn. Noct. fig. 35. 



Noctua pyramidina, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 192. fig. 2. 



Amphipyra perjlua, Ochs. Eur. Schmett. iv. p. 70 ; Treit. Schmett. 

 V. 1. 289 ; Guea. Noct. ii. p. 414. 



Var. Amphipyra erebina, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) i. 

 p. 287 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. iii. pi. xlvi. fig. 12 (1879). 



Var. Ampliipyra janlcovjslcii, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. x. p. 27, pi. ii. 

 fig. 8 (1884). 



Several specimens, coll. Prjer. 



A. erebina, Butl., is a small form oi A. perjlua, and A.jankowskii 

 has the central third of the primaries darker than in the type. I 

 took the erebina form at Fushiki, Nagahama, and Gensan in .Tuly 

 1884, apd my native collector one oi th.Q jankowskii form at Gensan 

 in July 1887. 



Yokohama {Jonas and Pryer) ; Hakodate (TFhitely) ; Fushiki, 

 Nagahama, Gensan (Leech) ; Tokio ; Sidemi (Janskowski) ; Europe. 



307. Amphipyra tripartita. 



Amphipyra tripartita, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5)i. p. 288 

 (1878) ; 111. Typ. Lep. Het. ii. pi. xxxii. fig. 4 (1878). 

 One example, coll. Pryer. 

 I took two specimens at Oiwake in October. 

 Yoshino (Pryer) ; Yokohama (Jonas) ; Oiwake (Leech) ; Ichaug. 



308. Amphipyra corvina. 



Amphipyra corvina, Motsch. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxix. p. 194 

 (1866). 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 



I took this species at Nagahama and Gensan in July, and at 

 Hakodate in August. It was a perfect pest at sugared tree-trunks 

 and appeared to be the commonest Moth in Japan. 



Yokohama, Oiwake (Pryer) ; Hakodate, Nagahama, Gensan 

 (Leech) ; Kiukiang (Pratt) ; Amur. 



309. Amphipyra livida. 



Noctua livida, Fabr. Mant. Ins, ii. p. 138 (1787); Hiibn. Noct. 

 fig. 38. 



Noctua scotophila, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 170. fig. 3. 



Amphipyra livida, Treit. Schmett. v. 1. 281 ; Guen. Noct. ii. 

 p. 415. 



I took one specimen at Nemoro in August. 



Nemoro (Leech) ; Amur ; Europe. 



