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



341. Ercheia umbrosa. 



Ercheia umbrosa, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 194. 

 Four examples, coll. Pryer (no. 93G, ?gen. 1 sp.). 

 Tokio {Fenton) ; Nikko, Gifu {Pryer). 



342. COCYTODES MODESTA. 



Catocala modesta. Van der Hoeven, Lep. Nouv. pi. vii. figs. 8 a, h. 



Cocytodes immodesta, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 42 (1852). 



Arete senica, Feld. Reise Nov. Lep. pi. 1 13. fig. 2. 



Several specimens, coll. Pryer. 



The larva is said to resemble a brightly coloured centipede 

 (Pryer, Cat. p. 103), 



Yokohama (Pryer) ; Kiukiang (Pratt) ; Ceylon, Silhet, Sikkim, 

 Nilgiri Hills, Solun, Java, Sumatra. 



343. Lagoptera elegans. 



Ophiusa elegans, Hoeven, Lep. Nouv. pi. v. figs. 6 a, b. 

 Lagoptera multicolor, Guen. Noct. iii. p. 220 (1852). 

 Lagoptera elegans, "Walk. Cat. Lep. Het. xiv. p. 1352 (1858). 

 A few specimens, coll. Pryer. 

 I took specimens at Fushiki and Gensan in July. 

 Yokohama (Pi-yer) ; Fushiki, Gensan (Leech); Kiukiang (Pratt) ; 

 Java, Himalaya. 



344. Catocala nivea. 



Catocala nivea, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 241 (1877) ; 111. Typ. Lep. 

 Het. ii. pi. xxsiii. fig. 4 (1878). 



A good series in Pryer's collection. 



I found the species very abundant at Nikko in September. 



This insect is a conspicuous object as it rests on trunks of Crip- 

 tomeria, whereas its colour and ornamentation would render it 

 almost unnoticed if it rested on the young oaks, which are common 

 in the localities where it occurs. 



Oiwake, Utsunomiya (Pryer) ; Yokohama (Jonas) ; Hakodate, 

 Nikko, Yokohama (Leech) ; Ichang (Pratt) ; Thundiani. 



345. Catocala lara. 



Catocala lara, Brem. Bull, de I'Acad. 1861, t. iii. ; Lep. Ost-Sib. 

 pi. V. fig. 13. 



A nice series, coll. Pryer. 



Yesso (Pryer) ; Tokio ; E. Siberia, Askold. 



346. Catocala intacta, sp. n. (Plate LITL fig. 7.) 



Primaries pale grey, clouded with darker ; basal line represented 

 by a triangular black spot on costa ; the basal third, which is some- 

 what darker than other part of wing, is limited by a dark brown 

 oblique band extending to the middle of wing, from whence a dark 

 angulated line descends vertically to the inner margin ; outer line 

 serrated and elbowed below costa, it has a long inward projection at 



