1889.] LEPIDOPTERA. OF JAPAN AND COREA. 549 



the middle, and a sharp angulation before inner margin ; reniform 

 placed in a dark brown triangle from costa ; outer third dark grey, 

 intersected by a brownish wavy subniargjinal line, bordered internally 

 with pale grey : secondaries pale buff suffused with ashy black ; 

 abdominal margin, central transverse band, and oviter border blackish, 

 a patch of pale buff at outer angle. Under surface pale buff, outer 

 border of primaries black, as also are the central band and a broad 

 streak from its inner extremity to the base ; secondaries have narrow, 

 blackish, central and marginal bands. 



Expanse 68 millim. 



Allied to C. dula. 



One specimen taken by myself at Nagahama in July 1886. 



347. Catocala act^a. 



Catocala actcea, Feld. Reise Nov. pi. cxii. fig. 22. 



Several examples, coll. Pryer. 



Common in mainland of Japan from July to October. 



Tokio, Nikko, Fushiki, Yokohama (LeecK) ; Ichaug, Kiukiang. 



348. Catocala sancta. 



Catocala sancta, Butl. Cist. Ent. iii. p. 134 (1885). 

 Two specimens, coll. Pryer. 

 Yesso {Pryer). 



349. Catocala dissimilis. 



Catocala dissimilis, Brem. Bull, de I'Acad. 1861, t. iii. ; Lep. 

 Ost-Sib. t. iv. fig. 15 (1864). 

 Several examples, coll. Pryer. 



I took specimens commonly at Hakodate in August. 

 Yesso {Pryer) ; Hakodate {Leech) ; E. Siberia, Ichaug. 



350. Catocala nupta. 



Phal.-Noctua nupta, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 841. 



Noctua nupta, Esp. Schmett. iv. pi. 97. fig. 1, 2; Hiibn. Noct. 

 pi. 69. fig. 300. 



Catocala nupta, Treit. Schmett. v. 337 ; Guen. Noct. iii. p. 85. 



One example, coll. Pryer. 



This species is recorded by Oberthiir from N. China and Isle of 

 Askold, under the name of C. nupta var. obscurata. 



Yesso {Pryer) ; N. China, Askold ; Europe. 



351. Catocala dula. 



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

 t. iv. fig. 14(1864). 



Several examples, coll. Pryer. 



I took a number of specimens of this species at Hakodate in 

 August, and Sendai in September. 



Yesso, Kurile Islands {Pryer) ; Hakodate, Sendai {Leech) ; 

 E. Siberia. 



