642 mr. j. h. leech on the [dec. 18, 



292. Phalera flavescens. 



Phalera Jlavescens, Brem. Lep. Nord. China's, p. 14 (1853). 

 Trisula andreas, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. v. p. 38, pi. v. fig. 4. 

 Yesso {Pryer) ; Yokohama {Fryer, Manley, and Leech) ; Hako- 

 date, Gensan. 



293. Microphalera grisea. 



Microphalera grisea, Butl. Cist. Ent. vol. iii. p. 120 (1885). 

 Ten specimens in coll. Pryer, and several collected by myself. 

 Yesso {Pryer) ; Hakodate {Leech). 



294. Somera acronycta. 



Dasychira acronycta, Oberth. Etud. d'Ent. v. p. 35, pi. v. fig. 8 

 (1880). 



Three examples (2 <5 , 12), coll. Pryer. 



The insect figured by Oberthiir as the S of this species (fig. 7) 

 is D. lunulata. 



Yokohama, Oiwake {Pryer). 



295. Somera cyanea, sp. n. (Plate XXXII. fig. 5.) 



S . Primaries pale purplish brown, with some green and grey 

 scales towards the base along the costa and on the outer margin, 

 indistinct basal and submarginal lines fuscous. Secondaries smoky 

 brown ; costal margin darker. Antennae broadly pectinated. Head 

 and thorax grey. Abdomen smoky brown. Under surface fuscous ; 

 nerves at base of primaries thickly clothed with long hairs. 



$ . Similar to male, but primaries greenish grey, and antennae 

 more narrowly pectinated. Under surface, the hairs at base of pri- 

 maries as in male. 



Expanse, S 44 millim., § 54 millim. 



Allied to S. lichenia, Butl., from Borneo. 



296. Cnethodonta grisescens. 



Crtethodonta grisescens, Staud., Rom. Mem. sur Lep. vol. iii. p. 214, 

 pi. 12. fig. 11. 



A single male in coll. Pryer, taken at Oiwake, 1885. 



Dr. Staudinger records this species from Vladivostok, Askold, 

 Ussuri, and Suilun. 



297. Peridea cinerea. 



Peridea cinerea, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) iv. p. 353 

 (1878). 



Some very fine examples in Pryer's collection ; I look specimens 

 at Yokohama, in October. 



Yokohama {Pryer and Leech) ; Gifu {Pryer). 



