Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. 415 



One specimen, captured by myself in Satsuma in May, 

 appears to be referable to the penicillata form of this 

 variable species. 



Distribution. Sikhim ; Bhutan; Nagas; Maniptjr 

 {Hampson) ; Kiushiu. 



1688. Macalla nigrescens. 



Parasarama (?) nigrescens, Warren, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., (6) vii, p. 428 (1891). 

 Macalla nigrescens, Hampson, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1896, 



p. 464. 



Described from Yesso. 



Specimens in Pryer's collection. I have one example 

 from the island of Kiushiu. 

 Habitat. Japan and Kiushiu. 



1689. Macalla margarita. 



Locastra margarita, Butl., 111. Typ. Lep. Het., iii, p. 66, pi. 



lvii, fig. 4 (1879). 

 Locastra lativitta, Moore, Lep. Atk., p. 199, pi. vii, fig. 1 



(1887). 

 Macalla margarita, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iv, 



p. 116 (1896). 



Described from Yokohama. 



Distribution. JAPAN ; SlKHlM ; Khasis ; NlLGlRIS ; 

 Borneo {Hampson). 



Genus Locastra. 



Walk. ; Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iv, p. 118 

 (1896). 



1690. Locastra muscosalis. 



Taurica muscosalis, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xxxiv, p. 1269 



(1865). 

 Locastra cristalis, Hampson, 111. Typ. Lep. Het., ix, p. 157, 



pi. clxxii, fig. 3 (1893). 

 Locastra muscosalis, Hampson, Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iv, 



p. 119 (1896). 



Muscosalis was described from North China. I took 

 specimens at Nagasaki in June ; others were obtained in 



