Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. 423 



Distribution. Pal^earctic, ^Ethiopian, Nearctic, 

 Neotropical Regions ; Afghanistan ; Australia; New 

 Zealand (Sampson) ; Japan ; Kiushiu. 



1712. Pyralis pictalis. 



Pyralis pictalis, Curtis, Brit. Eat., pi. 503 ; Hampson, 

 Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, iv, p. 150 (1896). 



Pyralis elachia, Butl., 111. Typ. Lep. Het., iii, p. 70, pi. lviii, 

 fig. 3 (1879). 



Type of elachia was from Yokohama. Five specimens 

 taken at Ichang in June and August, and one from Moupin 

 taken in August. 



Distribution. Europe. — West Africa. — Japan; North- 

 west Himalayas ; Nagas ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Sumatra ; 

 Gilbert Island (Hampson); Central and Western 

 China. 



1713. Pyralis monpinalis, sp. n. (Plate XIV, fig. 19.) 



Primaries grey-brown ; ante- and postmedial lines white, slightly 

 curved, each commencing in a white spot on the costa and with white 

 dots on the costa between them ; the postmedial line is dentate to- 

 wards the inner margin. Secondaries tinged with purplish ; ante- 

 and postmedial lines* white, the first rather oblique and the second 

 wavy. Fringes agree with the wings in colour and are preceded by 

 a brown line. Under surface fuscous with a purplish reflection ; 

 primaries have a white dot on apical third of costa and a white 

 postmedial line on the secondaries. 



Expanse 25 millim. 



Two specimens from Moupin taken in June. 

 Habitat, Western China. K. S. 



1714. Pyralis manihotalis. 



Pyralis manihotalis, Guen., Delt. and Pyral., p. 121 (1854). 

 Pyralis geronUsalis, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xix, p. 896 (1859). 



One male specimen from Moupin and another from Ta- 

 chien-lu ; a female from Pu-tsu-fong. June and July. 



These Chinese specimens more nearly approach geronte- 

 salis than the type. The transverse lines, which are white 

 and well defined, are nearer together in the female than 

 in the male. 



Distribution. Neotropical, Oriental, and Australian 

 Regions (Hampson) ; Western China. 



