Heterocera from China , Japan, and Corea. 427 



Type from Yokohama. There were two specimens in 

 Pryer's collection, and I received one example from Chang- 

 yang. The Chinese specimen is rather paler than those 

 from Japan. 



Distribution. Japan; Central China. 



1726. Herculia japonica. 



Hypsopygia japonica, Warren, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., (6) 

 vii, p. 499 (1891). 



One specimen from Tokio, another from Omei-shan, and 

 a third from Moupin. June and July. 

 The specimens vary in size. 

 Distribution. Japan ; Western China. 



1727. Herculia igniflualis. 



Pyralis igniflualis, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xvii, p. 268 



(1859). 

 Herculia igniflualis, Hampson, 111. Typ. Lep. Het., ix, 



pi. clxxii, fig. 10 (1893); Fauna Brit. Ind., Moths, 



iv, p. 161 (1876). 



Two specimens from Moupin, one taken in June, the 

 other in August. 



Distribution. Nilgiris ; Ceylon ; Borneo (Hamptson) ; 

 Western China. 



1728. Herculia pelasgalis. 



Pyralis pelasgalis, Walk., Cat. Lep. Het., xvii, p. 269 

 (1859). 



Described from " North China." One specimen in Pryer's 

 collection. I took one at Gensan in July. My native 

 collector obtained the species in Kiushiu and at Nikko, and 

 I have received specimens from Chang-yang, Moupin, and 

 the province of Kwei-chow. Occurs in June and July. 



Distribution. Japan ; Kiushiu ; Corea ; Central and 

 Western China. 



1729. Herculia bilinealis, sp. n. (Plate XIV, fig. 20.) 



Primaries pale brown, dusted with darker scales and slightly tinged 

 with pink ; ante- and postmedial lines pale ochreous, as also are the 

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