Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. 501 



1964. Pyrausta leechi, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 29.) 



Primaries golden-yellow suffused with purplish-grey at base and 

 on costal area ; a purplish-grey antemedial fascia, spot at end of the 

 cell, and outer marginal border; antemedial and postmedial lines 

 fuscous, the former sinuous with a dot below median nervure, the 

 latter slightly dentate and deflected inwards at vein 2; fringes 

 fuscous grey, silky. Secondaries whitish tinged with fuscous and 

 suffused with yellowish on the outer area ; postmedial line fuscous, 

 curved and indented. Under surface similar to above, but the 

 colour is paler. 



Expanse 28 millim. 



Two specimens from Wa-shan, taken in June and July. 

 Habitat. Westekn China. 



RS. 



1965. Pyrausta genialis, sp. n. (Plate XIV, fig. 16.) 



Primaries orange-yellow, costa and margin bordered with blackish, 

 powdered with orange-yellow scales; the base is clouded with 

 blackish, and there are two transverse markings of the same colour, 

 each powdered with orange-yellow ; antemedial line commencing in 

 a spot below the costa, crossed by a black dash below the median 

 nervure ; postmedial line sinuous, the costal half band-like ; fringes 

 blackish. Secondaries black with an orange-yellow line from the 

 base terminating in a spot of the same colour in the centre of the 

 wing ; postmedial band orange-yellow, as also are the fringes, except 

 below the middle, where they are marked with black. Under surface 

 orange-yellow ; all the wings have the costa and outer margin 

 bordered with blackish, a discal spot and transverse line of the 

 same colour. 



Expanse 20 millim. 



Five specimens from Chia-kou-ho, one from Pu-tsu- 

 fong, and one from Wa-shan. Occurs in June and July. 

 Habitat. Westekn China. 



E. S. 



1966. Pyra%ista griseocilialis, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 5.) 



Primaries ochreous, a small blackish dot in the cell, and a spot at 

 the end of the cell ; antemedial line blackish, sinuous, not extended 

 to costa ; postmedial line blackish, bluntly serrate, excurved to vein 

 2, along which it runs inwards for a short distance, thence almost 

 direct to the inner margin. Secondaries ochreous suffused with 

 fuscous, traces of a dusky medial line or band. Fringes dark 



