502 Mr. J. H. Leech on 



grey. Under surface whitish ; primaries tinged with ochreous, and 

 suffused with blackish on costal area and on the apical portion of 

 the outer area, a black discal spot and postmedial line ; secondaries 

 whitish, faintly tinged with ochreous, traces of a dusky medial line. 

 Expanse 28 millim. 



Four specimens from Ta-chien-lu, and the same number 

 from Chia-ting-fu, two examples from Pu-tsu-fong, and one 

 from Chow-pin-sa. Occurs in June and July. 



Habitat. Western China. 



R. S. 



1967. Pyrausta vicinalis, sp. n. (Plate XV, fig. 30.) 



Primaries pale brownish ; antemedial line darker, angled at vein 

 1 ; postmedial line darker, outwardly edged with whitish, serrate, 

 excurved beyond the cell, turned inwards at vein 3, then zigzag to 

 inner margin. Secondaries rather paler ; postmedial line darker, 

 outwardly edged with whitish, dentate between veins 5 and 2, and 

 bent inwards between veins 2 and 1. Fringes preceded by a dark 

 line. Under surface whitish suffused with fuscous on the primaries ; 

 all the wings have a dusky postmedial line. 



Expanse 27 millim. 



Mr. Leech obtained two specimens at Nagasaki in May, 

 and one was received from Chang-yang; the latter was 

 taken in June. 



Distribution. Kiushiu ; Central China. 



R. S. 

 1968. Pyrausta flavalis. 



Pyralis flavalis, Schiff., Wien. Verz., p. 121. 

 Hapalia flavalis, Hubn., Verz. Schmett., p. 255. 

 Botys flavalis, Guen., Delt. and PyraL, p. 334. 

 Pyrausta flavalis, Hampson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899, 

 p. 257. 



There were six specimens in Pryer's collection, and I 

 obtained two at Gensan in July. 



The inward bend of the postmedial line of primaries is 

 rather deeper than in European examples. 



Distribution. Europe. — Amtjrland ; Japan ; Core a. 



1969. Pyrausta sanguinealis. 



Micractis sanguinealis, Warren, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 (6) ix, p. 294 (1892). 



Habitat. Japan. 



