Heterocera from China, Japan, and Corea. 509 



Specimens were received from Ichang, Wa-ssu-kow, and 

 Ta-chien-lu, and I obtained one example at Tsuruga in 

 June ; the latter has rather smaller orange markings than 

 the Chinese specimens, and the subbasal mark is almost 

 obsolete. 



Distribution. D harms ALA ; Sikhim ; Nagas ; Anda- 

 mans (Hampson) ; Central and Western China ; 

 Japan. 



1991. Pyrausta mandarinalis, sp. n. (Plate XIV, fig. 18.) 



Primaries dark grey-brown powdered with black scales, some 

 orange scales on the costa, and an orange spot on basal area below the 

 median nervure ; postmedial line orange, grey on the costa, barely 

 traceable towards inner margin, edged externally with black and 

 united with a black-rayed orange spot at end of the cell ; fringes 

 blackish, extreme tips grey. Secondaries black with an orange 

 medial band, contracted below the middle and not extending to 

 either costa or inner margin ; an orange dot on the submarginal area 

 near vein 2 ; fringes pale ochreous, black between veins 2-4. Under 

 surface similar to that of P. sikkima, Moore, but with an orange spot 

 at inner angle of primaries, and an orange suffusion near the anal 

 angle of secondaries. 



Expanse 18 millim. 



Ten specimens from Ta-chien-lu, taken in May and 

 June. 



Habitat. Western China. 



Very near P. sikkima, but the abdomen is not ringed 

 with orange, and the postmedial markings are differently 

 formed. 



K. S. 



1992. Pyrausta tortualis, sp. n. (Plate XIV, fig. 17.) 



Primaries brownish -black, an orange yellow spot on the inner 

 margin near the base of the wing, one in the cell, one near the centre 

 of the wing, a large one at end of the cell, and one on inner margin 

 near the angle ; from the latter there are some orange-yellow specks 

 indicating a submarginal line ; the costa is orange-yellow marked 

 with the ground colour, and the fringes are yellowish towards apex 

 and blackish towards the inner angle. Secondaries have an orange- 

 yellow spot about the same size as that at end of the cell on primaries, 

 and a biangulate line beyond, the abdominal margin streaked with 

 orange-yellow towards the base ; fringes yellowish. Under surface 



