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Show 18S1-1 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON BUTTERFLIES FROM JAPAN". 847 kaido (Yesso) in safety. In looking them over I was able to see some varieties and some species new to me, some of which I have described, and the others I have transmitted to you. '•'Mr. Janson sent me a copy of the ' Cistula Entomologica' for June 30th, 1878, containing your remarks on, and descriptions of some Japanese Rhopalocera sent home by me. ••Page 281. •"• Argynnis raBdia (No. 79). " I have a specimen of this measuring 2" 8'". "MeUtaa niphona (No. 84). "The size of this species varies considerably. The smallest I have measures 1" 3'", while the largest is 1" 11'" in expanse. u MeUtcem scotosia (No. 83.) " Specimens caught in May, at Koganenohara, 18 miles east of Tokio, are of a bright velvety tawny ; while those taken on the plain at the foot of Asama, in July, are very dingv and are somewhat melanized. " Neptis excellens (No. 58). " I have since found this species just outside Tokio in May, at Somei; took two also in Shiribets, Hokkaido, last August. "Pararge achinoides (No. 39). " In the male you described the ' additional indistinct ocellus near anal angle;' it becomes distinct in the female. " Lyccena argia (No. 103 a). " 1 have examined all m y specimens of this, and am obliged to conclude it distinct. A less difference exists between L. japonica and L. argia than between the latter and L. alope. " Chrysophanus phtceas (99) and Gonepteryx rharnni (12). " I find that these came from an old collection of English insects in Japan1. " Thecla orientalis (No. 98 B). " This varies slightly from the specimens taken southwards: ' Bandai' is the name of a mountain on the north side of Inawashiro lake in Iwashira. The Japanese call ail Butterflies and Moths ' Cho,' the only exceptions being some local names for Papilio demetrius and P. mem/ion. '•' Pamphila jansonis (No. 125). * <? . 'The additional white spot between tbe first ar.d second of the oblique discal series ' present also aBove." * * * " Owing to the wildness of Hokkaido, I was obliged to keep to 1 In my paper I doubted the authenticity of the halitat " Japan " f r these two species, stating that they differed in nj respect from the Bri.ich s xc::s.- A. G. B. |