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Show 1881.] OF AMURLAND, NORTH CHINA, AND JAPAN. 863 Arge. 1 species confined to Amurland and China. Argynnis. Many species in Amurland, Japan, and China. Melita?a. Several species in Amurland, 2 of which extend to Japan, but only 1 to China. EreBia. Several species in Amurland, of which one extends to Japan, but none are known in China. Satyrus. Only 1 species in Amurland and Japan. Epinephele. 1 species only in Amurland and Japan. - Ganonympha. 4 species, of which one or two extend to Japan and China. Triphysa. 1, or perhaps 2, species in Amurland, and probably Japan. 03neis. 4 species in Amurland and China. Genera common to and characteristic of the Himalayan subregion :- A section of Thecla represented by T. smaragdina. 4 species in Amurland and Japan. Lethe. 5 or 6 species in Amurland, Japan, and China. Neope. 2 or 3 species in Japan and China. With regard to the Hesperidae, I think it better to omit the genera when considering questions of geographical distribution. Many of of them are so obscure and apparently so much more cosmopolitan than other families, that it is difficult to base sound ideas upon them. Speaking generally, however, I may say that Ismene, represented by three species in China, Japan, and Amurland, is of Indian affinity. Nisoniades is represented by one species only, common to Amur-land, China, and Japan, which comes closest to N.-American species. In the southern part of our limits the largest proportion of the Hesperidse are tropical, whilst in Amurland they nearly resemble European species or are of more or less peculiar forms. Generally the family is well represented in all parts of the region. GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF BUTTERFLIES IN N.E. ASIA. Species. PAPILIONID.E. Papilio machaon ...... xuthus bianor maacki dehaani protenor demetrius macilentus alcinous mencius Amurland. ft * •ss- China. ft (var. asiatica.) ft ft ft ft ft ft ft Japan. * (var. hippocrates.) (var. asiatica.) * ft ft * * * General. Palmare tic & Nearctic regions. India, South China. |