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Show 890 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUTTERFLIES [Nov. 15, LYC^ENA EUMEDON, Esp. 52, 2 (1780). Of this species I have only seen a single Amur specimen in Dr. Staudinger's collection. L. BITON, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 30, t. iii. fig. 9. Of this species, found by Maack between the mouth of the Ussuri and the Amur, I know nothing beyond Bremer's figure. It seems allied to L. donzelii, Boisd. L. ARGIOLUS, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 483. L. ladonides, De l'Orza, Lep. Jap. p. 20. Common in the Amur region, Japan, and found by Pryer at Shanghai. L. MINIMA, Fuessl. Verz. p. 31 (1775) {alsus, Schiff.). Only found in the Bureija by Radde. L. SEMIARGUS, Rott. Naturf. vi. p. 20 (1775) (acis, Schiff.). I have one specimen from the Amur; it is recorded from the Bureija and Lower Ussuri by Bremer. L. CYLLARUS, Rott. Naturf. vi. p. 20 (1775). Found in the Bureija and on the Ussuri, whence I have seen one specimen in Dr. Staudinger's collection. L. ARIONIDES, Stdgr. MSS. Of this species, which Dr. Staudinger considers distinct, I have one specimen from Japan, collected by Fenton, agreeing with those from the Amur in his collection. It may be only a form of L. arion, and resembles the var. cyanecula, Evers., on the upper surface, but has not so much green below. It is best distinguished by the large confluent black spots on underside of fore wings. L. LYCORMAS, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 57 (1866). L. scylla, Stdgr. M S S. I have examined the type of L. lycormas from North Japan in the British Museum, and believe that L. scylla, of which I have specimens from Askold (Jankowsky) and the Amur, are identical with it. It is allied to L. cyllarus, but differs in the conspicuous black spots on the underside of hind wing, and has much less blue on the underside, and the white fringe more conspicuous. L. PRYERI, Murray, Ent. Month. Mag. x. p. 126 (1873). A large and distinct species, which seems abundant in Japan, and of which I have seen specimens from Vladivostock, Raddefskaia, and the Ussuri in Dr. Staudinger's collection. |