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Show 892 MR. H. J. E L W E S O N T H E BUTTERFLIES [Nov. 15, The Amur specimens are somewhat larger than European examples. APATURA ILIA, Schiff. S. V. p. 172. Var. clytie, Schiff. S. V. p. 321. A. here, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 27 (1862). A. substitute Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 159 (1873). Found in Amurland, at Pekin, Shanghai, and in South and Central Japan. The form described as A. here, from Ningpo, is said by Felder to differ constantly in the termination of the interior band of the hind wing, less easily seen in the male than the female; but Dr. Staudinger agrees with me in uniting it with A. clytie. Oberthur says Askold°specimens do not differ from the French type ; and the Japanese form, though varying somewhat, is probably the same as the Chinese insect. Some specimens come very close in colour to the var. metis from Sarepta, but have the anal ocellus as large as in A. ilia. HESTINA ASSIMILIS, Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 300 (1764). Found in Central China and in Japan, though I have no specimens from the latter country. EURIPUS CHARONDA, Hew. Ex. Butt. iii. t. I. fig. 1 (1863). Not rare in Japan, but extremely difficult to take in good condition, ou account of its strong and high flight. Perfect specimens of this splendid insect are very rare in collections. E. JAPONICA, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 27 (1862). Common in Central Japan. ADOLIAS SCHRENKI, Men. Bull. Acad. Peters, xvii. p. 215 (1859) ; Schrenk's Reise, ii. p. 31, t. iii. fig. 2. Taken at Raddefskaia, on the Ussuri, and elsewhere in Amurland. PARAPLESIA ADELMA, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 20 (1862). Isodema adelma, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vii. p. 109 ; Reise Nov., Lep. iii. t. 54. figs. 1, 2. Of this fine species I have seen two specimens from the Ningpo hills in Pryer's collection. In this genus the discal cell is completely closed by a vein, which, though not very apparent on the upper surface, is strongly developed below. ATHYMA SULPITIA, Cr. Pap. Ex. iii. t. 214 (1782). A. sulpitia, var. ningpoana, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 26. The variety described by Felder from the Ningpo hills is said to differ from the form found in South China in having the spots of the cell confluent, forming a stripe, and in other characters. There is a specimen from the Snowy Valley which is probably this, as it does not agree well with Cramer's plate. |