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Show 898 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUTTERFLIES [Nov. 15, VANESSA IO, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 472. Seen from Raddefskaia, Askold, and Japan. V. CHARONIA, Drury, Ex. Ent. i. t. 15 (1773). Var. glaucoma, Motsch. Et. Ent. ix. p. 28 (1860). I have not seen this ; nor is it recorded from the A m u r ; but it is common in Japan and China. The form described as V. glauconia by Motschulsky has the spot on the fore wing pale or whitish in colour; but I have Sikkim specimens almost as pale, though, as a rule, the Japanese can be distinguished from Indian specimens. V. XANTHOMELAS, Schiff. S. V. p. 175, n. Cat. Common in Japan, .ind in all localities where collections have been made in Amurland. V. ANTIOPA, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 476. Occurs in Japan and Amurland, but apparently not common. MELIT^EA MATURNA, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 480. M. maturna, var. intermedia, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 22, t. ii. M. intermedia, Bremer, Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 12. Found at Khotoum by Maack, and at Schilka by Radde. I have seen two specimens from the Ussuri in Dr. Staudinger's collection, which he considers the same as the European M. maturna, though larger. M. AURINIA, Rott. Naturf. vi. p. 5 (1775). Found at Blagovestchensk by Hedemann, and at Schilka by Radde. It is, however, rare in Amurland. Var. SIBIRICA, Stdgr. Cat. p. 1" (1871). This variety, found on the Upper Amur by Hedemann, somewhat resembles the variety defontainesii of Godart. Judging from the specimens I have seen, it can hardly be called "pallidissima." M . D I D Y M A , Ochs. Schm'.'Eur. i. 1, 30 (1807). Var. didymoides, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1847, iii. p. 67, t. figs. 3, 4. Ab. $ latonigena, Ev. loc cit. p. 66, figs. 1, 2. I have seen specimens of 31. didyma from Raddefskaia and Baranofsky ; also of the form M. didymoides, which Dr. Staudinger considers identical with M. latonigena from the Amur. De l'Orza includes this species in his list of Japanese Lepidoptera; but I have seen nothing which could be mistaken for it from Japan as yet. M. DICTYNNA, Esp. t. 48. fig. 2 a, B (1779). Var. protomedia, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 23, t. ii. figs. 6, 7. Dr. Staudinger considers M. protomedia to be only the Eastern form of M. dictynna. It seems common at most places in the Amur region and variable, some of the specimens being hardly distinguishable from the European M. dictynna. |