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Show 902 MR. H. J. E L W E S O N T H E B U T T E R F L I E S [Nov. 15, well with those from the Amur. The larger and brighter varieties agree with those from the Taurus (var. taurica, Stdgr.). The type of A. vorax from Shanghai which I have examined is undistinguishable from some Askold specimens ; but other specimens from Askold are without silver spots beneath, like the European var. cleodoxa. Felder says that A. nerippe may be distinguished from A. chlorodippe by the wings being less dentate and by the marginal markings ; butl should find it impossible at present to define any of these forms in such a way as to include all the intermediate ones. The females^ of A. nerippe differ more from the males than in the other varieties, and have a whitish mark on the costa near the apex of the fore wing. ARGYNNIS ANADYOMENE, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 25 (1862). A. ella, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 94, t. viii. fig. 1 (1864). Seems to be common in Amurland and Japan, and occurs at Ningpo. A. PAPHIA, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 481. A. paphioides, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 134. Except that it is generally larger and the females rather darker in colour, there is no difference between the Japanese form described by Mr. Butler as A. paphioides and European specimens. It is common also in Amurland ; but I have seen no specimens from China. A. SAGANA, Doubl. Gen. t. xxiv. fig. 1, 6* (1850). A.paulina, Nordm. Bull. Mosc. 1851, iv. p. 440, t. xii. figs. 1,2, $ . Found in Amurland, Japan, and China, and does not vary as far as I have seen. The female, as is now well known, is very different in colour from the male, and quite unlike any other species of Argynnis. A. LAODICE, Pall. Reise, i. p. 470 (1771). Var. japonica, Men. Cat. p. 152, t. x. Common in Amurland, Japan, and China. Usually larger than Russian specimens, and, if the form figured by Mene'trie's were constant in Japan, easily distinguished from it by the colour of the underside. It varies, however, too much, I think, in this respect to be looked upon as more than a local variety. A. RUSLANA, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1866, iii. A. lysippe, Janson, Cist. Ent. 1877, p. 164. This species comes very near the last; but may be distinguished by the shape of the fore wings, which are longer and less rounded than in A. laodice. There is also a good structural character shown me by Dr. Staudinger-namely, that three of the median veins of the fore wing in the male are dilated as in A. paphia, whilst in A. laodice only two are similarly developed. It is found at Raddefskaia, Askold, and Japan, the specimens agreeing perfectly together. DANAIS TYTIA, Gray, Lep. Ins. Nep. p. 9, t. ix. fig. 2. Found at Askold by Jankowsky, at Shanghai by Pryer, and in Japan. |
