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Show 1881.] OF AMURLAND, NORTH CHINA, AND JAPAN. 905 EREBIA MEDUSA, Schiff. S. V. p. 167 ; Fab. Mant. 40 (1787). A single specimen in Dr. Staudinger's collection is all I have seen of this species, which was not found by Radde or Schrenk in Amur-land. This one was collected by Hedemann, probably between Schilka and Blagovetschensk, and agrees with European examples. E. PARMENIO, Bob. Nouv. Mem. Mosc ii. p. 306 (1809). This species somewhat resembles E. afra, Esp., beneath, but has very differently shaped wings. It was found on the Amur by Maack, and at Schilka by Radde. E. SEDAKOVII (Ev.), Bull. Mosc. 1847, ii. p. 70, t. i. figs. 5, 6. E. niphonica, Jans. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 153, t. v. fig. 5 (1877). I have compared Japanese specimens from Mr. Janson with some of E. sedakovii in Dr. Staudinger's collection, and find that they are the same. It occurs on Mount Assamayama at 7000 feet, and in Nikko. Radde found it on the Apfelgebirge, and Hedemann at Habarofka. It is more nearly allied to E. athiops, Esp. (Medea), than to E. stygne, with which Janson compares it. E. DISCOIDALIS, Kirby, Faun. Bor.-Amer. p. 298, t. iii. figs. 2, 3. This species, though hardly coming within the limits of m y present work, is recorded by Menetries as having been found by Maack at Oujan, on the Sea of Ochotsk. I have specimens of it from Mr. H. Strecker, taken at Fort York, British Columbia, and also from Hudson Bay, through Herr Moschler. They agree very well together, and appear most nearly allied to EreBia glacialis, Esp., though very different on the underside. E. CYCLOPIUS, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1844, iii. p. 590, t. xiv. fig. 3 a, B. E. cyclopides (laps, cal.), Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 19. Found at Raddefskaia, Blagovestchensk, Schilka, and elsewhere in Amurland. This, with the next three or four species, form a group of large dark-coloured EreBia peculiar to North-eastern Asia. E. TRISTIS, Brem. Bull. Acad. 1861, iii. E. wanga, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 20, t. ii. fig. 1. Bremer changes the name E. tristis, which he had first given to this insect, as it had previously been applied by Herrich-Schaffer ; but as his E. tristis (t. 387-390) is a synonym of E. eriphyle, Freyer, it can be retained for the present species. It seems to be common on the Amur, and is found in the Bureija Mountains. E. SAXICOLA, Oberthur, Et. Ent. ii. p. 32, t. iv. fig. 1. Found by Abbe David on the Ourato Mountains, Mongolia. Seems to be allied to E. tristis, but distinct. E. ERO, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 20, t. xi. fig. 2. Found by Radde on the Apfelgebirge. Allied to E. disa, but differs in having the underside spotted with white. |