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Show 1881.] OF AMURLAND, NORTH CHINA, AND JAPAN. 907 The Japanese form P. achinoides, Butl. (though this name should perhaps be ignored, as having been given to a drawing), is not materially different from Amur or European specimens, though it usually has larger ocelli. PARARGE DEIDAMIA (EV.), Bull. Mosc. 1851, i. p. 617. P. menetriesii, Brem., Mots. Et. 1852, p. 59; Brem. & Grey, Schmett. ndrdl. China, p. 8 ; Men. Cat. Mus. Petr. t. vi. fig. 4. Found in Amurland at Raddefskaia, also in North and Central Japan, and at Chefoo by Pryer. A female specimen from Japan agrees very well with Menetries's figure. P. MAACKII, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 22, t. iii. fig. 2. Lasiommata marginalis, Motsch. Bull. Mosc 1866, i. p. 190. From Ussuri and Baranofsky in Amurland; found also at Tokio, Japan, by Fenton. EPINEPHELE HYPERANTHUS, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 471. Common in Amurland, where the type is larger, with larger spots than in Europe. At Askold, however, it agrees very well with the French type, according to Oberthur. It is included by Murray in his list of Japanese insects; but I do not know on what authority. LASIOMMATA BREMERI, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 28(1862). Described from Ningpo. I have never seen a specimen of this species. LETHE SYRCIS, Hew. EX. Butt. iv. DeB. t. iii. figs. 13, 14; Oberthiir, Et. Ent. vi. t. vii. fig. 3. This species appears not uncommon in Central China. I have specimens from Ningpo ; and it occurs at Shanghai (Swinhoe) and at Kouytcheou (Largeteau). L. LANARIS, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xix. p. 95. The type of this species, which I have seen, is from the Ningpo hills, and what I believe is the same species is in the Hewitson collection from Amoy. L. SATYRINA, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc 1871, p. 402. The male of this species is in Mr. Godman's collection from Chekiang ; and the female is in the British Museum. It seems to be a form intermediate between Lethe and Mycalesis. L. EPIMENIDES, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 39, t. iii. figs. 8, 9. Neope fentoni, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xix. p. 91. Not uncommon in various parts of the Amur region, and also found in Central Japan. I see no difference of importance between them. A variety of this species is distinguished as var. epaminondas, Stdgr. MSS., from Raddefskaia, Baranofsky, and Blagovestchensk. It differs in its smaller size and more yellowish tint. |