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Show 1881.] OF AMURLAND, NORTH CHINA, AND JAPAN. 911 PLESIONEURA PHODICUS, Hew. ? I cannot find any reference to the description of this species, which was so named in Pryer's collection. From China, without any locality indicated ; other specimens are in Godman and Salvin's collection, marked Mongolia. It is nearly allied to Satarupa sambara, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 781, which has very similar markings, though larger and otherwise distinct. P T E R Y G O S P I D E A MACULOSA, Feld. Reise Nov. p. 528, t. 73. no. 7(1867). Described from Shanghai. In Hewitson's collection this species has been identified with Plesioneura pulomaya, Moore, from Sikkim ; but Chinese specimens of what I believe is Felder's species differ considerably from P. pulomaya in the marking of the hind wings beneath. P. SINICA, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon.vi. p. 30 (1862). Ningpo. ? Daimio felderi, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vii. p. 140. Japan (Maries). I do not know whether I am right in uniting these, but the Japanese insect, which I have seen, appears to agree fairly with Felder's description and agrees with an insect from Ningpo in Pryer's collection. D A I M I O T E T H Y S , Murr. Pyrgus tethys, Men. Enum. p. 126, t. x. fig. 8 (1855). Daimio tethys, Murr. Ent. M o . Mag. 1875, p. 17 . Pyrgus tethys, Oberthiir, Et. Ent. v. p. 24. Japan {Pryer), Askold {Jankowsky), N. China {David). Murray creates the genus Daimio for this insect, on account of the formation of the antennae and palpi. It is common in Japan; and I have also specimens from Askold and N. China. It is very variable in size and in the markings of the hind wings, which in some specimens have an ill-defined trans-verso white band. M . Oberthur says he has varieties from North China and Amur-land, which 1 should imagine from the description may be intermediate between this species and the last. A N T I G O N U S VASAVA, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 786. Described from Darjiling. A single specimen is in Pryer's collection from Shanghai; and it is reported to occur in Japau. PAMPHILA MENCIA, Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xx. p. 52. Of this obscure species I have only seen one specimen, from Shanghai, collected by Pryer. Moore says the wings are much broader than in P. sinensis, Mabille, and the hind wing not lobed. Of this P. sinensis I know nothing, and can find no published description of it. |