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Show 1881.] OF AMURLAND, NORTH CHINA, A N D JAPAN. 913 as in P. guttata. All the specimens I have seen are from where it seems common. PAMPHILA JANSONIS, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 284 (1878). Mr. Butler says this insect is widely distinct from the last; but the type in the British Museum seems very similar to it, though in some specimens the spots on the hind wings are partly obsolete. P. CONFUCIUS, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 29. From Ningpo {Muirhead). _ I have not seen this species, which is said to be near P. augias, Linn. HESPERIA SYLVANWS, Esp. t. xxxvi. fig. 4. ? Pamphila herculea, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. vii. p. 140. ? Hesperia subhyalina, Br. & Grey, p. 10; Men. Cat. Mus. Petr. t. v. no. 7. 1 Hesperia venata, Br. & Grey, p. 11; Men. loc. cit. no. 8. The forms of H. sylvanus found in China, Japan, and Amurland are usually larger than the European ones ; but in Dr. Staudinger's opinion we are not justified by our present knowledge in keeping them separate. Specimens of H. sylvanus from Astrabad in his collection agree with MenetrieYs figure of H. subhyalina aud with specimens I possess from Japan and China, also with forms of H. sylvanus from Baranofsky and Raddefskaia. H. venata, Brem., as figured, seems to be an aberration of H. sylvanus; but may be a distinct species. Dr. Staudinger has a specimen quite like the figure but smaller, collected by Hedemann in Amurland. I have seen the type of H. herculea, which is, I think, a Japanese form of H. sylvanus. H. SYLVATICA, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 34, t. iii. fig. 10. Found in various parts of Amurland and at Tokio. It is a small species allied to H. actaon of Europe, but with paler disks margined with brown and the underside marked with conspicuous dark veins. Very near it is H, LEONINA, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 286 (1878). According to Mr. Butler, this is " markedly distinct;" but, except that it is brighter in colour and less overlaid with brown, I do not see much to distinguish it. II. OCHRACEA, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 33, t. i. fig. 11. Allied to the last two, but distinct. I have it from Japan, Askold, and Raddefskaia. Near it is H. RIKUCHINA, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 285 (1878). According to Mr. Butler, " a very distinct species;" but I can PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1881, No. LIX. 59 |