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Show 1887.] OF JAPAN AND COREA. 413 is fawn-coloured with the characteristic bars and markings of darker shade; whilst the underside of T. arata is mouse-coloured with ashy-white markings. The type in the National collection is from Kiukiang. 42. THECLA ATTILIA. T. attilia, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 24, t. ii. fig. 3. Occurs in Northern and Central Japan. Mr. H. Pryer savs it is common in the neighbourhood of Yokohama. 43. THECLA IBARA. Theclaibara, Butl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 852 ; Aid to Identif. of Ins. pl. 113. This species, which must be extremely rare, differs from the other Japanese Thecla in having a greenish underside with a white submarginal band and a yellowish blotch, containing two black dots at the anal angle of the hind wing. I believe the only specimen of this species is the type in Mr. Fenton's collection, which was taken in the second week of July on the Ibara pass, Dewa. 44. THECLA ORSEDICE. T. orsedice, Butl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 852. Of this distinct species I only took a single specimen at Tsuruga, on the west coast of Central Japan. The type is recorded from lwashiro in Yesso. 45. THECLA FENTONI. Strymon fentoni, Butl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 854 ; Aid. to Identif. Ins. pl. 115. Closely allied to w-album, but blacker, the tails longer, the line on the underside of fore wing straighter, and the yellowish blotch at the and angle of the underside of the hind wing quite different. There is an unnamed specimen from Pekin in the National collection which is, I believe, this species. The type, which is in Mr. Fenton's collection, is from Shiribetsu in Yesso. I took a single specimen at Gensan at the end of June. 46. THECLA MERA. T. mera, Janson, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 157 (1877). This seems a scarce species, and is I believe only recorded from Nikko. 47. THECLA STYGIANA. T. stygiana, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 35, t. iv. fig. 6 (1881). Allied to the last species, but distinct; it is also recorded from Nikko. PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1887, No. XXVIII. 28 |