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Show "87.] OF JAPAN AND COREA. 417 61. LYC_ENA LYCORMAS. L. lycormas, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 57 (1866). L. scylla, Oberth. Et. Ent. v. p. 22. Occurs in Yesso, and I believe also in the mountains of Central j)an* I! 1S f o u n d also o n the Amur. Its nearest European ally is cyllarus, Rott., a very variable species, which also occurs in Amur-land. 62. LYOENA EUPHEMUS, Hb. L. kazamoto, Druce, Cist. Ent. i. p. 361 (1875). Occurs in^ Gensan, Yesso, Kurile Islands, and in mountain districts of Central Japan ; some specimens are remarkably dark, and resemble the alpine forms of Europe. 63. LYC.ENA PRYERI. L. pryeri, Murray, Ent. Mon. Mag. x. p. 126 (1873). Mr. H. Pryer says that this species is common about Yokohama in the spring. The only specimens I took of it occurred near the summit of Ibuki Yama (Lake Biwa) at about 5000 feet above the sea in July (about the 18th). 64. LIBYTHEA LEPITA. L. lepita, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. -Mus. i. p. 240. Occurs in Central Japan and also in Yesso. I saw it flying in September in the mountains near Oiwake. 65. DlCHORRAGIA NESTMACHUS, Boisd. Fairly common in Central Japan; it occurs in mountain districts. I have never seen a living female; they seem to be very scarce. 66. APATURA ILIA, Schiff. Var. clytie, Schiff. A. here, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 27 (1862). A. subslituta, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 159 (1873). Common at Gensan and in Yesso in July and August; also in Central Japan. The typical form seems to be much rarer than var. clytie (substituta) just as it is in Europe. 67. APATURA CAUTA1, nov. sp. (Plate XXXV. fig. 2.) cS . Expanse of wings 3 j inches. Fore wing with a very deep indentation on its outer margin; ground-colour of all the wings light brown, with a purplish reflection in certain lights. Fore wing-a large irregular-shaped black patch extends from the base to about the middle of the wing, suffused 1 [While this paper was passing through the press, vol. 3 of Eomanoff's ' Memoires sur les Lepidopteres' (St. Petersbourg, 1887) has been received in London, including a paper by Fixsen, in which 93 Butterflies (besides Moths) from the Corea are enumerated. Apatura jjrinceps, Fixsen, /. c. p. 289, pl. xiii. figs, la, b, is apparently identical with A. cauta, Leech.-W. F. K.] |