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Show 1887.] OF JAPAN A N D COREA. 419 70. EURIPUS JAPONICUS. Euripus japonica, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 27 (1862). Common in Southern and Central Japan. I found it plentifully in the provinces of Higa and Satsuma in May, and again in Central Japan in July, where the specimens were smaller and darker. It is also recorded from Yesso and N. Japan. 71. HESTINA ASSIMILIS, Linn. Recorded from Japan. I never met with it, and it is not included in Mr. Pryer's catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Japan. I have specimens taken at Ningpo in June; also recorded from S. Corea. 72. ADOLIAS SCHRENKI. A. schrenki, Men. Bull. Acad. Petr. xvii. p. 215 (1859) ; Schrenk's Reise, ii. p. 31, t. iii. fig. 2. I took this rare species at Port Lazaref near Gensan, in July; it did not appear to be very plentiful. 73. LIMENITIS HELMANNI. L. helmanni, Lederer, Verh. zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, 1853, p. 356, t. i. fig. 4. IJ. homeyeri, Tancre, Ent. Nachr. 1881, p. 120. Very common at Gensan in June and July, 1 also took it at Fusan (S.E. Corea) and at Nagasaki; in the Nagasaki specimens the bands and spots are narrower and smaller. 74. LIMENITIS SIBYLLA, Linn. Occurs commonly all over Japan and Corea. In many of the Japanese specimens the fourth white spot from the costa of the fore wing is as large as the rest, thus causing the band to be continuous. 75. CYRESTIS THYODAMAS. C. thyodamas, Boisd., Doubl. & Ilewit. Gen. Diurn. Lep. t. 32. fig. 3 (1848). Recorded by Mr. H. Pryer from Yamato and Kiushiu. 76. NEPTIS ACERIS. N. aceris, Lepechin, Reise, i. p. 203, t. xvii. figs. 5, 6. Var. intermedia, Pryer. A good local form of aceris, occurring very commonly in Japan and Corea, also N . China. The underside is much darker than in European specimens, being almost chocolate-colour; it is very variable in the proportion of black and white, also in size. A succession of broods occurs during the warm months. 77. NEPTIS LUCILLA, Schiff. Var. ludmilla, Herr.-Schaff. Occurs in Japan, Yesso, and Corea ; it is not nearly so common as aceris. |