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Show 424 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE BUTTERFLIES [May 3, be confounded, by its larger size, smaller spots, and markings, general paler appearance. Adippe, except when faded, has always a bright chestnut tint; nerippe is fawn-coloured. The female is very rare in proportion to tbe male, and is far larger than any adippe I have ever seen. Coreana, Butl., is said to differ from nerippe in the prominence of the sexual patch on the first median branch of the fore wing ; this character is variable and may be altogether absent. I brought home over a hundred specimens, which show a good deal of variation, but none of any specific importance. 105. ARGYNNIS SAGANA, Doubleday. Damora paulina, Nordm. Bull. Mosc. 1851, iv. p. 440, t. xii. figs. 1,2,$. Very common all over Japan and Corea. I have a large series also from Ningpo and Amurland ; they are remarbably constant, although the Amur specimens are smaller. 106. ARGYNNIS LAODICE. A. laodice, Pall. Reise, i. p. 470 (1771). Var. japonica, Men. Cat. ii. p. 152, t. x. f. 3. Common all over Japan and Corea. The largest specimens represent japonica, and from Ningpo I have a larger form still. 107. ARGYNNIS ANADYOMENE, Feld. A. ella, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 94, t. viii. fig. 1 (1864). Common all over Japan and Corea. Identical with Amur and North-China specimens. 108. ARGYNNIS PAPHIA, Linn. A.paphioides, Butl. Ann. &fMag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 134. Common in Japan and Corea. They are rather larger than the European form and darker. The female is intermediate between the usual type and var. valesina. I have the true var. valesina from Ningpo. 109. ARGYNNIS RUSLANA. A. ruslana, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1866, iii. p. 117. A. lysippe, Jans. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 154 (1877). This species shares the characters of paphia and laodice-the shape of the wings and markings of upper surface being allied to paphia, the underside of hind wings reminding one of laodice. It is not rare at Hakodate in August, and I took it also at Nikko in September. It is the same size as paphia. 110. DANAIS TYTIA. D. tytia, Gray, Lep. Ins. Nep. p. 9, t. ix. fig. 2. This fine species occurs all over Japan. I observed a curious habit this Butterfly has, on the island of Kami Koshigi, off the coast of Satsuma. Just at dusk they ceased flying, and each chose |
