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Show 1887.] OF JAPAN AND COREA. 425 out a small dead branch of a fir tree, on which it hung close to the trunk with the wings folded over its back. They were very easy to see and appeared never to choose a large branch or one more than about fifteen feet above the ground. By working with my net on a long bamboo I succeeded in procuring a long series in a very short time (in May). I also took it in Hakodate in August. Pryer says it is very common in mountain-districts of Central Japan. 111. MELANARGIA HALIMEDE. M.halimede, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 37, t. iii. figs. 6, 7. This species is extremely common at Gensan in July. It is very variable, some specimens being much blacker than others. 112. MELANITIS LEDA, Linn. Var. ismene, Cram. Pap. Ex. i. t. 26. figs. A, B (1775). Recorded from Nikko by Maries, and from the island of Shikoku Ohodaisan in Yamato by Mr. H. Pryer. 113. MYCALESTS GOTAMA. M. gotama, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. i. p. 232 (1857). Sadarga gotama, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 157. Common in Southern and Central Japan. 114. MYCALESIS PERDICCAS. M.perdiccas, Hew. Ex. Butl. iii. Myc. t. iii. fig. 15 (1862). Gareisperdiccas, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 157. Mycalesis sangaica, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xix. p. 95. Mortanda sangaica, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1880, p. 169. Occurs all over Japan and at Gensan. It appears to me to be quite distinct from the last species. Out of a very large number I have not a single intermediate form. 115. YPTHIMA BALDUS, Fabr. T. argus, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 56 (1866). Common all over Japan and Corea. Very variable in the size and position of the ocelli, and the shade of the ground-colour of the underside. 116. YPTHIMA MOTSCHULSKYI. T. motschulskyi, Brem. & Grey, Schmett. nordl. China's, p. 8; Men. Cat. Mus. Petr. i. t. vi. fig. 5. A very distinct species, common at Gensan and Fusan. I also took it at Nagasaki. It is a good deal larger that baldus, and has only one ocellus on the hind wing. 117. EREBIA SEDAKOVII. E. sedakovii, Eversm. Bull. Mosc. 1847, ii. p. 70, t. i. figs. 5, 6. E. niphonica, Jans. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 153, t. v. fig. 5 (1877). E. scoparia, Butl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 849. This species occurs in mountain-districts of Central Japan and also in Yesso. |