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Show 426 MR. J. H. LEECH ON T H E BUTTERFLIES [May 3, 118. SATYRUS DRYAS. Papilio dryas, Scop. Ent. Carn. p. 153 (1763). S. bipunctatus, Motsch. Et. Ent. ix. p. 29. S. sibirica, Staud. Cat. p. 29. Very common all over Japan and Corea. Amongst a large series I took some very fine aberrations. 119. SATYRUS HYPERANTHUS, Linn. This species is recorded from Possiet Bay, N.E. Corea. 120. PARARGE ACHINE, Scop. P. achinoides, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 283 (1877). Occurs in Gensan, and also in Central and Northern Japan. The form is the same as that which occurs in Amurland. 121. PARARGE DEIDAMIA. P. deidamia, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1851, i. p. 617. P. menetriesi, Brem. & Grey, Schmett. nordl. China's, p. 8 ; Men. Cat. i. t. 6. fig. 4. Occurs at Gensan, Yesso; also in Central Japan. 122. PARARGE MAAKII. P. maakii, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 22, t. iii. fig. 2. Lasiommata marginalis, Motsch. Bull. Mosc. 1866, i. p. 190. I found this species in Yesso, and Mr. H. Pryer has it from Yamato. 123. LASIOMMATA EPIMENIDES. L. epimenides, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 39, t. iii. figs. 8, 9. Neope fentoni, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xix. p. 91. This is not a common species. I have taken it at Gensan, Hake-date, and it occurs on the volcano Assamayana in Central Japan. 124. PRONOPHILA SCHRENKII. P. schrenkii, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 33, t. iii. fig. 3. Common in Gensan, North-west Japan, aud Yesso. It flies in dense underwood, and is hence rather hard to take, and seldom in fine condition. The Japanese specimens are larger and paler than those from the Amur and Corea. 125. LETHE SICELIS. Debis sicelis, Hew. Ex. Butt. iii. Deb. t. i. fig. 3. Occurs commonly in mountain-districts of Central Japan in July and August. 126. LETHE DIANA. L. diana, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 55 (1866). |