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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF 



[1885. 



Distant, W. L. Rhopalocera Malayana, Pts. i-v, London and 



Penang, 1882. 

 Pryer, H. A Catalogue of the Insects of Japan, Trans. Asiatic 



Soc. of Japan, 1883. 



Donovan's " Insects of China " is a mere primer on the vast 

 subject included in its title, and very incorrect at that. Since his 

 day, entomological nomenclature has undergone many changes, 

 and even the classification of genera and species has not been left 

 undisturbed. For the sake of completeness, however, it is per- 

 haps advisable to append the meagre list of Lepidoptera, which 

 Donovan notes as coming from Hongkong. It includes but fifteen 

 butterflies and four moths : — 



Papilio paris, Linn. 

 Papilio agenor, Linn. 

 Papilio agamemnon, Linn. 

 Papilio epius, Jones. 

 Papilio demetrius, Linn. 

 Pieris hyparete, Linn. 

 Pieris (Iphiaa) glaucippe, Linn. 

 Pieris (Thestias) pyrene, Linn. 

 Argynnis eurymanthus, Drury. 

 Cynthia orithya, Linn. 

 Cynthia cenone, Linn. 



Cynthia almana, Linn. 

 Limenitis leucothoe, Linn. 

 Limenitis eurynome, Linn. 

 Thecla mmcenas, Jones. 



Sesia hylas, Linn. 

 Glaucopis polymeria, Linn. 

 Phalana attacus. 

 Saturnia atlas, Linn. 

 {Euaemialectrix, Linn., doubtful.) 



In Mr. H. J. Elwes' list I find further one butterfly mentioned 

 as coming from Southern China, which I have never met with in 

 Hongkong. This is Thaumantis howgua, Westwood, named prob- 

 ably after that rich Cantonese merchant so well known twenty 

 or thirty years ago. Those marked with an asterisk (*) in the 

 following list are contained in the writer's collection, but several 

 others in this collection have still to be identified. 



^Papilio xuthus. Linn, (xuthulus, Linn.). 



This insect occasionally finds its way to Hongkong, but is 

 tolerably numerous around Canton and further north, and abun- 

 dant in Japan. The imago invariably appears under the xuthulus 

 form in the spring. The female is dimorphic, it feeds on various 

 kinds of Citrus, especially C. trifoliata. 



*Papilio maackii, Mon. (Dehaani, Feld.). 



Very frequent in the Lo-fan Mountains ; less so in Hongkong. 

 Found also in North China and Japan. 



