LIST OF LEl'lDOPXtRA OF THE ISLANDS TANEGASffiDLi AND TAKÜSHDIA. ic:j 



Neopc gosclikerit.seii ii. 



(PL III. fig. 5.) 



Lasiommcda goscJikcmtscJiii Men. Cat. Mus. Petpr.- II. p. 121, pi. 10. f. 4 



(1855) ; Leech, But!. Cliiu. Jap. Cor. I. p. 52 ; Soitz, Seitz, Macrolep. I. 



p. 90, pi. 32 c; Wilemau, Philip. Jonm. Seien. IX. p. 258, pi. 2. figs. 



7-11, larva ; Nire, Dobutsu-zas. 1917, Snppl. p. 24. 

 Lasiommata gascJiJcevitscJdi Feld. (Nee Muu.), Wien. Ent. Mou. "ST. p. 28 



(1862) ; Pryer, Rhop. Nihou. p. 32, pi. 9. f. 11. 

 Neops gasc7iJ:eivifschil Matsnmui'a (nee Men.), Cat. Ins. Jap. I. p. 14 (1905). 

 Neope japonica Butl. A. M. N. H. (5) VII. p. 133 (1887). 



On the summit of Mt. Miyauoura I met with a good deal of the dark 

 form of this species, which were at first considered as a distinct species. The 

 yellow colour on the underside of the wings, especially of the hindwings, is 

 entirely replaced by white and fuscous. 



Local distribution. Hokkaido ; Houshiu ; Shikoku ; Kiushiu. 



Habitat. Japan. 



Melanit is pJi edisnia. 



Papilio pJtedisraa Cram. Pap. Exot. IV. pi. 292 ; Frühst. Seitz, Mecrolep. IX. 



p. 363. 

 Melaniiis bela Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I-C. I. p. 223 (1857). 

 Mdanitis varalia Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. I. p. 224 (1857). 

 Mdanitis gokala Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. I. p. 224 (1857). 

 Melanitis aswa Moare, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 769. 

 Mdanitis tambra Moore, Lep. Ceyl. I. p. 15, pi. 9. figs. 2, 2a-2c, J?, larva 



and pupa (1880). 

 'iidaniiis acdeaia Hmpsn. J, A. S. B. 1888, p. 351. 

 Melaniiis ampa Swiuhoe, A. M. N. H. (6) V. p. 353 (1890). 

 Mdanitis hethami Nicev. P. Z. S. 1887, p. 451. 



Lethe sicdis Miyaj. (part). Dobutsu-zas. 1899, p. 330, p. 330, pi. 17. f. 2. 

 Mdanitis aswa var. tristis Miyake (nee Feld), Ann. Zool. Jap. 1907, p. 67. 

 Mdanitis ravslwia, jK'tra, avtumnalis, ganapati, aswina, pdlishana, sumati, linga. 



Frühst. Ent, Zeit. Stuttg. 1908, pp. 80-82. 



