490 Ml'. H. Pryer on certain temperature 



I have, however, two Japanese specimens which differ 

 from each other in markings, but which are nearly 

 as round-winged as those from Singapore. I shall be 

 greatly obliged for notes on the genus Terias, and speci- 

 mens from any part of the world, for which I shall be 

 glad to send Japanese insects. The remaining species 

 of JajDanese Terias are Terias Betheseha, which appears 

 only in summer, and Terias Lata, which is out all the 

 year round, hybernating in the winter. I have a speci- 

 men, and Mr. Ota has another, without the black mark- 

 ing on the tip of the wing. 



Leucophasia vihilia I obtained, in considerable quanti- 

 ties, from Nambu, in the north of the main island ; it 

 may be a temperature form of sinajns, as Mr. Elwes sug- 

 gests, but I cannot say for certain. 



Lethe Sicelis and Diana. — The latter is, I think, a 

 temperature form of Sicelis ; Diana is only found in the 

 mountains, Sicelis on the plains. The difference between 

 the two forms is in colour and size only ; the markings 

 are identical ; both are very abundant in their respective 

 localities. 



Ncope Goschkevitschii. — This also has a dark tempera- 

 ture form found in the mountains. I have taken it high 

 up on Ohoyama, when the paler plain form at the foot 

 of the mountain was very much worn. It is a very 

 abundant. insect. 



Yptliima Baldus. — I have two forms, both taken about 

 Yokohama ; one is light on the under side, and is very 

 abundant ; the other is as dark on the under side as it is 

 above. 



Limenitis Sibylla. — I have specimens from Fujisan with 

 a large distinct white stigma. Yokohama specimens 

 sometimes exhibit a trace of this stigma. 



Vanessa C-aureum and Pryerinxe. undoubtedly identical. 

 Pryeri is a temperature form which ai)pears in the 

 autumn, and hybernates ; it feeds on the cultivated 

 hemp. Difference in the shape of the wings of the two 

 forms is very noticeable. It is a very abundant insect 

 on the plains. 



Va7iessa C-alhum, Fentoni, and hamigera. — I quite 

 agree with Mr. Elwes in thinking that these are all forms 

 of one species. The difference between Fentoni and 

 hamigera is exactly the same as between C-aureum and 

 Pryeri. I have not taken either Fentoni or hamigera, but 

 I believe Mr. Fenton informed me that -Fewtom was found 



