RHOPALOCERA NIHOXICA. 25 



74. Vanessa burejana, Brem. (Pi- 5. &S- u-) 



V. strigosa, But. 



l.ocalilies Nikko, Yezo. 



Time of appearance May. > 



The remarks concerning the preceding species apply also to this; it is very variable in size, shape, 

 colour, and markings. I have specimens from if to I -jL- inch. 



75- Vanessa c-album, Linn. (Pi- 6, fig. 6A., 6n.) 



V. fentoni, But. 

 V. hamigera, But. 



Localities NiUko, Asamayama, Yezo. 

 Time of appearance August. 



Very variable in shape, markings, and in the colour of the underside. I have a series of 21 speci- 

 mens, no two of which are alike. The coloration of the underside varies from black to red. Some 

 specimens resemble the autumn brood of V. c-aureum, Linn. 



76. Vanessa v-album, Hiibn. ? (Pi- 6, fig. 9.) 



V. l-album, Esp. 



Localities NiUko, Yezo. 

 Time of appearance August. 



I am rather doubtful about the name of this insect. In Mr. Elwes' list of the Butterflies of Amurland, 

 North-China, and Japan (Proc. of the Zoo. Soc. Nov. 15, 1881), the following note is given on V. l-album. 

 " Only seen from the Ussuri and from Japan, where it seems rare. The Japanese insect seems inter- 

 mediate between the European and the American form known as V.j-album; but probably the latter is 

 not really separable. Mr. Strecker says that the European and American forms cannot be separated." 



77- Vanessa c-aureum, Linn. (Pi- 6, fig. j\, 73.) 



, V. angelica, Cr. 



V.pryeri, Janson. 



Localities Yokohama, Yezo. 



Food-plants Hemp (Cannabis saliva, L.) and Wild Hop (Hurmilus japonicus, S. & Z.). 



Time of appearance 



This species varies considerably according to temperature. V. angelica is the summer form, V. pryeri 

 the winter form, which hybernates. 



