2 6 RHOPALOCERA NIHONICA. 



78. Vanessa xanthomelas, Schiff. (PL 6, fig. 10.) 



Locality Yokohama. 



Food-plants Willows and Celtis sinensis, Pers. 



Time of appearance August to April. 



Very abundant about Yokohama. It feeds on Willows, but is more often found on the Cellis, large 

 trees being frequently completely stripped of leaves by the larvce. Only one brood appears during the 

 year, and the perfect insect hybernates. 



79- Vanessa urticx, Linn. (PL 6, fig. 8.) 



V. butleri, Fentoti. 



Locality Yezo. 

 Time of appearance 



This species is common in Yezo ; I have not yet found it on the main island. 



80. Vanessa io, Linn. (PL 6, fig. n.) 



Localities Yezo, Niigata Nikko, Usui-loge. 

 Time of appearance June, July. 



Mr. J. M. Leech remarks concerning this species (P.Z.S. 1887, p. 241): " Not very common in 

 Central Japan, where it keeps to the mountains, but plentiful in Yesso and Korea." 



81. Vanessa antiopa, Linn. (PL 7, fig- i-) 



Localities Nikko, Yezo. 



Time of appearance August to May. 



Common at Nikko and in Yezo; not found away from the mountains. 



82. Vanessa cardui, Linn. (PL 7, fig- 2-) 



Localities Yokohama, Maibashi, Yezo. 



Food-plant Plume thistles (Cnicus). 



Time of appearance August, Septembr, November. 



Rare in the neighbourhood of Yokohama. 



83- Vanessa callirhoe, Fab. (PL 7, fig- 3-) 



Papilio atalanta indica, Herbst. 



Localities Yokohama, Yezo. 



Food-plant Boelimeria nivea, Hook and AMI. 



Time of appearance January, March, August, November. 



Many broods appear in the course of the year. I have had them emerge from the pupa in January. 

 It is very common about Yokohama. 



