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THE EN'IOMOLOGIST. 



ON A NEW VARIETY OF PAPILIO MIKADO, Leech. 

 By a. E. Wileman, F.E.S. 



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PAPILIO MIKADO VRl'. ALBIDUS, llOV. 



Differs from the type in having a creamy white ground colour, 

 and most of the typical black eliminated. On the under side 

 the black is confined almost entirely to the margins of the wings. 



This variety of P. mikado was found in the province of Higo, 

 island of Kyushu, at the end of May^ 1898. It would seem to 

 be very scarce, as only six specimens were taken, although the 

 typical form is not uncommon in the localities where they were 

 captured. 



LIFE-HISTORY OF ARGYNNIS LATHONIA. 

 By F. W. Frohawk, M.B.O.U., F.E.S. 



Although a common continental species, there apjDears to 

 be no satisfactory description published of the larva or pupa 

 either in this country or abroad, and as regards English authors, 

 they have copied Freyer, Godart, and Sepp. The descriptions 

 given by these three writers all vary, and not one is correct ; 

 therefore the following descriptions may perhaps be of general 

 interest, as I have this autumn succeeded in working out all the 

 stages of this butterfly — A . lathonia. 



Firstly, I must mention that it is through the kindness of 

 Mr. W. G. Sheldon that I have been enabled to do so, as he 



