422 MR. J. H. LEECH ON THE BUTTERFLIES [May 3, 



93. MeLIT^A AURINIA. 



M. flMnnJa, Rott. Naturf. vi, p. 5 (1775). 



Occurs at Gensan in June ; the specimens seem larger and paler 

 than European ones. 



94. Melit^a phcebe, Schiff. 



Var. sibirica, Staud. MSS. 



Var. cEtlierea, Ev. Lep. Ross. p. 73, t. ix. figs. 5, 6. 



M. scotosia, Bull. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 282 (1878). 



Common at Fusan and Gensan (Corea) in June and July, and ex- 

 tremely variable, some specimens being the true var. eetherea, with 

 few markings, others nearly black. Nearly all the specimens are 

 much larger than European examples. It occurs in Yesso, and, I 

 believe, in mountain-districts of Central Japan. 



95. Melit^a parthenie, Bkh. 



Var. orientalis, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 23, t. ii. fig. 5. 

 I took what I believe to be this species commonly at Fusan, S.E. 

 Corea, at the beginning of June. 



96. Melit^a dictynna. 



M. dictynna, Esp. t. 48. fig. 2, a, b (1779). 



Var. j}rvtomedia, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 23, t. ii. figs. 6, 7. 



This occurred commonly with the last species in June at Fusan, 



97. Melit.ea athalia, Rott. 



Var. dubia, Staud. 



Var. orientalis. Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 23, t. ii. fig. 5. 



M. niphona, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii, p. 281 (1878). 



Occurs commonly at Fusan and Gensan (Corea), also in Yesso 

 and in mountain-districts of Central Japan. Corean specimens are 

 usually paler than Japanese ; but this species is so variable that it is 

 impossible to form a correct opinion concerning it without longer 

 series than at present exist in this country. 



98. Argynnis niphe, Linn. 



I took this species commonly at Nagasaki and in the provinces of 

 Higo and Satsuma in May, On one occasion I found the larva, 

 pupa, and imago all together in the same place. 



Larva of Arff. niphe, Kagoshima, May 10, 1886 : — 



Length 1| inches. 



Ground-colour of body, head, and legs velvety black ; dorsal stripe 

 deep orange ; abdominal legs externally tipped with a brownish- 

 orange spot ; spines branched, four on each of the first three seg- 

 ments, six on each of the remainder, with the exception of the anal 

 segment, which has only four ; the two dorsal spines of the second 

 segment point forward ; spines on the first three segments and the 

 dorsal pair of the fourth segment black, the remainder are of a bright 



