890 MR. H, J. ELWES ON THJ: BUTTKRFLIES [NoV. 1 5, 



Lyc^na eumedon, Esp. 52, 2 (1780). 



Of this species I have only seen a single Amur specimen in Dr. 

 Staudinger's collection. 



L. BiTON, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 30, t. iii. fig. 9. 



Of this species, found by Maack between the mouth of the ITssuri 

 and the Amur, I know nothing beyond Bremer's figure. It seems 

 allied to L. donzelii, Boisd. 



L. ARGioLus, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 483. 



L. ladonides, De I'Orza, Lep. Jap. p. 20. 



Common in the Amur region, Japan, and found by Pryer at 

 Shanghai. 



L. MINIMA, Fuessl. Verz. p. 31 (1775) {alms, Schiff.). 

 Only found in the Bureija by Radde. 



L. SEMiARGus, Rott. Naturf. vi. p. 20 (1775) {acis, Schiff.). 



I have one specimen from the Amur ; it is recorded from the 

 Bureija and Lower Ussuri by Bremer, 



L. CYLLARUs, Rott. Naturf. vi. p. 20 (1775). 



Found in the Bureija and on the Ussuri, whence I have seen one 

 specimen in Dr. Staudinger's collection. 



L. ARiONiDES, Stdgr. MSS. 



Of this species, which Dr. Staudinger considers distinct, I have 

 one specimen from Japan, collected by Fenton, agreeing with those 

 from the Amur in his collection. 



It may be only a form of//, arion, and resembles the var. cyanecula, 

 Evers., on the upper surface, but has not so much green below. It 

 is best distinguished by the large confluent black spots on under- 

 side of fore wings. 



L. LYCORMAS, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 57 (1866). 



L. scylla, Stdgr. MSS. 



I have examined the type of L. lycormas from North Japan in the 

 British Museum, and believe that L. scylla, of which I have speci- 

 mens from Askold {JanJiowsJuj) and the Amur, are identical with it. 



It is allied to L. cyllarus, but differs in the conspicuous black 

 spots on the underside of hind wing, and has much less blue on the 

 underside, and the white fringe more conspicuous. 



L. PRYERi, Murray, Ent. Month. Mag. x. p. 126 (1873). 



A large and distinct species, which seems abundant in Japan, and 

 of which I have seen specimens from Vladivostock, Raddefskaia, 

 and the Ussuri in Dr. Staudinger's collection. 



