898 Mil. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUTTERFLIES [NoV. 15, 



Vanessa io, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 472. 

 Seen from Raddefskaia, Askoid, and Japan. 



v. CHARONiA, Drury, Ex. Ent. i. t. 15 (1773). 



Var. glaucoma, Motscli. Et. Ent. ix. p. 28 (1860). 



I have not seen this ; nor is it recorded from the Amur ; but it is 

 common in Japan and China. The form described as V. glaucoma 

 by Motschulsky has the spot on the fore wing pale or whitish iu 

 colour; but I have Sikkim specimens almost as pale, though, as a 

 rule, the Japanese can be distinguished from Indian specimens. 



V. xANTHOMELAs, Schiff. S. V. p. 175, H. Cat. 



Common in Japan, and in all localities where collections have been 

 made in Amurland. 



V. ANTIOPA, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 47fJ. 



Occurs in Japan and Amurland, but apparently not common. 



Melit^a maturna, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 480. 



M. maturna, var. intermedia, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 22, t. ii. 



M. intermedia, Bremer, Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 12. 



Found at Khotoum by Maack, and at Schilka by Radde. 



1 have seen two specimens from the Ussuri in Dr. Staudinger's 

 collection, which he considers the same as the European M. maturna, 

 though larger. 



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



Found at Blagovestchensk by Hedemann, and at Schilka by Radde. 

 It is, however, rai'e in Amurland. 



Var. siBiRicA, Stdgr. Cat. p. 1" (1871). 



This variety, found on the Upper Amur by Hedemann, somewhat 

 resembles the variety defontainesii of Godart. Judging from the 

 specimens I have seen, it can hardly be called " pallidissima'* 



M. DiDYMA, Ochs. Schm. Eur. i. 1, 30 (1807). 



Var. didgnwides, Ev. Bull. Mosc. 1847, iii. p. 67, t. figs. 3, 4. 



Ab. $ latonigena, Ev. loc. cit. p. 66, figs. 1, 2. 



I have seen specimens of M. didyma from Raddefskaia and 

 Baranofsky ; also of the form M, didymoides, which Dr. Staudinger 

 considers identical with M. latonigena from the Amur. De I'Orza 

 includes this species in his list of Japanese Lepidoptera ; but I have 

 seen nothing wliich could be mistaken for it from Japan as yet. 



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



Var. protomedia, Me'n. Schrenk's Reise, p. 23, t. ii. figs. 6, 7. 



Dr. Staudinger considers M. protomedia to be only the Eastern 

 form of M. dictynna. It seems common at most places in the 

 Amur region and variable, some of the specimens being hardly distin- 

 guishable from the European M. dictynna. 



