1881.] OF AMURLAND, NORTH CHINA, AND JAPAN. 9L)1 



Argynnis daphne, Schiff. S. V. p. 177 (1776). 



A. daphne, Butl. Jouru. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. 1866 ; Lucas, Ann. 

 Ent. Soc. France, 1866, p. 220. 



A. rahdia, Butl. Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xix. p. 93. 



Found at Pekiu (David), Raddefskaia, Hakodadi, and Central 

 Japan. It differs from the European A. daphne in being usually 

 larger, darker, and, according to Mr. Butler, in having the outer 

 margin of the fore wings concave rather than convex. He says that 

 the palpi are also longer ; but it appears to me that there is no reason 

 for separating it as a species; and Dr. Staudinger concurs in this 

 opinion. It appears to vary in the East as it does in Europe ; and 

 Mr. Butler himself says that the Hakodadi specimens are closer to 

 A. daphne than those from Central Japan. 



A. iNO, Esp. t. Ixxvi. fig. \a,h (1782). 



Common in most localities where collections have been made in 

 Amurland, and varies remarkably in size, some specimens being one 

 half lai'ger than others. De I'Orza quotes it from Japan ; but I 

 have seen nothing resembling it as yet from there. 



A. AGLAiA, Linn. S. N. x. p. 481. 



lA.fortima, Jans. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 154 (1877). 



Common at Askold, Vladivostock, and Baranofsky, and also found 

 in Japan if I am right in uniting A. fortuna with it. I was 

 •disposed to consider this as a distinct species ; but the characters on 

 which Mr. Jansou relies are broken down on comparison with the 

 fine series in Dr. Staudinger's collection. I have also seen A. aglaia 

 in the Atkinson collection from Kashmir. The Amur specimens are 

 larger than the average of European ones ; but this does not seem 

 to be the case in the few Japanese specimens I have seen\ 



A. ADIPPE, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. p. 786. 



Var. chlorodippe, Herr.-Schiiff. tI. p. 5. 



A. pallescens, Butl. Cist. Ent. i. p. 164 (1873). 



A. vorax, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 403 ; Lep. Ex. t. lir. 



Var. nerippe, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 24 (1862). 



A. locuples, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 134. 



Var. cleodoxa, Ochs. iv. p. 118. 



This very variable species has been described under a number of 

 different names, one of which, I think {A. nerippe, Feld.), may be 

 considered a well-marked variety or species. It occurs commonly 

 in every part of this region where collections have been made. In 

 China and Japan the variety A. nerippe, which is larger and brighter, 

 most distinctly spotted with chocolate on the hind wings beneath, is 

 found with it. Specimens from Japan (A. pallescens, Butl.) agree 



^ Mr. Strecker has received an A. aglaia from Corea -which does not quite agree 

 with Amur or European specimens. From the same place he has an exact 

 transition form between A. adippe and A. nerippe, belonging as much to one as 

 the other; two male specimens look at first like females, from the very broad 

 round wings. 



