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well with those from the Amur. The larger and brighter varieties 

 agree with those from the Taurus (var. taurica, Stdgr.). The type of 

 A. vorax from Shanghai which I have examined is undistinguishable 

 from some Askold specimens ; but other specimens from Askold are 

 without silver spots beneath, like the European var. deodoxa. Felder 

 says that A. nerippe may be distinguished from A. chlorodippe by 

 the wings being less dentate and by the marginal markings; but I 

 should find it impossible at present to define any of these forms in 

 such a way as to include all the intermediate ones. The females of 

 A. nerippe differ more from the males than in the other varieties, 

 and have a whitisli mark on the costa near the apex of the fore wing. 



Argynnis anadyomene, Feld. "Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 25 (1862). 



A. ella, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 94, t. viii. fig. 1 (1864). 



Seems to be common in Amurland and Japan, and occurs at 



Ningpo. 



A. PAPHiA, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 481. 



A. paphioides, But). Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 134. 



Except that it is generally larger and the females rather darker in 

 colour, there is no difference between the Japanese form described by 

 Mr. Butler as A, paphioides and European specimens. It is common 

 also in Amurland ; but I have seen no specimens from China. 



A. SAGANA, Doubl. Gen. t. xxiv. fig. 1,(5' (1850). 



A.paulina, Nordm. Bull. Mosc. 1851, iv. p. 440, t. xii. figs. 1,2, $ . 



Found in Amurland, Japan, and China, and does not vary as far 

 as I have seen. The female, as is now well known, is very different in 

 colour from the male, and quite unlike any other species oi Arc/ynnis. 



A. LAODiCE, Pall. Reise, i. p. 470 (1771). 



'Var.japonica, Men. Cat. p. 152, t. x. 



Common in Amurland, Japan, and China. Usually larger than 

 Russian specimens, and, if the form figured by Mene'trie's were con- 

 stant in Japan, easily distinguished from it by the colour of the 

 underside. It varies, however, too much, I think, in this respect to 

 be looked upon as more than a local variety. 



A. RUSLANA, Motsch. BuU. Mosc. 1866, iii. 



A. lysippe, Janson, Cist. Ent. 1877, p. 164. 



This species comes very near the last ; but may be distinguished 

 by the shape of the fore wings, which are longer and less rounded 

 than in A. laodice. There is also a good structural character shown 

 me by Dr. Staudinger — namely, that three of the median veins of 

 the fore wing in the male are dilated as in A. paphia, whilst in 

 A. laodice only two are similarly developed. It is found at Raddef- 

 skaia, Askold, and Japan, the specimens agreeing perfectly together. 



Danais tytia. Gray, Lep. Ins. Nep. p. 9, t. ix. fig. 2. 

 Found at Askold by Jankowsky, at Shanghai by Fryer, and in 

 Japan. 



