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



78. NePTIS PRYERl. 



N. pnjeri, Butl. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1871, p. 561 ; Lep. Ex. t. 63. 

 fig. 4 ; Jans. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 1.55. 



Limenitis arhoretorum, Oberthiir, Et. Ent, ii. p. 24, t. iii. fig. 3. 



Occurs in June and July. Very common in Gensan, where it 

 occurs on the sea-level. In Japan it seems to be a mountain insect, 

 and I took it near Lake Biwa. I have specimens from Ningpo 

 which do not vary from the Japanese and Corean specimens. 



79. Neptis alwina, Brem. & Grey. 

 Limenitis ka;m])feri, de I'Orza, Lep. Jap. p. 40. 



Not rare in Central Japan ; it occurs also in Gensan in June, 

 though not common, 



80. Neptis excellens. 



N. excellens, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 282 (1878). 

 This species, wliich appears to be distinct from alwina, is recorded 

 from Nikko, Fujesan, and Yesso. 



81. Vanessa burejana. 



V. burejana, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 15, t. i. fig. 8. 



V.fallax, Jans. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 2/1 (1878). 



V. strigosa, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 54 (186C). 



Occurs both in Corea and Japan in a variety of forms ; it is diffi- 

 cult to tell whether some of the forms belong to this species or the 

 next without an enormous series from different localities. 



82. Vanessa levana, Linn. 

 Var. prorsa, Linn. 



Ah. porima, Ochs. 



Araschnia obscura, Fenton, P. Z. S. 1881, p. 850. 



This species also occurs both in Japan and Corea. The only form 

 under which I took it was var. jjrorsa ; the specimens are absolutely 

 identical with Enrooean ones in my own collection. 



83. Vanessa l-album, Esp. 



I took this species in the mountains near Oiwake in October, 

 Mr. H. Pryer records it also from Nikko and Yesso. 



84. Vankssa c-album, Linn. 

 F.fentoni, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 281 (1878), 



F. hamigera, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xix. p. 92.' 

 V. lunigera, Butl. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 850. 



Common in mountain-districts of Central Japan in September and 

 October. Occurs also in Tesso. As variable in Japan as in Europe, 



85. Vanessa c-aureum, Linn, 



V. angelica, Cr. Pap. Ex. iv. t. 388. figs. G, H. 

 V.pryeri, Janson, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 269 (1878). 

 Occurs commonly in Gensan. I took it also at several localities in 



