422 MR. J. H. LliECH ON THE BUTTERFLIES [May 3, 



93. MeLIT^A AURINIA. 



M. flwnnia, Kott. Naturf. vi. p. 5 (1775). 



Occurs at Gensau in June ; the specimens seem larger and paler 

 than European ones. 



94. Melit^a ph(ebe, Schiff. 



Var. sibirica, Staud. MSS. 



Var. cetlierea, Ev. Lep. Ross. p. 73, t. ix. figs. 5, 6. 



M. scotosia, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii. p. 282 (1878). 



Common at Fusan and Gensan (Corea) in June and July, and ex- 

 tremely variable, some specimens being the true var. cetlierea, with 

 few markings, others nearly black. Nearly all the specimens are 

 much larger than European examples. It occurs in Yesso, and, I 

 believe, in mountain-districts of Central Japan. 



95. MelitvEa parthenie, Bkh. 



Var. orientalis. Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 23, t. ii. fig. 5. 

 I took what I believe to be this species commonly at Fusan, S.E. 

 Corea, at the beginning of June. 



96. Melit^a dictynna. 



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



Var. prutomedia. Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 23, t. ii. figs. 6, 7. 



This occurred commonly with the last species in June at Fusan. 



97. Melit^a athalia, Rott. 



Var. dubia, Staud. 



Var. orientalis. Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 23, t. ii. fig. 5. 



M. niphona, Butl. Cist. Ent. ii, p. 281 (1878). 



Occurs commonly at Fusan and Gensan (Corea), also in Yesso 

 and in mountain-districts of Central Japan. Corean specimens are 

 usually paler than Japanese ; but this species is so variable that it is 

 impossible to form a correct opinion concerning it without longer 

 series than at present exist in this country. 



98. Argynnis niphe, Linn. 



I took this species commonly at Nagasaki and in the provinces of 

 Higo and Satsuma in May. On one occasion I found the larva, 

 pupa, and imago all together in the same place. 



Larva of Arff. nijihe, Kagoshima, May 10, 1886 : — 



Length Ig inches. 



Ground-colour of body, head, and legs velvety black ; dorsal stripe 

 deep orange ; abdominal legs externally tipped with a brownish- 

 orange spot ; spines branched, four on each of the first three seg- 

 ments, six on each of the remainder, with the exception of the anal 

 segment, which has only four ; the two dorsal spines of the second 

 segment point forward ; spines on the first three segments and the 

 dorsal pair of the fourth segment black, the remainder are of a bright 



