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Felder as R. acuminata, which he says differs in its larger size, 

 brighter colour, more distinct discal spots, and in having the 

 apex of the fore wing more produced. Chinese specimens, in 

 Dr. Staudinger's collection, are more like R. aspasia; and 

 Bremer states that a Chinese specimen he examined agrees with 

 R. rhamni ; so that the differences are evidently not constant. 

 The Himalayan form, distinguished as R. nipalensis, is known 

 by its bright colour, and by the wings having the marginal 

 spots more conspicuous than usual in R. rhamni, which, how- 

 ever, it resembles more in colour and shape than it does R. 

 asjKisia." 



R. maxima, Butl., is a large deeper-coloured insect from 

 China. 



Mr. Leech, in his remarks on R. rhamni, says : — " Occurs all 

 over Japan and Corea. The rhamni (maxima) form occurs at 

 low elevations in Central Japan. I only took acuminata on the 

 mountains ; from Gensan I have a specimen of true rhamni, and 

 I have received from Ningpo two specimens which resemble 

 acuminata in the shape of the wing, and rhamni var. farinosa 

 in colour. There can be little doubt that these refer to one 

 species, but I can form no opinion with any certainty until I 

 receive larger series." 



CoLiAS HYALE. — Several forms of this species have been 

 named and described as distinct. Concerning some of these 

 so-called species, Mr. Leech gives his observations whilst at 

 Nagahama : — " I found," he says, " the forms described as polio- 

 graphus, simoda, suhaurata, and elwesii all together ; and of six ' 

 pairs which I took in copula, and kept separately labelled, only 

 two pairs were of the same form, viz., siinocla ; the remainder 

 were as follows : — Two cases of simoda ^ and elivesii 2 ; one 

 case of suhaurata 3" and elwesii ? ; one case of simoda ^ and 

 poliographus ? . The inference is that they belong to the same 

 species." 



Argynnis adippe, Linn. — A very variable species. The forms 

 known as chlorodippe, cleodoxa, and cleodippe occur, and three 

 other varieties from Japan and China have been considered 

 distinct, and named respectively pallescens, vorax, and locuples. 



Argynnis paphia, Linn. — The Japanese form described as 

 paphiodes by Mr. Butler is rather larger and darker than 

 European paphia, but it cannot be considered specifically 

 distinct. Mr. Leech says that female specimens from Japan 

 and Corea are intermediate between typical paphia and var. 

 valesina, and that the specimens from Kiukiang, China, are 

 rather larger than those from Europe, the females being all of 

 the valesina form ; but some are darker than others. Both 

 forms of the female occur at Chang- Yang, Central China, 



