﻿THE raTOMOLQGICAL MAGAZIM 



Vol. I.] FEBRUARY, 1915 [Ft. I. 



昆蟲 學雜誌 第壹卷 第壹號 



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A NEW SPECIES OF LYCiEmD^ (Rhopalocera) 

 FROM JAPAN. 



BY PROF. S. MATSUMURA, RIGAKUHAKUSHI. • 



Zephyras nohirae n. sp. (PI. I, Fig. B.) 

 o Allied to Z. attilia Brem., but differs in the following points : 



1. Terminal 8 joints of the antennae below ferruginous. 



2. Primaries at the outermargin much more rounded and narrower ； 

 near the base at the costal margin with a small pale patch. 



3. Secondaries witli much shorter white fringes, submarginal band 

 very small and only visible at the base of the tail ； near the base 

 of the tail with 2 fuscous spots, lacking the submargiiial row of 

 white spots ； tails somewhat shorter. 



4. Underside pale grayish, the outer one third of the primaries and 

 outer one halves of the secondaries white ； a transverse bar in the 

 primaries very small, discal bar much nearer to the transverse bar. 

 being much straighter and not abruptly ceasing- at the third median 

 veinlet ； at the outer margin with 3 fuscous transverse bands, of 

 the middle one consists of 6 dotted spots, the lowest 2 spots eacli 

 with an ochreoiis spot outwardly, the iiianrinal band broader and 

 distinct. 



On the outer halves of the secondaries with 4 fuscous transverse 



