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(Lonicera japonica Thunb.), at the commencement of June, and 

 that it commenced to spin its cocoon on June 14; on June 17 

 it changed into a pupa, and the imago emerged on July 5. He 

 thinks that it is probably single-brooded and that it hibernates 

 as an ovum. 



Local distribution. — Hokkaido : Hakodate, Oshima Province, 

 August ( Wileman) . Honshu : Nikko, Shimotsuke Province, 

 August (Wileman) ; Tokyo, Musashi Province, July, September, 

 October (Wileman). Kyushu: Nakato, Hyuga Province, July 

 (Wileman). Matsumura records the species from Hokkaido, 

 Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. 



Time of appearance. — Larva, June, July, and August; imago, 

 July to October. Single- or double-brooded ( ?) . 



General distribution. — Japan only (Griinberg). Leech rec- 

 ords it from Japan and from central and western China. 



