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Hestina australis Leech, Butterf. China, Japan, Corea (1892-1893), 



1, PI. 20, fig. 5, c?. 

 Diagora australis Stichel, Seitz's Macrolep. of the World, Faun. Pal. 



(1909), 1, PI. 56c; Nawa, Insect World [Konchu Sekai (Jap.)] 



(1902), 6, 134, PI. 4, larva, pupa, imago, c? ?• 

 Diad&ma diagoras Hew., Exot. Butt. (1863), 3, PI. 1, fig. 1 (= japo- 



nica Feld.). 

 Hestina subviridis Leech, Entom. (1891), 24, suppl. 27. 

 Diagora subviridis Stichel, Seitz's Macrolep. of the World, Faun. 



Pal. (1909), 1, PI. 60b, sex? 

 Hestina yankowskyi Grose-Smith and Kirby, Rhop. Exot. (1891), pt. 



16, 2, PL 1, figs. 3 and 4, <?, 

 Diagora yankowskyi Stichel, Seitz's Macrolep. of the World, Faun. 



Pal. (1909), 1, 167. 

 Hestina subviridis var. intermedia Leech, Butterf. China, Japan, 



Corea (1892-1893), 1, 145. 

 Diagora subviridis var. intermedia Stichel, Seitz's Macrolep. of the 



World, Faun. Pal. (1909), 1, 167. 

 Hestina japonica var. chinensis Leech, Butterf. China, Japan, Corea 



(1892-1893), 1, PI. 20, fig. 6, d". 

 Diagora japonica var. chinensis Stichel, Seitz's Macrolep. of the 



World, Faun. Pal. (1909), 1, PI. 56c. 



Stichel remarks that Diagora subviridis Leech is presumably 

 a subspecies of persimilis Westwood, the nymotypical form of 

 which inhabits the Himalayas; D. subviridis differs from 

 persimilis only in the whitish green streaks and spots being 

 enlarged, the underside being of a greenish tint. Diagora subvi- 

 ridis, with its aberrations or forms of yankowskyi, intermedia, 

 and chinensis, is the Chinese race or subspecies, while japonica 

 Feld., with its aberration australis, is the Japanese race or sub- 

 species. Stichel places all of these under subviridis. Diagora 

 japonica Felder, however, should have precedence as the type, 

 since it was described in 1862 and subviridis in 1891. 



Plate III, figs. 10 and 11, represent the young larva of Diagora 

 japonica Felder, taken at Kobe, Settsu Province, Honshu, in 

 October, 1900, on a tree named in Japanese enoki (Celtis sinensis 

 Pers.). This larva, which is given in lateral and dorsal aspects, 

 I failed to breed. 



Plate HI, figs. 7 and 9, represent an adult larva of D. japonica 

 taken in June, 1901, at Yoshino, Yamato Province, Honshu, also 

 on enoki. 



Fig. 7 represents this larva on June 8, 1901, and fig. 9 repre- 

 sents it on June 29, 1901. About the latter date it was preparing 

 to pupate, but unfortunately died before it effected the pupal 

 metamorphosis. Therefore I was unable to obtain the imago. 

 However, I have bred D. japonica from similar larvae on previous 



