292 The Philippine Journal of Science 1915 



states that there are three annual broods in Gifu, Honshu, 

 namely : 



Brood 1. From May to the middle of June. 

 Brood 2. From end of July to the middle of August. 

 Brood 3. From the middle of September to the commencement of 

 October. 



But few specimens of the imago are seen flying from the middle 

 of August to the middle of September, and very few emerge 

 during this period. The imagoes of the third brood die after 

 ovipositing, and their young larvae hybernate. 



Matsumura records this species from the four islands of 

 Hokkaido (Yezo), Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu and from 

 Formosa and Korea, and Seitz records it from China and Japan. 



It would be interesting if some entomologist were able to breed 

 Diagora persimilis Westwood,^* in order to discover if the larva 

 is the same as that of japonica Leech, since Stichel states that 

 subviridis Leech, a form of japonica Leech, is presumably a 

 subspecies of persimilis. Matsumura gives nire (Ulmus parvi- 

 folia Jacq.) as a food plant of japonica. 



LYC^NID^ 

 Genus ZEPHYRUS Delman 



Zephyrus Delman, Kong. Vet.-Akad. Hand. (1816), 37, 62, 90; 

 Seitz, Macrolep. of the World, Faun. Pal. (1910), 1, 269. 



Zephyrus orientalis Murray. 



Plate I, figs. 12 and 13, larva, lateral and dorsal aspects; fig. 14, food 

 plant; figs. 15 and 16, pupa, lateral and dorsal aspects. 



Japanese name, o-midori-shijvmi. 



Dipsas orientalis Murray, Ent. Month. Mag. (1875), 11, 169. 



Thecla orientalis Janson, Cis. Ent. (1877), 2, 156; Pryer, Rhop. 

 Nihon. (July, 1888), 14, PI. IV, figs. 8a and 8b. 



Zephyrus orientalis Leech, Butterf. China, Japan, Corea (1892-1894), 

 2, 376; Stgr. and Rebel., Cat. Lep. Pal. (1901), 1, 71, No. 480; 

 Miyajima, Jap. Butterf. [Nihon Chorui Dzusetsu (Jap.)] (1904), 

 180, PI. XX, fig. 3, (?; 4, ?; Matsumura, Cat. Insect. Jap. (1905), 1, 

 18, No. 140; Matsumura, Thousand Insects of Japan [Nihon Sen- 

 chQ Dzukai (Jap.)] (1907), 4, 214, PI. 75, fig. 3, d; Seitz, Macrolep. 

 of the World, Faun. Pal. (1910), 1, 269, PI. 73h, d"? and underside. 



Zephyrus diamantina Oberth., fitud. d'Ent. (1880), 5, 18, PI. i, fig. 1. 



Zephyrus cognata Stgr., Rom. Mem. Lep. (1892), 6, 152, note. 



Zephyrus suffusa Leech, Butterf. China, Japan, Corea (1892-1894), 

 2, 377, PI. XXVII, fig. 14, c?; Seitz, Macrolep. of the World, Faun. 

 Pal. (1910), 1, 269, PI. 73h, 



" Since writing the above I have discovered a reference to the pupa of 

 Diagora persimilis Westw. See Mackinnon, Joum. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 

 (1897), 11, 369, PI. 4, fig. 8, pupa. 



