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In the British Museum (Natural History) Arhopala japonica 

 Murray is placed as a synonym of Panchala asinarus Felder. 

 The type species of Panchala Moore is P. ganesa Moore. Seitz, 

 however, does not refer to asinarus in his description of, and 

 notes on, A. japonica, so I have adopted his nomenclature. 



Genus CURETIS Hubner 



Curetis Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. (1827), 102; Seitz, Macrolep. 

 of the World, Faun. Pal. (1910), 1, 276. 



Curetis paracuta Niceville. 



Larva and pupa of Curetis paracuta Niceville. Plate II, fig. 18, larva; 

 fig. 19, food plant; fig. 20, pupa, abdominal aspect; fig. 21, pupa, 

 dorsal aspect; fig. 22, ace mark on pupa, enlarged. 



Japanese name, uragin-shijimi. 



Curetis acuta MoORE, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877), IV, 20, 50; 

 Pryer, Rhop. Nihon. (Nov., 1886), 11; (July, 1888), PL IV, fig. la, 

 c?; lb, ? (—paracuta Niceville); Leech, Butterf. China, Japan, 

 Corea (1893), 349 (= paracuta Niceville) ; Miyajima, Jap. Butterf. 

 [Nihon Chorui Dzusetsu (Jap.)] (1904), 176, PI. XIX, fig. 9, d"; 

 10, ? (= paracuta Niceville) ; Matsumura, Cat. Insect. Jap. (1905), 

 1, 17, No. 131 (—paracuta); Matsumura, Thousand Insects of 

 Japan [Nihon Senchu Dzukai (Jap.)] (1907), 4, 123, PI. 75, fig. 

 1, c? (—paracuta); Kershaw, Butterf. Hongkong (1907), 77, PI. 

 VIII, fig. 8, c?; 9, ? (= ? paracuta) ; Nawa, Insect World [Konchu 

 Sekai (Jap.)] (1907), 11, 235, Pi. VH, figs. 1-8 (= paracuta) ; 

 Seitz, Macrolep. of the World, Faun. Pal. (1910), 1, 276. 



Curetis truncata Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1877), IV, 20, 51 

 ( = ? of acuta Moore) . 



Curetis paracuta NiCEVlLLE, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. (1901), 

 14, 248. 



Curetis japonica Fruhst., Stett. Ent. Zeitg. (1908), 56; Seitz, Macro- 

 lep. of the World, Faun. Pal. (1910), 1, 276, PI. 75c, <S $. 



Curetis tsushimana Fruhst., Stett. Ent. Zeitg. (1908), 57; Seitz, Ma- 

 crolep. of the World, Faun. Pal. (1910), 1, 276. 



Seitz ^^ gives the following forms of Curetis acuta, but does 

 not mention paracuta Niceville, which is the Japanese form or 

 subspecies of acuta: 



Curetis acuta Moore (? = truncata Moore) from China is the "darkest 



form; the black border is so much enlarged that the discal spots are 



quite small." 

 Curetis japonica Fruhst. (Plate 75c, c? 2), from Japan; "the red discal 



spots are larger than in Chinese specimens." Does this equal paracuta 



Niceville? 

 Curetis tsushimana Fruhst. from Tsushima Island, between Korea and 



Kyushu, "has smaller but brighter red discal spots in the (S, the 2 



being quite black above except for traces of bluish white scaling on 



the disc." 



"Macrolep. of the World, Faun. Pal. (1910), 1, 276. 



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