NAWA: ICONES JAPONICORUM INSECTORUM. 



Food-plants. — Broussonetia papyrifera, B. Kasinoki. 

 Distribution. — Yezo, Honsiu. 



Mimas tiliae Linn, var Christophi Staud. 



Japanese name: Hisago-suzunie. (Plate III, fig. 4) 



Imago. — Fore-wings greyish pale-brown; a subbasal line dark-brown; outer margin irregulary dentated; 

 marginal area dark-brown, with a pale- brown spot near apex, and a submarginal line; a dark-brown band 

 across centre, generally formed a irregular shaped blotch. Hind- wings pale brown, posteriorly darkish. 

 Wings below yellowish- brown, posteriorly darkish. Expanse, 60mm. Body brown; thorax deeper. Length, 

 28mm. 



Distribution. — Yezo. 



Calambulyx Tatarinovii Brem. et Grey. 



Japanese name: Unmon-snszume. (Plate V, tig. 8, A, B.) 



Imago. — Fore-wings pale glaucus or ashy-glaucus, shaded with brownish-green on middle, inner part 

 violaceous; a curved pale line on base; an olivaceous angulated band from before middle of dorsum to before 

 middle of costa; an olivaceous lunate distal spot; a pale olivaceous median curved band, followed by two 

 curved lines; greenish-brown blotches on marginal area. Hind- wings dark- rosy, posteriorly brownish- green; 

 inner part shaded with dark-violet; sometimes dark-violet band from anal angle to costa. Wings below 

 yellow, mixed with olivaceous, anteriorly rosy; marginal area whitish; a band and two lines dark-green. 

 Expanse, 7 0-7 5mm. Head olivaceous-green; thorax pale-glaucus, with dark brownish -green on back; abdomen 

 ashy- green, with a longitudinal purplish- brown stripe. Length, 30-34mm. 



Larva. — Green, white dotted; on 3-11 segments a sreies of white oblique lateral stripes, with fringes of 

 reddish- brown; dorsal line reddish- brown; horn reddish- brown, white dotted. 



Pupa. — Deep brown. 



Time of apearance.— Imago: May —July. Larva, May -August. 



Food plant. — Zelkowa acuminata. 



Distribution. — Yezo, Honsiu. 



Sphinx planus Walker. 



Japanese name: Uchi-suzume. (Plate I, fig. 1, A, B.) 



Imago.— Fore- wings pale rosy-brownish or brownish-grey, clouded with darker on median and marginal 

 area; inner dentated lines pale- brown; darker angulated central stripe broken in middle; median band dark- 

 brown; three subterminal waved lines brownish or darkish; a whitish lunate discal spot. Hind-wings rosy, 

 posteriorly light ochreous brownish; a large round black blotch enclosing a dark grey spot encircled with 

 pale blue. Fore-wings below whitish-brown, with rosy towards base; three waved stripes pale-brown; irregular 

 apical streak whitish-grey; a pale-brown blotch on marginal area. Hind-wings below whitish -brown, a brown 

 fascia, two waved stripes pale brown. Expanse, 72-100mm. Body grey or brownish; thorax with a broad 



