On Two Anomalies of Wing marking in 



Pter electa Felder. Brem. 



BY 



T. Miyaké. 



The family Callidulidae is interesting because of its being intermediate 

 between Rhopalocera and Heterocera, and because of the fact that its 

 developmental stages are not as yet known. The only species of this 



family found in the main is- 

 land of Japan is Pterodecta 

 Felder i Bremer ( = l^. gloriosa 

 Butl.) The moth is not at 

 all rare flying about in the 

 day-time in woody moun- 

 tainous regions from July till 

 October. Specimens of the 

 moth collected by me yield 

 a wide range of variabilities 

 in the wing-marking, of 

 which two most remarkable 

 ones will be mentioned in 

 this paper. 



In the wing of the moth 

 one notices an orange- 

 yellow, postmedial, curved 

 band, extending from the 

 costa to the vein I, sending 

 a projection towards the 

 wing-base between the veins 

 III and IV. The proection 



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