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A. E. WILE MAN : 



Pyramcis indica, Leech, Butt. China, Japan, Corca, p. 232, 

 {1892-93). 



Var. asakurae is described by Matsumura in a " List of Japanese 

 and Formosan Nymphalidae ", Entomologischc Zeitschrift, December, 

 1908, and recorded also in Hakubutsu no Tomo, Jan. 15. 1909, p. 4, 

 No. 15. 



In this variety the red fascia of forewing has only two black- 

 spots and the marginal border of hindwing is yellowish-red in colour 

 and much broader than in the type. 



Distribution. Formosa ; Japan ; China ; Corea ; Amurland ; India. 



27. Vanessa xanthomelas. Esper. 



Papilio XantJiomelas, Esper, ScJunctt,i, pt. 2, pi. 3 3, fig. 4 '17S0?); 

 Hübner, Eur. Sckmett. i, figs, 83, 86, {1793 ?). 



Vanessa xanthomelas, Godart, Eue. Meth. ix, p. S 20, (1813); 

 Horsfield and Moóre, Cat. Lep. Mus. E J.C. fi. 137 {1837) >' 

 Laug, Butt. Eur. p. -172, pl. fig. 1, (1884.'; de Niccville, 



Butt. Ind. IT, p. 233, pi. t8, fig. 73, I, (1886) ; Pryer, Rhop. 

 Nihon. p. 26, pi. 6, fig. 10 (1888) ; Leech Butt. China, Japan, 

 Corca, pt. I, p. 260, {1892-93). 



Collection Number 174. One male specimen; Arisan, 7300 feet; 

 June 1908. Dr. Moltrecht informs me that he observed but did not 

 capture a specimen of this species at Arisan in April, 1908. 



Distribution. Europe, (confined to the eastern parts of Europe, 

 including Germany, the north-east of Switzerland, Hungary and Central 

 Russia to 6o°), (Lang) ; India (Western Himalayas) ; Amurland; 

 Corea ; China, (Ichang and Chang- Yang in Central China) ; Japan ; 



Formosa. 



" De Niccville is of opinion that there are no satisfactory 

 characters by which this species can be specifically separated from 

 Vanessa polychloros, which view is also shared by Dr. Staudingcr," 

 (Leech, p. 261). 



