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HESPEEIID.E. 



Heteroptei'us morpheus, Kirby, Cat, Diurn. Lep. p. 623 (1871). 

 Cyclopides morpheus, Lang, Butt. Eur. p. 355, pi. Ixxxii. fig. 4 (1884). 



" Expands from 1*30 to 1*45 incli. All the wings are uniform dark brown. The fore wings have 

 a light yellow or yellowish-white spot on the costa, and below it another less distinct ; there 

 are three indistinct light spots near the apex. The hind wings are uniformly dark brown ; 

 the fringes are whitish, that of the fore wings indistinctly spotted with brown. Underside : 

 fore wings dark brown, with a marginal row of small yellow crescentic spots, and one or two 

 other yellow spots near the apex. Hind wings yellow, with a submarginal row of seven 

 large oval white spots bordered with black ; these spots form a continuous band ; between 

 these and the base are five more similar spots, but detached ; there are three central and 

 two basal spots. The sexes are similar in coloration and pattern, except that the female 

 sometimes has an extra yellow spot on the costa of the fore wings above. 



" Larva. — Light green, with a darker dorsal line ; lateral lines yellowish white. Feeds on 

 grasses in May and June." {Lancj, I. c.) 



I found this species common in Gensan in June ; the specimens agree 

 very well with those from Europe. Herz also found it commonly in Corea; 

 it is plentiful in Amurland and Staudinger records it from N. China. 



Distribution. Central Europe, Livonia, N. Italy, Central and South Russia, 

 Armenia, Siberia, Amurland, Corea, N. China. 



Heteropterus unicolor. 



Steropes unicolor, Bremer & Grey, Schmctt. N. China's, p. 10, pi. iii. fig. 3 (1853). 

 Cyclopides ornatus, Bremer, Bull. Acad. Petr. iii. p. 473 (1861) ; Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 33, 

 pi. ii. fig. 5 (1861) ; Pryer, Rhop. Nihon. p. 35, pi. x. fig. 19 (1889). 



" Alis supra: fuscis ; subtus : anticis fuscis, apice costaque fulvis ; posticis fulvis, 

 " Expans. alar, antic, unc. ly." {Bremer tf- Grey, I. c.) 



Var. ornatus, Bremer. " Ala; supra nigro-fusctc, ciliis ochracco-griseis. 



" AliC antica; subtus nigra) margiiie atiteriore, apice margincque jiostorioro ochraceis ; postica; 

 ochracea; striga recta argontca a basi ad margincm postoriorein ducta; marginc interioro 

 sacpe argenteo-micanti. 27-31 m.'' {Bremer, I. c.) 



This species is common in Japan, Corea, Amurland, and N. China, I have 

 specimens of both forms from Chang-yang, Central China, where (liey were 

 taken in July and August, Fixsen records both forms and also inter- 

 mediates from the Corea. Staudinger states that ornatus is the only form 

 which has so far been met witli in Amurland, and adds that Ik^ has a 

 specimen of the unicolor form from Japan. Elwes also records intermediates 

 from Japan. 



