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HESPEEIID.E. 



Pamphila florinda, Butler, Cist. Entom. ii. p. 285 (1878). 



Hesperia comma, Pryer, Rhop. Nihon. p. 34, pi. x. figs. ,l^b ^ (1889). 



"Expands from 1-20 to 1*40 in. About the size of ZT. sylvanus, but has the hind margins more 

 inclined to concavit)- in outline, especially in the male. The male has the basal and discal 

 portions of the fore wing fulvous ; the hind margin and apex are dark brown ; there are some 

 square fulvous spots near the apex ; the black line is very distinct, and is straighter than in 

 H. sylvanus. Hind wings dark brown, with a submarginal row of fulvous spots, and a ful- 

 vous spot near the base. The female is larger than the male, and is somewhat variable as 

 regards the groimd-colour, which ranges from dull fulvous to dark greenish brown ; the 

 fulvous spots are more discrete than in the male, and the black streak is absent from the fore 

 wings. Underside : fore wings as above, but greenish towards the apex. Hind wings 

 greenish or yellowish grey, with a submarginal row of seven or eight pure white spots, rather 

 square in shape, and often outlined with blackish ; near the base are two or three similar 

 spots. Clubs of antennro terminating in a hook. 



'■'Larva. Olive-green. Head large and black. There are two white spots on each side of the 

 tenth and eleventh segments. Feeds on Coronilla, Onnlhuptis, Lotus, and other Lcguminosa>, 

 in June and July." {Lang, I. c.) 



Var. florinda, Butler, (riate XLI. fig. 17, d •) "6 2 nbove like P. comma, but deeper in 

 colour ; below altogether redder in tint, with scarcely a trace of pale spots, only two or three 

 being indistinctly traceable in the secondaries ; the veins also not tipped with black. 



" Expanse of wings c? 1 inch 6 lines, $ 1 inch 5 lines. 



"There is the same difference between the sexes as in the European'insect, tlie male being tawnj- 

 with purplish-brown borders and grey-streaked oblique black brand, the female ])urplish 

 brown with the usual straw-yellow or ochreous spots ; the position of the species M'iU bo 

 between P. comma and the P. sylvanus of Japan." {Butler, I.e.) 



Occurs in the central parts of Japan, and I Ijclieve also in Yesso, 



Ilerz records typical specimens of E. comma from Corea, but at Gensan I 

 only met with \'ax. florinda. 



E. comma seems to be a scarce insect in Amurland, and Staudinger (Rom. 

 surLop. p. 211) describes a form from that region under the name repugnans, 

 \vliich he says differs principally from the type on the under surface of 

 secondaries, where the pale spots are very small, and almost entirely oblite- 

 rated by tlie yellow ground-colour. The males on the upper surface have 

 much darker, almost black, outer margins ; tlu:; females are hardly darker 

 than typical comma. 



Some specimens taken by Jlerz in the ncMglibourhood of I'ekin are con- 

 sidered by Dr. Staudinger to be near his var. repii(iiiam,\\\\'\v\\ I believe to b(> 

 synonymous with var. florinda., Butler, an insect which J)r. Staudinger 

 (Mioiuiously identifies as a (bnii oC //. (/'.) sijItHiima. \ also formerly considered 

 florinda to be a (bi in of y\. sylvanu.'i, on account of its resemblance on tlie 



