G36 



HESPEEIID.E. 



" La fcmelle diffcre du male, parce qu'elle porte a I'aile superieure une tache jaune piile assez 

 t'paisse dans riiitorieur de la cellule, et an dela, une rangce en forme de croissant dc liuit 

 taches jaunes intrancrvuralcs, dont Ics premieres lineaires allant en s'elargissant jusqu'a la 

 derniere. 



" Lc dessous reproduit les differences du de^isus." {Oherthur, I. c.) 



"Olivaceous brown, the wings with bright golden or yellowish cupreous reflections, and with tlie 

 basal three fourths densely sprinkled with fulvous hair-like scales; fringe creamy whitish: 

 primaries with an indication of four or five increasing oval discal buff- coloured spots, which, 

 however, are concealed in certain lights by the shot colouring of the wing : head bright 

 fulvous ; thorax densely clothed with fulvous hair ; palpi jet-black, with a broad yellow 

 band. Under surface olivaceous, with slight golden reflections : primaries with the pale buff 

 spots distinct, forming a pyramidal patch, the base of which is expanded and occupies the 

 whole internal border, divided by the median branches ; a small bitid yellow spot within the 

 end of the cell, and a few radiating scales of this colour beyond the cell : secondaries with 

 yellowish abdominal area; tibiue and tarsi bright orange. Expanse of wings 1 inch 10 lines." 

 {Butler, I. c.) 



This species is not rare in mountainous parts of Central Japan and also in 

 Yesso. It is also found in the Isle of Askold and at Vladivostock. So far it 

 has not been received from either the Corea or China. Flies in July and 

 August. 



Ismene septentrionis. 



Ismp.ne septentrionis, Felder, Reise Nov., Lep. ill. p. 525, pi. Ixxiii. fig 3 (18G7). 

 Ismene striata, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. iv. (Ismene) pi. i. figs. 6, 7 (18G7). 



" Alse supra fuscac, anticoe juxta venam costalem et ad basin ochraeco-fulvo squamattc et pilosaf, 

 dein a plica celluhc ultra venam intcrnara nigro pauUo ehitius sipiamata), ciliis sordide albidis, 

 posticae a basi interiore ultra medium ochraceo-fulvo pilosa^ ciliis sordide albidis, in niargino 

 anali vcro anrantiacis. 



" Alaj subtus pallide «neo-virides, vcnis fuscis lineisque in paribus inter eas fundo multo obscuri- 

 oribus, antiea) apud venam subcoslalem et medianam ochraceo-fulvo brevitor i)ilosa\ vitta 

 lincari inter ranium mcdianum primum et secundum liraboque interno fuscis, postica) pilis in 

 costsc parte basali arcuata ciliisque analibus aurantiacis. 



" Palpi, articulo tcrminnli nigro excepto, caput et thorax fulvo ])ilosa. Abdomen nigro-fuscuiu 

 f'.ilvcscenti annulalum, ciiicfura anali auraiifiaco-fulva, vitta vcntrali ochracoo-i'ulva. 



" Aim latiorcs, (lUinii in marc, supra nnicolores, fuscac, anticai margiiie taiitum costali ad basin 

 ot'liraceo-fulvo atomato, cu'terum omncs ulrintjue ut in marc. Thorax sui)ra posticc caiius. 



'•Habitat. China Sqtteiitrioiial : Shanghai." {Ftlder, I. c.) 



" rp[)crsido. Mali'. Anterior wing dark brown, with the base and spaces between the Rubcostal 

 norvulcH rufous ; the median and submcdian ncrvures black at their bases. Posterior wing 

 rufous, with the outer margin dark brown. Underside green, closely striated longitudinally 

 with dark brown. Anterior wing dark brown below the cell ; the inner margin rufous, the 

 fringe white. Posterior wing with the fringe orange, broadest at the amil angle; the 

 abdomen below orange, banded with black. 



" Expanse 2^*u inches. China." { //cwilsoi), /. c.) 



