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NYMPHALID^. 
the type and valesina. Staudinger (Rom. sur Lep. vi. p. 196) records valesina 
from Askold. 
Plate XXIII. fig. 2 represents a remarkable aberration of the female, taken 
by a native collector at Chang-yang, Central China, in July 1889. 
Widely distributed throughout China, Japan, Corea, and Europe. It also 
occurs in Amurland, and M. Oberthiir has recorded a male specimen from the 
Isle of Askold, which he says does not differ from specimens received from 
Kiang-si in China. 
A very complete life-history of this species will be found in Buckler's 
' Larvse of British Butterflies.' 
Argynnis anadyomene. (Plate XXIII. fig. l ab. 6 .) 
Argynnis anadyomene, Felder, Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 25 (1861) ; Laug, Butt. Eur. 
p. 221 (1884) ; Pryer, Rliop. Nihon. p. 28, pi. viii. fig. 2 (1889). 
Argynnis ella, Bremer, Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 94, pi. viii. fig. 1 (1864). 
Argynnis midas, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool. ix. p. 53 (1866). 
" Alis supra fulvis, macuHs inordinate digestis pone discum, serie externa maculari, altera 
marginal! maculis grossis rbombcis formata, nigris, anticis falcatis, figuris cellularibus nigris, 
posticis subtus ?eneo-viresceutibns, margine costali, striga fiexuosa pone discum punctisque 
cjuatuor exterioribus argenteis, maculis submargiualibus obsoletis griseo-lilascentibus. ^ ." 
{Fiihhr, I. c.) 
A. midas, Butler. — " Ala3 anticae costa convexa, apicc rotundato anguloque anali acuto : supra 
maculis ut in ^. j>rt/i/iia dispositis, venis autem cxcipe medianam tcrtiam ncc fuscis. Ala) 
posticiu (]uadrata;, area apicali maculis ut in A. ii(ii>lua dispositis scd majoribus ; cella 
maculis sex terminata in triangulo positis. 
" Ala3 anticsE subtus pallidiores, cella maculisque ut in A. 'paphia, area apicali maculis olivaceis 
obscurissimis. Alac postica) nitentes, ochreae, pallidac, fasciis maculisque olivaceis varia), 
fascia una media indistincta argentca lunulata punctisque nonnullis argenteis inter venas 
positis. Corpus pallidum ochreo-album. 
" Alar. exp. unc. 2^." {Butler, I. c.) 
Costa of primaries convex ; outer margin deeply concave. 
Male. Fulvous, with some long black scales on tlio first median norvule only of primaries; black 
s])ot8 arranged as in A. laodice but larger, especially on the outer margins. On tlie secondaries 
the spots forming series beyond the ccU are more widely separated, and the spot at apex of 
coll is often triangular in 8ha])0. Underside: primaries buff, with'dlHcal markings as al)()vo, 
but tlie margitial area is usually immaculate : secondaries greenish buff, witli some indistinct 
transverse central lines ; the outer half of tlic wing limited by a wavy lilacine band, and 
traversed by some Ijands of the same colour, below a broad white crescent on costa tliere is a 
curved series of white points. 
Female. Similar to tho male, but generallj' duller in colour; a])ices of i)riinaries clouded with 
lilack on uj)pcr surface, with a white spot ; the basal half of .secondaries is tinged with 
greenish : on tho under surface of primaries tho apical area is greenish, clouded with lilacine, 
