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cellula 5-ta ocellum nigrum albo-pupillatum, in cellula 4-ta punctum album includente. Alse 
posticae fascia subraarginali fulva serieque raacularum nigrarum ; margine posteriore nigro, 
strigis cajruleis ornato. 
" Alae subtus ferruginesc fascia media communi flava, a margine anteriore alarum anticarum ad 
margiuem interiorem posticarum ducta ; dimidio basali flavo- et nigro-rcticulato ; area postica 
ferruginco-fulvo(]ue-varia, plagam violaccam punctaque alba quatuor includente ; marginibus 
posterioribus fiavo-bilineatis. 
" Alse posticsD ante has lineas serie e maculis longitudinalibus nigro-cinctis, in cellulis 1-ma, 2-da, 
et 3-tia cceruleis, in reliquis flavis, composita. 35-39 mm." (Bremer, Leji. Ost-Sib.) 
Araschnia strigosa, Butler. — " (S . Ala3 anticse costa elongata ; posticte margine postico valde sinuato, 
Cauda media obtusa. Alas supra area basali fusca, strigis ferrugineis pallidis interrupta, fascia 
media obliqua pallida apud marginem abdominalem bifurcata. Auticae ocello subapicali fusco, 
albo pupillato, maculisque albis striga ferruginea inclusis submarginataj ; posticae ocellis nigris, 
fascia lata inclusis submarginatae. Corpus fuscum. 
" AlgD subtus area basali ferrugineo, fusco alboque variae ; venis albis, fasciaque distincta media 
alba, ad marginem interiorem bifurcata, ramisque tenuissimis obliquis ad costam basalem anti- 
carum currentibus ; area apicali ferruginea, macula magna media violacea, maculisque ochreis 
variegata, fascia media extus fusco marginata punctisque octo albis inter venas positis ; mar- 
gine postico pallido lincis duabus nigris marginato, posticisque fascia cinerea albo interrupta 
et marginata. Corpus cinereum. Alar, exp, unc. 1|. 
" 5 . Alae anticse costa brevi ; posticae margine postico minus sinuato, cauda media distincta. Alas 
subtus fasciis pallidis angustis, margine postico angusto. Exp. alar. unc. {Butler, I. c.) 
This species is common in Yesso and the mountainous parts of Central 
Japan. The majority of the specimens are identical with strigosa, Butler, and 
exhibit no specific diff'erences from Amurland examples of A. hurejana. I 
have also received specimens from Chang-yang in Central China and Huang- 
mu-chang, Western China; some of these (Plate XXVI. figs. 13 & 14) are 
much larger and paler than typical A. hurejana. A figure of Butler's type 
of strigosa is given on Plate XXVI. fig. 11. Figure 10 on the same Plate 
represents a female of the ordinary Japanese form. I have also taken speci- 
mens at Gensan, Corea, in Jidy. 
A. hurejana is a very variable species; the white fascia on under surface of 
secondaries is sometimes traversed by a black line, as in the type of strigosa^ 
Butler. In a few specimens this line is diffuse and occupies a large portion 
of the fascia. The proportion of the brown markings is subject to modifi- 
cation in both sexes. The females are always browner on the upper surface 
than the males. Specimens taken in June near Hakodate have less marking 
than those from Amurland. 
In Amurland the species occurs from the middle of May to the middle of 
July, and Dr. Staudinger, who has hitherto considered it to be peculiar to that 
