DAIMIO. 565 
suggests for this form the varietal name chinensis. I have specimens from 
Corea and Ammiand in which the band is distinctly indicated. Possibly it 
may ultimately be proved that sinica is an extreme form of tethys, but so far 
the evidence does not justify their being united. 
In Fryer's collection there is an extraordinary aberration, in which all the 
spots on primaries are united, forming an irregular V-shaped patch, interrupted 
by the nerviures, and a bar at the extremity of the cell. The species is common 
throughout Japan. 
Graeser (Berl. ent. Zeit. 1888, p. 101) states that in Amurland this species 
occurs commonly in woods at Chabarof ka from the middle of May to the end 
of June, and more rarely at Vladivostock. He met with larvae at the end of 
August rolled up in oak and hazel leaves, and describes them as light green, 
thickly covered with short reddish hau-s ; head round and black ; the pupa, 
which lives through the winter, is dusted vnih. white. 
Bistrihution. Amurland, Japan, North China, Corea. 
Saimio sinica. 
Pterijgospidea sinica, Felder, Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 30 (1862) ; Alplieraky, Rom. 
sur Lep. v. p. 122, pi, v. figs. 9,a,b (1889). 
Pterygosjndea moori, Mabille, Aim. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1876, p. clii. 
Daimio felderi, Butler, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) vii. p. 140 (1881). 
" Alis fuscis, anticis maoulis tribus discalibus punctisque quinis subterminalLbus h)-aliiio-albis, 
fasciola interna alba, posticis fascia subbasali alba, subtus macula subcostali lituraque disco- 
ceUulari f usco uotata, ibidem maoulis esterioribus obsoletis albidis. (S ■ 
" Unum specimen circa Ning-po captum Rev. Dom. Mnirhead nobis commisit. Minus est, quam 
M. japetus, Cram., at vestas, Feld. In India septentrional! similis oceurrit species.'' 
(Fihhr, I. c.) 
Var. mOOrei, Mabille. " Nigra, alis anticis ferentibus duas series punctorum, uiiam apicalem 
trium punctorum subcostalium et duorum iufcrius positorum obliquorumque ; alteram in 
disco 5 in femina, quatuor in mare (costali in hoc deficienti). Alis posticis unam fasciam 
albam transversam offerentibus, ad medium dilatatam in mare, punctis nigris inferius nota- 
tam, 5 numero, et in parte limbi nigra positis ita ut dimidio fere in fasciam albam procedant. 
Fimbria alba, nigro semiinterrupta, subtus alis concoloribus aut potius fuscis, punctis melius 
scriptis ; e punctis fascia) alboe posticarum duo in fascia alba posita sunt ; basis earumdem 
cmereo-cserulea in mare, obscurior in femina, cum 3 punctis nigris ad augulum externum, 
corpus et pedes cinerco colore ; palpis subtus albidis, articulo ultimo nigro." {MnhiHe, I, c.) 
Var. felderi, Butler. " Dark brown, with white markings : primaries exactly as in JD. tethys ; 
secondaries crossed by a white belt, which passes through a nearly complete circular series 
of black spots ; anal three fourths of fringe and four marginal spots white ; posterior margins 
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