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The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine ... (1876)
The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine - 1876 Author:Unknown Author Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Colins ITyale, L.—I now possess a single specimen of this insect from Japan. It does not appear to differ from European specimens of C. Hyale, except in its some... more »what larger size; and I have no doubt that it belongs to that species. I believe, however, that it is the form described by De 1'Orza as C. Simoda. Pieris Melete, Men.—This is a most variable species, and I have no doubt that a long series of specimens, collected at different seasons of the year, and from various localities, would prove most interesting. Some of the females are much darker than others. The insect varies much in size; the smallest $ in my cabinet expands 2'' 4', the largest (also a cJ) 3". Leucophasia. amurensis, Men.—Taken in September on " a dry mountain slope bare of trees," at the base of Fujiyama. This species is usually considered to be a variety of L. sinapis, L., but the very peculiar elongated wings seem to entitle it to specific rank. Lyccena Argus, L.—Taken, I believe, in the same locality as the last mentioned species. Danais Tytia, Gray.—The existence of this W. Himalayan species in Japan (previously noticed by Motschoulsky) is very curious. Papilio Agestor, Gray, which so closely mimics it in its Indian home, has not yet, so far as I know, been detected in Japan. Lethe, Hiibn.—I fear that this genus will for some time prove a stumbling block to Japanese lepidopterists As far as I at present understand it, the Japanese species should stand as follows:— L. Sicelis, Hew.—The males of this species may be distinguished by the tuft of long silky hair arising from near the extremity of the hind-wing cell. L. Diana, Butler.—Male with long silky hair arising from the inner margin of fore-wing. L. Whiteleyi, Butler.—The type in Brit. Mus., a male, is in a very worn condition. I p...« less