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In June, 1963, the author took part in the Lepidopterological Research Expedition to Nepal Himalaya, and collected various lepidoptera in the neighbourhood of Kathmandu, capital of Nepal. A Lycaenid butterfly resulting from larvae collected there and then turned out to be a hitherto unknown species, which the author would like to describe here as a new species with coloured illustration of the imago and early stages. The author is greatly indebted to Mr. T. G. HOWARTH, B.E.M., F.R.E.S., F.Z.S., the Department of Entomology, British Museum (Nat. Hist.) for his extreme kindnesses and advice extended to the author in the preparation of this paper. Thanks are also due to Dr. TAKASHI SHIROZU, Professor at Kyushu University, Dr. YOSHIHIKO KUROSAWA of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, and to Mr. TOYOHEI SAIGUSA, Associate Professor at Kuyshu University. Last but not least, the author would like to express his thanks to Dr. HIROSHI HARA, Professor Emeritus of Tokyo University, who kindly identified the larval foodplant of the butterfly. The specific name is dedicated to Mr. MOTOHIRO HARADA, an L. S. J. member who has co-operated with the author during several expeditions to Nepal and elsewhere, and collected numerous valuable insects.

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Maculinea teleius shows very marked local and individual variation, and six subspecies have been hitherto described from Japan. In this report a new subspecies, hosonoi of M. teleius is described. The habitats of this subspecies are light and wet meadows at altitudes of 1600-2000m in Central Japan, but very local and scarce, known from only a few localities. This subspecies represents the minimum development in size. It resembles the brownish form, ssp. kazamoto of moderate elevation, but the latter is larger, uppersides are more heavily suffused blackish brown, and undersides strongly ocellate. The larval food plants of the new subspecies are Sanguisorba hakusanensis and S. officinalis (Rosaceae); the former has never been recorded as a larval food-plant, the latter is known as the sole one in the Western Japan. Generally speaking, blue races of the genus Maculinea occur at low or moderate altitudes, while dark forms at higher levels in alpine region. Variation in the extent of dark suffusion is, however, clinal as to M. teleius in Japan.

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Se publica una lista con los datos y unas notas ecologicas de 13 especies del genero Eurema, Pieridae, coleccionadas en Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta y su vecinidad, los Departamentos del Magdalena, el Guajira y el Atlantico, Colombia, America del Sur, por la Expedicion Cientifica a los Andes Colombianos de la Universidad de Shizuoka, 1967. La mayoria de las especies del genero Eurema se encuentra en las praderas y malezas de la region tropical. Podemos contar al menos 7 especies de este genero en estas vegetaciones. Algunas especies, por ejemplo, E. xanthochlora, E. mexicana bogotana, E. salome y E. phiale phiale se observan en las zonas montanas subtropicales o templadas. La distribucion vertical de E. salome alcanza a 3,000m del nivel del mar. E. albula vive principalmente en los bosques humedos tropicales y sus alrededores, aunque no se encuentra en las praderas y malezas extensas.

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In Japan, Lithophane rosinae PUNGELER (Fig. 1) is a rather rare species, and is distributed in the following several districts (Fig. 2) : Hokkaido and Central and Northern Honshu (Yamagata, Gunma, Nagano, and Gifu). Recently Mr. K. YAZAKI captured a female specimen of this species from Yamanashi Pref., and through his kindness the author had a good opportunity to examine it. Here the author recorded it as the first specimen from Yamanashi Prefecture. 1♀. Kumotori, Sanjo-no-yu (1200m), Yamanashi Pref., 21. x. 1971, K. YAZAKI leg.

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In the present paper, the author reported the rediscovery of Salatura yuchingkini MURAYAMA & SHIMONOYA, 1960, from Ishigaki-jima of the Loo-choos. In the present author's view, this curious butterfly should be regarded as a hybrid between Panlymnas chrysippus L. and Salatura genutia CR. In the same way, Gonepteryx amintha meiyuanus MURAYAMA & SHIMONOYA, 1962, described from Meiyu, central Formosa, may be a hybrid between G. a. formosana FRUHSTORFER and G. mahaguru taiwana PARAVICINI. Euploea godartii garampiana MURAYAMA & SHIMONOYA, 1960, described from southern Formosa is nothing but a migrant of E. core godartii LUCAS, which is a common species in southern Indochina and Thailand. Doleschallia bisaltide koshunensis MURAYAMA & SHIMONOYA, 1962, is also none but an example of D. b. philippensis FRUHSTORFER migrated from the Philippines to Formosa. Moreover, Appias celestina kabiraensis MURAYAMA, 1970, described from Ishigaki-jima of the Loo-choos is a migrant of A. marina SEMPER from the Philippines, as was already pointed out by T. SHIMONOYA in 1971.

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