. Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea. Butterflies; Butterflies; Butterflies. DEALT WITH IN THE PRESENT AVORK. Iv hare PaLxjarctic affinities, and 14 are Oriental or have Oriental affinities. The s])ecies occurring in the Palixsarctic llegion or exhibiting Palsearctic affinities, less 11 with Oriental affinities, are 71 in number, thus showing a preponderance of 5 Pahiearctic to 1 Oriental. The relative proportion of PaUvarctic and Oriental species occurring in the area dealt with here may be tabulated as follows :— Paliuarctic. Oriental. China, i^orth o 1 Corea 5 1 Japan Islands 3 1 Chin
. Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea. Butterflies; Butterflies; Butterflies. DEALT WITH IN THE PRESENT AVORK. Iv hare PaLxjarctic affinities, and 14 are Oriental or have Oriental affinities. The s])ecies occurring in the Palixsarctic llegion or exhibiting Palsearctic affinities, less 11 with Oriental affinities, are 71 in number, thus showing a preponderance of 5 Pahiearctic to 1 Oriental. The relative proportion of PaUvarctic and Oriental species occurring in the area dealt with here may be tabulated as follows :— Paliuarctic. Oriental. China, i^orth o 1 Corea 5 1 Japan Islands 3 1 China, Yang-tze watershed 2 25 As has been stated, there are 3 Oriental to every 2 Palsarctic species in the Island of Kiushiu, without deducting from the latter 5 species which exhibit Oriental affinities. It would seem, therefore, that this portion of Japan, and probably the Island of Shikoku, together with the Yang-tze watershed, belong strictly to the Indo-Chinese section of tlie Oriental Region, and the remainder of the area to the Pakicarctic Ilegion—thus rendering the Manchurian Subregion unnecessary so far as the llhopalocera are Ancient Swokd-uilt. ( Japan.). Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Leech, John Henry, 1862-1900. London, R. H. Porter
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