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Show 9l4 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUTTERFLIES [Nov. 15, see nothing in his description, or in the specimen which I have to justify this remark. HESPERIA LINEOLA, Ochsen. i. p. 230. From Ema (Maack), and Baranofsky (Dorries). Those seen in Dr. Staudinger's collection agree with European examples. H. COMMA, Linn. Syst. Nat. x. p. 484. 1 Pamphila florinda, Butl. Cist.Ent. ii. p. 285 (1878). From Japan. As far as I can judge from the type specimen, this is only a variety of II. comma, larger and with the spots indistinct. Two specimens from Baranofsky and the Amur appear to resemble the Japanese insect, though I have not been able to compare them. H. FLAVA, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. xii. p. 4 (1875). Nearly allied to a species from Sikkim. I have it from Shanghai and Japan. A specimen in Mr. Janson's collection from Japan, named P. sunias, Feld., by Moore, is very near this, and only differs slightly in the markings of the hind wings. H. MARO, Fab. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 432. Cyclopides maro, Butl. Cat. Fabr. t. ii. fig. 12. Specimens from Shanghai in Pryer's collection which are named Pamphila dara, Koll., agree fairly with the figure of what Butler considers to be P. maro, Fab., from Ceylon. It is allied to P. dara, Koll., from the Himalayas, to P. camertes, Hew., from Singapore, and P. masa, Moore. There is a single specimen, not fresh enough for identification, of a species allied to this, in Mr. Pryer's Shanghai collection. It has the yellow spots on the wings very much smaller. CARTEROCEPHALUS PAL^MON, Pall. Reise, i. p. 471 (1771). Found by Radde at Bureija, and on the upper Amur by Hedemann. C. SYLVIUS, Enoch, Btr. t. 5. figs. 1, 2 (1781). Found at Schilka and Bureija by Radde, and at Raddefskaia bv Christoph. C. ARGYROSTIGMA, Evers. Bull. Mosc 1851, ii. p. 624. Found at Onon by Radde, and on the upper Amur by Hedemann. CYCLOPIDES MORPHEUS, Pall. Reise, i. p. 471 (1771). From Baranofsky and the Ussuri. C. ORNATUS, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 33, t. ii. fig. 5. Seems rare in Amurland, but found by Radde at Bureija, and at |