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Show 1871.] MR. W. S. ATKINSON ON BUTTERFLIES FROM YUNAN. 215 Phasianus elegans, Elliot, Arm. & Mag. Nat. Hist. Oct. 1870, Momien, Western Yunan, 4500 feet; South-western Szechuen (Elliot). 5. Descriptions of three N e w Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera from Western Yunan collected by Dr. Anderson in 1868. By W . S. ATKINSON, M.A., F.L.S., &c, Director of Public Instruction, Bengal. (Communicated by J O H N A N D E R S O N , F.L.S., F.Z.S.) [Eeceived February 7, 1871.] (Plate XII.) 1. .EMONA LENA, sp. nov. (Plate XII. fig. 1.) Upperside:-Fore wings pale brownish grey, crossed by a dark brown band, interrupted by the nervures from before the apex to near the posterior margin at two-thirds of its length from the base, beyond the band darker, with a slightly marked and incomplete sub-marginal line, before which is a series of five pale lanceolate blotches between the nervures directed towards the outer margiu. All the nervures tinged with yellow and more or less dark-bordered. Hind wings: anterior portion from base to outer margin pale, posterior portion bright yellow, crossed by a submarginal series of three dark-bordered white blotches, and a fourth fainter blotch between the nervures, forming a short interrupted band from near the apex to the second median nervure. The submedian nervure fringed from its ori°in to near its extremity with long yellowish hairs, longest and most conspicuous towards its extremity. Underside :-Both wings crossed by a dark ferruginous band with sharply defined outer edge from the costa of the fore wing near the apex to near the extremity of the submedian nervure of the hind wing, and having a faintly traced submarginal line, before which is a series of blind white-centred ocelli. The cell of the fore wing crossed near its middle by a curved ferruginous band. Hind wing crossed by a ferruginous band near the base. Antennae ferruginous ; palpi and legs tawny yellow. Expanse of wings 3\ inches. Hab. Yunan. Collected by Dr. J. Anderson, 1868. 2. ZOPHOESSA ANDERSONI, sp. nov. (Plate XII. fig. 3.) Upperside brown. Fore wing crossed by two pale bands rising from the costa and directed towards the posterior angle, but not reaching it; the first beyond the extremity of the cell, the second intermediate between the first and the exterior margin. Hind wing |