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Show 882 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUTTERFLIES [Nov. 15, MILETUS HAMADA, Druce, Cist. Ent. i. p. 361 (1875). A distinct species, unlike any thing I have seen from China or Japan, but nearly allied to a specimen in m y collection from Darjiling, which differs in having an indistinct whitish patch on the fore wing, which may be sexual. I have seen a specimen from Shanghai collected by Christoph, which comes very close to, if it is not identical with, those from Sikkim in Dr. Staudinger's collection. There is a single specimen in Pryer's collection, without indication of locality, which differs considerably from M. hamada beneath, but agrees with it above. LAMPIDES';' sp. An apparently new species, which will no doubt be described by Mr. Butler, is in the British-Museum collection from Kiukiang {Maries). LYCENA ? sp. nov. A very distinct species, from Mr. Fenton's collection, of which I have only seen one specimen at Mr. Janson's. It is of a deep shining blue, with black border above and pale green beneath. CURETIS ACUTA, Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xx. p. 50. Nearest to Curetis (Anops) bulls, Hew., hut differs in both sexes in the prolongation of the apical angle of fore wing. The specimens from Shanghai (Pryer) and Japan (Pryer, Jonas), which I have seen, agree fairly. The female, which is of a blue-grey colour, seems much rarer than the male. C. TRUNCATA, Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xx. p. 50. From Shanghai (Holdsworth). I have not seen this species, and can say nothing as to its specific difference. AMBLYFODIA JAPONICA, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. 1875, p. 170. Allied to A. rama, Koll., from the Himalaya; the fore wings more produced at the apex, and the hind wings without a tail. Found at Yokohama, but seemingly not common in Japan. This species has been referred by Mr. Butler to A. asinarus, Feld. Reise Nov. ii. p. 235, 1865 ; but as this species comes from Cochin and is not figured, I am doubtful as to the identification. A. TURBATA, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 133. This species is named but not described by Mr. Butler, though the specimens in the British Museum appear to be fully distinct from A. japonica, being larger, differently shaped, and with conspicuous tails to the hind wings, which A. japonica never has. A. turBata is from Nikko. There is a specimen resembling this in Pryer's collection, without indication of locality, but probably from China. |