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Show 894 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUTTERFLIES [Nov. 15, LIMENITIS SINENSIUM, Oberthiir, Et. Ent. ii. p. 25, t. iv. fig. 8. A very distinct species, only found by Abbe David in the Chinese province of Kiangsi. NEPTIS ? RADDEI, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 18, t. i. fig. 9. This is so unlike any other species of Neptis that I doubt the propriety of including it in the genus; the female is very rare, and agrees with the male in colour. It is found at Blagovetschensk, Raddefskaia, and at Askold. N. THISBE, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 26, t. ii. fig. 9. A distinct species, resembling some of the Himalayan species in coloration. The female, which is very rare, is rather paler in colour. Bremer says that in a variety from the Ussuri the bands and spots are almost white. N. PHILYRA, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 25, t. ii. f. 8. Found at Raddefskaia, on the Ussuri, and elsewhere. It is probable that some of the specimens in collections under this name belong to the following. N. PHILYROIDES, StdgT. MSS. From Raddefskaia and the Ussuri. Seems commoner than the last, from which it is distinguished by two white spots on the costa, and by the paler colour of the underside. The female, which is rare, has the same chatacteristics. N. SPEYERI, Stdgr. MSS. Of this species, which is intermediate between N. aceris and N. philyra, Dr. Staudinger has only two specimens from the Ussuri. N. LUCILLA, Schiff. S. V. p. 173 ; Fab. Maut. 55. Var. ludmilla, Herr.-Schaff. vi. p. 6, t. 546. Found in many parts of the Amur region. I have two varieties from Japan, one of which agrees with the European N. lucilla, and one with N. ludmilla. The two forms, however, seem to run into each other. N. ACERIS, Lepechin, Reise, i. p. 203, t. xvii. figs. 5, 6 (1768-70). Var. intermedia, Pryer. Found in most localities in Amurland, Japan, and at Ningpo. I can find no published description of N. intermedia ; but the type, which was in Mr. Pryer's collection from the Snowy Valley, near Ningpo, appears to be a form of N. aceris. The same form also occurs in Japan. It differs from European specimens of N. aceris in being darker underneath and having narrower bands ; the Japanese specimens T have seen are variable in this respect, and appear to connect the Chinese with the European form ; but I doubt the propriety of separating them. Those from North Japan are closest to European specimens. |