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Show 908 MR. H. J. E L W E S O N T H E BUTFERFLIES [Nov. 15, . Butler says " there can be no question that whereas the male of L. epimenides figured by Menetries is a Pararge, the female is a Neope near N. gaschkevitschii, and is nearer to Neope callipteris than to the male associated with it." I can only say that the figures in question are very faithful ones of the two sexes as sant me by Dr. Staudinger; and if there can be no question that they belong to different genera, as Mr. Butler thinks, the sooner the two genera are united the better. LETHE SICELIS, Hew. Ex. Butt. iii. DeB. t. i. Found in the Ningpo hills by Pryer and in Japan, though seemingly not common. L. (PRONOPHILA) SCHRENKI, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 33, t. iii. fig. 3. Of this fine species I have specimens agreeing very well from Raddefskaia and other parts of Amurland, and from Central Japan. It was found also in Yesso by Maries. It seems to belong to the same genus as L. epimenides. L. DIANA, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 55 (1866). Common in Central Japan. L. WHITELYI, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, xix. p. 403, t. ix. fig. 8. From various parts of Japan. The markings are similar to the last; but the whole insect is darker. ? L. CONSANGUIS, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 133. I think that this, of which I have seen the type, is only a variety of the last. It differs in the brighter zones of the ocelli. NEOPE GASCHKEVITSCHII, Men. Cat. Mus. Petr p. 121, t. x. fig. 4 (1855). Common in Japan, but not found in Amurland to m y knowledge. Felder says it occurs at Ningpo. A variety or species is described as N. niphonica, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 133. From Tokio. I am very doubtful whether this can be considered distinct; but if it is, it must bear the name of N. gaschkevitschii instead of the commoner form generally known as such ; for it agrees exactly with Menetries's excellent figure in the points in which N. niphonica is said to differ from the common form. N. CALLIPTERIS, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xix. p. 92. 370 miles from Tokio (Fenton), Nikko {Maries). This species seems to me more nearly allied to Lethe than to Neope, and, like the next species, is very similar in form and markings to some of the Himalayan Satyridse. |