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Show 398 MR. H. J. ELWES ON S O M E [May 6, genus with the next two, as the bands are replaced by much broader irregular markings. Mr. Leech says that the sexes are alike, but the position of the three spots is different in two specimens which he has lent m e to examine. It occurs at Kiukiang and Changyang, in Central China, also at Ningpo and at Ta-tsien-lo, whence I have two specimens from M. Oberthiir which fairly agree with Mr. Leech's, though the white on the fore wing is much more extended and the red much paler. These specimens, however, are not fresh enough to enable me to judge correctly. 31. BIZONE SANGUINEA. Calligenia sanguinea, Brem. Schmett. N. China, p. 14 (1'853). ? Bizone sanguinea, Leech (nee Brem.), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, p. 126. ? Bizone omenta, Leech, Entomologist, Feb. 1890, p. 49, 6 2- I cannot be certain what Bremer's species is, as the plate to which Mr. Leech refers is not in any copy of Bremer's work which I have seen, and it is doubtful whether it was ever published. Bremer's Latin diagnosis, however, together with his German description, seem to me to answer exactly to the species described by Leech as B. cruenta, except that the Latin says " punctis duobus nigris in media ala," whilst the German says " wo derselbe vor einem schwarz°n Punkte endigt." In six specimens of B. cruenta which are before me, including the types, there are two black spots ; but in worn specimens one of them is faint, and Bremer may have had such before him when he wrote the description. Bremer's type came from near Pekin, Leech's from Changyang in Central China, where it seems common. 32. BIZONE HARTERTI, n. sp. This species seems quite distinct, and may be described as like a small B. guttifera, but differs in having no costal fold, white hind wings, smaller spots, and narrower yellow bands ; on the underside of the fore wing is a dark patch corresponding in position to the spots above, but no lappet. The underside is white, with the costal and outer margins of the fore wing broadly tinged yellow. The types are two specimens, of which one is certainly, and the other probably, a male, in Dr. Staudinger's collection. They were taken in Upper Assam in 1888 by Lieut. Hartert, after whom I name the species. 33. BIZONE IMPUNCTATA, Feld. Sitzungsb. Ak. Wissen. Wien, xliii. Abth. 1, p. 37 (1861). A very distinct species, which I have seen in Dr. Pagenstecher's and Staudinger's collections from Amboina. It has four red bands, but no spots at all, and in the specimen before me, which appears to be a male, there is no costal fold or lappet. |