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Eversmann (Bull. Mosc. p. 539) has distinguished three new species of 

 Doritis from the southern spurs of the Altai : D. Clarius (tab. ix, fig. i), 

 D. Actius (tab. ix, fig. ii), and D. Delpldus (tab. vii, fig. i.) 



Herrich Schiiffer (1. c.), whilst calling aU diurnal Lepidoptera, with the 

 exception of the Hesperidcs, Papilionides, proposes for the limited group 

 usually so denominated the designation of Equitides ; wliich, in consequence 

 of its hybrid composition, cannot possibly be admitted. 



In the group of the Pierides, A. and 0. Speyer (Isis, p. 178) have remarked 

 that P. Cratagi differs from the other species, and should constitute a 

 distinct genus. It can, however, be ascertained only from comparison 01 

 the extra-European species, whether the distinctive characters remarked are 

 constant. 



Pontia Lencodice, Eversmann (1. c. p. 541, tab. vii, fig. ii), is a new species 

 from the herbaceous steppes on the Nor- Saisan. It is very closely allied to 

 P. Bellidice. 



In the group of the Nymplwlides, A. aiidO. Speyer (Isis, p. 170) remark, 

 that Aryynnis constantly differs from Melittea in this' respect, that in the 

 latter only the under side, in the former the upper side of the tarsus as well, 

 and for the most part also the tibiae, are beset with spiuous bristles. Ary. 

 Ino has in the $ only, long and entirely bare cleaning-paws. 



Jos. Maun. (Eiit. Zeit. p. 62) has attempted to prove the distinction 

 between Apatura Clytie and Ilia, by the microscopic examination of the 

 scales. It appears to me, however, that the matter cannot be thus deter- 

 mined, since the form of the scales may vary in connexion with the colour, 

 as I have shown to be the case in the scaled Elateres. (Vid. Germ. Zeitsch. 

 p. 78.) 



Two new species of Charaxes, from Sylhet, Ch. Delphis and Etidamippus, 

 have been described and figured by Ed. Doubleday. (Ann. de la Soc. Eut. de 

 Fr. ser. i, p. 217, pi. 7, 8.) 



Satyrides. Two new species have been discovered by Eversmann (1. c. 

 p. 538) : Hipp. Ocnus, closely allied to H. Manto, and H. Sunbecca, to H. 

 Phryne ; the former from the high mountains, the latter from the steppes on 

 the Nor-Saisau. 



Lycaenides. In consequence of their strict examination of the structure 

 of the tarsus, A. and 0. Speyer have made the beautiful discovery that this 

 group, together with the Erycinides and Hecaerge, belongs to the division of 

 the Heteropoda, in which namely the anterior legs arejof a different form in 

 the two sexes. In Hecaerge and the Erycinides the males possess, as is 

 well known, cleaning-paws ; in the Lycaniides the difference between the 

 sexes consists in the males wanting claws on the anterior tarsi : the claw 

 joint, however, seldom ends in a blunt extremity (in L. Ilicis), but usually in 

 a sharp point. 



