156 Mr. O. E. Janson's Notes on 



seen from Japan. Mr. Moore considers it should be placed in 

 his genus Niplianda. 



Thecla japonica, Murr. 



Dipsas japonica, Murray, Ent. Mo. ^Nlag. xi, p. 1G9. 

 Dipsas taxila, Hew, 111. Diur. Lep. supp., p. 16, t. 6, f. 16, 17, 

 (uec Brem.) 



Mr. Murray, in his last list of Japanese Rhopalocera, con- 

 siders this species to be possibly identical with smaiw/dina, 

 Brem. ; but, as Mr. Butler has already stated, it is ]iev£ectly 

 distinct from that species and far more closely allied to taxila, 

 Brem., with which Mr. llewitson has apparently confounded it, 

 since his figures above quoted are evidently intended for this 

 species. His description of the underside, however, does not 

 agree with the figure, but applies much better to the true taxila, 

 which also occurs in Japan. How Mr. Murray overlooked the 

 fact that this insect had been figured two years prior by 

 Mr. Hewitson in his great work on the Lycaenida;, to Avhich 

 family he (Mr, Murray) devotes his special attention, I am 

 utterly at a loss to comprehend. 



Tliecla orientalis, Murr. 

 Dipsas orientalis, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. xi, p. 169. 



Although Mr. Murray states his description is of tlie male of 

 this species, it is evident he had never seen that sex, as several 

 individuals recently received from Japan exhibit a similar sexual 

 dissimilarity to that extant in T. japonica, being of a l)rilliant 

 green above, paler than in that species, and without the Ijlack 

 external margin to primaries, the underside agrees perfectly with 

 the female. 



This is a much rarei' species than japonica, and the male was 

 not discovered until last year, when Messrs. Pryer and Jonas 

 took several in company with tlic females near Yokohama. 



Thecla i/icra, n. sp. 



Above dark brown, secondaries produced at the anal angle and 

 with a short outer tail, the inner one long, its apex white : 

 beneath pale brown, both wings crossed beyond the middle l)y a 

 fine waA'ed white line, margined with dusky brown on its inner 



