Butterflies from Japan. 2'S?> 



The next description I also take from an ailniirable drawing: — 



6. Parargc aclilnoidcs, n. sp. (No. 3!)). 



Extremely close to P. acluiw of Europe, but the ocelli of the 

 primaries of nearly e(pial size throughout, and the pale streak 

 beyond the cell more strongly defined ; secondaries Avith the 

 ocelli larger, au additional indistinct one near anal angle ; a 

 pale streak across the median branches behind the ocelli ; wings 

 l)elow with all the ocelli decidedly larger and- white-pupilled, 

 the white streak of secondaries becoming obsolete towards the 

 front of the disc, and therefore not enclosing the ocelli. Expanse 

 of wings 2 inches 8 lines. 



'^^riie wings are of the browni colour connnon to Lethe S/ce/is-. 



7. Lycu'iia arrjia, Menetries (Nd. 108''). 

 T^^nim the Akutsu river bed. 



S. Lfiaena /niciargiis, n. sp. (No. lU4a). 



Al)ove \evv like L. argia and L. icejuii ; lilac, with dentated 

 blackish outer border and snow-white fringes ; below with the 

 gi'ouud-colonr of L. pylaon {triton ? Fabr.) ; the markings ex- 

 actly as in L. argus, excejiting that the sub-mai-ginal black spots 

 of the secondaries have no trace of metallic colouring about 

 them, and the orange belt connecting the two series of l)lack 

 spots is paler. Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 line. 



As is the case with several of the Japanese Motlis, rliis 

 species unites the characters of several Eiu'opean forms. 



0. Clirii>^ophafnif! plilwaft, Linn. (No. ll'.l). 



This may possibly be C. cliinensls, but I cannot at present see 

 how it differs from typical C. phlca-^ ; the example was sent to 

 .Mr. Fenton ; was it taken in Japan .' 



10. Thecia oiientaliH, 9 > ^I'H"!'"}' (No. '.t<S/>). 



Mr. Fenton adds the word ^' JJtindai" to the name of ihis 

 specie.s, but does not state whether ii is tlic imlive name of the 

 species or of the locality where it wa-, capt iired : I niniiot (ind 

 it in Keith Johnston's Atlas, 



