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anal angle ; the median nervure and first branch are also chocolate-brown ; 

 there is a small brown discal spot, and indications of a submarginal series 

 of the same colom-, the lower spots of this series preceded by pale ones. 

 Expanse, 77 mm. 



One female specimen of this novelty was captured, in July, 

 at Omei-Shan. 



I have placed this species in the genus Vanessa, but only 

 provisionally, because the character of palpi, which are very 

 long and slightly recurved, as also the thicker and shorter 

 antennae, point to its being an aberrant member of that genus. 



Hestina subviridis, sp. n. 

 Resembles Hestina assimilis, Linn., on the upper surface, but there is 

 no trace of red markings on the secondaries. On the under surface this 

 species comes nearer to H. nigrivena, Leech (Entom. xxiii. p. 31), but the 

 colour is greener ; on the secondaries there is a black fold-line in submedian 

 interspace ; the venation of all the wings is narrower, and the basal portion 

 of costal area is less conspicuously streaked with black. Head black, but 

 not spotted with white ; thorax and abdomen black, narrowly striped with 

 whitish. Expanse, 80 mm. 



Wa-ssu-Kow, June. 



EURIPUS FUNEBRIS, Sp. n. 



(? . Velvety blue-black. The outer half of primaries is greyish, and 

 appears to be thinly clothed with scales ; this is intersected by the bluish- 

 black nervules, and some longitudinal bars of the same colour in the inter- 

 spaces ; there is a fairly broad crimson dash, sprinkled with black scales, 

 from the base to the middle of cell. The outer third of secondaries has 

 some greyish dashes between the nervules from the costa to third median. 

 Under surface similar to above, but the greyish markings on outer half are 

 stronger, the crimson dash is much wider and occupies nearly the whole of 

 the basal half of the cell, a bluish bar crosses the cell, and there is a bluish 

 spot in each median interspace and two in the submedian : at the base of 

 the secondaries, which are more fuscous, but otherwise as above, is a circular 

 crimson mark broken up into segments by the neuration. Head black ; 

 collar white. Antennae black, tipped with dark brown ; palpi and front tibiae 

 marked with white. Exjjanse, 115 mm. 



One male specimen of this novelty was captured at Omei- 

 Shan, in July. 



LiMENITIS LIVIDA, Sp. n. 



S • Velvety black. Primaries have a bluish linear spot in the cell ; 

 a slightly curved bluish macular central band, and two blue lines parallel 

 with outer margin ; there are also two white spots near costa towards 

 apex. Secondaries have two indistinct pale central lines, and two broad 

 blue marginal lines, preceded by a wavy blue band ; at the anal angle 

 there is a reddish spot enclosing a black one. -Under surface reddish-chocolate : 

 the primaries have a fuscous-grey patch at the base, limited and dashed with 

 black ; there is a somewhat quadrate whitish patch, margined with black, in 

 cell, and a paler patch of the ground colour, also margined with black, lies 

 at the outer end of cell : the central macular band is white towards costa 

 and inner margin, but suffused with blackish in the middle ; there is a sub- 

 marginal series of blackish spots, preceded on the costa by two white ones, 



