LIST OF BKITISH BUTTERFLIES. 31 



LEPIDOPTERA FROM CHINA. 



By W. F. Kibby, F.L.S., F.E.S. 



I have lately received a small collection of insects of various 

 Orders from Mr. T. B. Fletcher, of H.M.S. « Centurion,' for the 

 Natural History Museum ; and as they are all carefully labelled 

 with dates and localities, I think it may be useful to publish a 

 list of the Lepidoptera, though they are but few. All except 

 those which I have marked "C" (Chifu) and " H. K." (Hong 

 Kong) were taken on Len-Kung-Tan Island, Wei-Hai-Wei. All 

 were taken during 1898. 



Lethe rohria, Fab. (H.K.); March 23rd. 

 Mycalesis mineus, L., var. confucius, Leach (H.K.) ; March 

 15th and 17th. 



Crebeta deidamia, Eversm. ; March 28th. 

 Cosnonympha amaryllis, Cram. ; June 14th. 

 Clerome eumeus, Drury (H. K.) ; March 17th. 

 Argynnis nerippe, Felder ; June 14th. 

 Neptis hainana, Moore (H. K.) ; March 12th. 

 Zemeros confucius, Moore (H. K.) ; March 12th. 

 Chrysophanus turcicus, Gerh. (C.) ; May 5th and 13th. 

 Pieris daplidice, L. ; June 12th. 

 Macroglossa stellatarum, L. ; June 14th. 

 Zygcena phegea, L. ; June 14th. 

 Spilarctia bifrons, Walk. (H. K.) ; March 12th. 

 Heliothis scutosa, W. V. ; June 12th. 

 Spiramia simplicior, Butl. (C.) ; May 21st. 



Zygcena phegea is perhaps, geographically, the most inter- 

 esting species in the above list. 



Natural History Museum, Nov. 24th. 



THE NOMENCLATURE AND ARRANGEMENT OF BRITISH 

 BUTTERFLIES ACCORDING TO VARIOUS RECENT 

 AUTHORS. 



In the following list of British Butterflies the species are 

 arranged as enumerated in the ' Entomologist Synonymic List.' 

 References are given to ' Lepidoptera of the British Islands,' 

 vol. i., by C. G. Barrett (1893) ; ' A Handbook of British Lepi- 

 doptera,' by E. Meyrick (1895); and 'British Butterflies,' by 

 J. W. Tutt (1896). Newmans 'British Butterflies' is also cited, 

 and the generic changes indicated by Prof. A. Badcliffe Grote 

 (Proc. South London Entomological and Natural History Society, 



