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The above article was already set when I noticed that I had 

 overlooked a paper of Mr. R. P ü n g e 1 e r (Iris XIX, 1906, p. 224), 

 wherein he describes a species of LeucaniUs under the name of axuana 

 and of which he gives a photographic illustration fpl. VIIl, fig. 11). 

 The pattern of the wings is doubtless very much alike in axuana and 

 iiidccora, though in the former it is far more distinct, the three spots 

 (ur rather the remainder of the transverse bands) being much lighter 

 than the ground colour, where as in the latter the colouration of the 

 said spots does not differ from the ground colour. As a structural cha- 

 racter of axuana Mr. P ü n g e I e r names the exceiitionally long last 

 Joint of the pal])!, Avhich is not the case with indecora. Further he says, 

 that the antennae are thin and with a cilia, which is longer than the 

 diameter of the shaft, whereas in my si)ecimens it is rather short. 

 I do not deny the possibility of axuana and iiulecora being synonymous, 

 but they might be quite different species just as well if we take into 

 consideration the fact that many species of the genus Leucanifis 

 though doui)tless different, bear a very strong external likeness. Adding 

 that tbey were captui-ed in (piitc different parts of Centi'al-Asia we 

 have a right to maintain both names until a thorough examination 

 should prove their identity. 



kevue Kusse J'Eiitom. ÜIO'j. .\^ i. (xVIars 1910). 



