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V. On a collection of Lepidoptera from Kiukiang. By 

 John Henry Leech, B.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., 

 F.K.G.S., &c. 



[Read December 5th, 1888.] 



Plates VII., VIII., & IX. 



The materials for this paper were collected for me 

 during the months of April, May, June, and July, 1887, 

 by Mr. A. E. Pratt, in the neighbourhood of Kiukiang 

 (which is situated on the Yangzee Eiver, about 500 

 miles from the sea). The collection is not rich in species, 

 probably only representing about one-sixth part of the 

 lepidopterous fauna ; it contains, however, a fair pro- 

 portion of new species, and also many that have not 

 hitherto been recorded from that region. The larger 

 proportion of species are common to the eastern coast 

 of China, and Japan, but many occur also in the Hima- 

 layas. The chief point of interest in the collection is 

 the variation exhibited in so many species, especially in 

 Papilio Sarpedon and Melanargia halimede. 



1. Euploea midamus, Linn. ; Kirby, Cat. Diurn. Lep., 

 p. 15. 



Two examples only. 



2. Lethe butleri, n. s. (PI. VEL, fig. 3). 



Wings in both sexes smoky brown, with their margins traversed 

 by a slender pale band intersected by a line somewhat darker than 

 the ground colour. 



Male. Outer third of primaries rather paler than rest of wing. 

 One small ocellus near the tip. Towards the outer margin of 

 secondaries are two or sometimes three ocelli, that nearest to 

 the anal angle being the largest, and always havmg a white 

 pupil, though this varies in size, and is scarcely visible in some 

 specimens. 



Female. Larger than the male. Outer third of primaries paler. 



TRANS. ENT. SOO. LOND. 1889. — PAET I. (MARCH.) H 2 



