92 Mr. A. G. Butler on Rliopalocera 



There can be no question that, whereas the male described 

 and fii^urcd by ^Idnetries is a Pararge allied to P. deidamia 

 and P. dejanira, the female is a Neope not very widely sepa- 

 rated from N. Gaschkevitschn ; it is far more nearly allied to 

 the succeeding species than to the male associated with it. 



Neope caUijyten's, n. sp. 



(^ . Bronzy olive-brown ; external area smoky brown ; 

 outer border paler, lunated : primaries with a discal series of 

 ochraceous spots, forking above the third median branch ; the 

 veins upon the central region densely clothed with dark brown 

 scales, especially the submedian vein and the tliree median 

 branches ; two dusky streaks across the apical half of the cell : 

 secondaries with six ochraceous spots, the first, second, fourth, 

 and fifth oval and enclosing large, ovate, black spots, the last 

 small, transverse, enclosing two small black spots : body bronzy 

 brown ; thorax reddish in front, greenish in the centre. Wings 

 below altogctlier paler, sandy yellowish; external area dusky : 

 primaries with two brown bars across the apical half of the 

 cell, a lunated augulated transverse discal band of the same 

 colour ; three pale subapical spots, the uppermost trifid, the 

 second ocelliform ; a lunulated submarginal stripe : secondaries 

 with the basal area slightly dusky, three pale-edged dusky lines 

 from the costal nervure across the cell; a lunated and angulated, 

 diffused, brown, discal line bounding the ocelli internally ; six 

 ocelli, the first and fifth large, the third extremely minute, tlie 

 sixth small and geminate ; all black, with white pupils and 

 yellow irides ; area immediately beyond the ocelli beautifully 

 pinky opaline ; a brown-edged series of compressed angulated 

 spots of the same colour close to the margin ; edge of margin 

 black ; fringe white-varied : body below sordid whitish ; legs 

 ochreous. Expanse of wings 2 inches 7 lines. 



From the same locality as the preceding species, to which 

 it is allied. 



Neptis ludmilla^ Herrich-Schaffer. 



This species, which was taken at the same locality with the 

 preceding species, is new to Japan. 



Vanessa hamigera, n. sp. 



Allied to V. agni and V. comma. 



Wings above bright orange tawny ; basal area bronzy 

 brown ; outer border golden brown, flecked with black ; fringe 

 varied with white ; a submarginal series of semiconnected 

 reddish chocolate-coloured spots, immediately inside which the 



