from Japan and Shanghai. 95 



ray has coiifoniulcd two vciy distinct species, neither of which 

 i.s identical with NVcstwood's species. 



As regards the wliitc and yellow butterflies I will say 

 nothing, or I might overstep the bounds of courtesy, which 

 (especially to a friend) 1 would rather avoid. 



The following butterflies from Shanghai liavc been liberally 

 presented to the collection by Mr. W. B. Pryer. 



Neope seffonax, Hewitson. 



This appears to differ sufliciently from N. Mairheadii to be 

 kept separate. 



Lethe syrcis ^ , Hewitson. 

 We previously only possessed the female of this species. 



Lethe lanarts, n. sp. 



c? . Wings smoky brown, the disk of primaries rather paler ; 

 the basal area of all the wings densely clothed with woolly 

 hair : primaries with a dusky submarginal line : secondaries 

 with five indistinct ocelli, the first four dusky, with scarcely 

 traceable irides, the fifth larger, dull black, with white pupil 

 and diff'uscd sordid testaceous iris ; a whitish submarginal 

 stripe, intersected by a blackish line. Primaries below with 

 the basal two thirds uniformly smoky brown, apical third 

 and internal area greyish ; five discal ocelli in an almost 

 straight line (the first and last slightly smaller), black, with 

 white pupils, yellow irides, and dusky zones suiTOunded with 

 lilacine; a whitish submarginal stripe intersected by a blackish 

 line : secondaries smoky brown, crossed by two dusky central 

 lines, the outer one concave to third median branch, and then 

 angulated to back of apical ocellus ; six discal ocelli, the first 

 and fifth four times as large as the others (which are of the 

 size of those in the primaries), similar in character to those of 



firimarics ; outer border whitish, with a submarginal black 

 inc ; margin black. Expanse of wings 2 inches 10 lines. 



Near to Lasiommata Maaki of Bremer and Pronophila 

 Schrenki of Men(^tries. 



Pararge deidamia, Eversmann. 

 This is the male of P. MinctrUsii. 



Mycalesis satigaica, n. sp. 



Allied to M. janardana. Wings above smoky brown ; 

 outer border narrowly whity brown, with marginal and sub- 



