96 On R,hopalocerayy*o??j Japan and Shanghai. 



marjrinal black lines ; primaries with a Iar<^e ocellus on first 

 median interspace, black, with white pupil and narrow yellow 

 iris. Wings below sandy brown, mottled with grey, crossed by 

 a central narrow externally ditiused lilacine streak ; outer 

 border narrowly whity brown, with submarginal and marginal 

 dark brown lines : primaries with four ocelli, the second and 

 third extremely small and sometimes obsolete, the first also 

 small but well-defined, the fourth much larger, black with 

 white pupils and yellow irides ; secondaries with seven ocelli 

 of similar character, but surrounded by pale zones, the second, 

 third, and seventh very small, the fifth largest. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 11 lines. 



This species is also in the Museum from Mongolia. 



Synchhe sordida, n. sp. 



6 . AVings above white, base blackish : primaries with the 

 basal half of costa grey ; an oblong costal patch at apex, its 

 irmer margin dentated, its externo-inferior angle confluent 

 with the first of three subapical marginal conical spots, all 

 greyish brown : secondaries with a costal and four decreasing 

 squamose marginal spots blackish. Primaries below with the 

 basal three fifths of discoidal cell and the basal half of costa 

 densely irrorated with dark grey ; apical area sandy yellow , 

 sparsely irrorated with grey ; two discal blackish spots as in 

 S. rapce : secondaries pale yellow, densely irrorated with dark 

 grey, excepting the veins and internervular folds ; base of 

 costa golden orange. Expanse of wings 2 inches 4 lines. 



Allied to, but very distinct from, S. rapoe. 



Synchloe claripenms, n. sp. 



6 . Wings above white, with black markings nearly as in 

 S. gliciria^ but the base less suftused with grey, and the large 

 discal black spots of primaries absent on the upper surface : 

 primaries below with the discal spots well marked and large, 

 the basal two fifths of the cell grey ; secondaries with the 

 lower half of the cell and the median interspaces greyish, 

 base of costa broadly orange. Expanse of wrings 2 inches 

 8 lines. 



Mr. Pryer has several examples of this species. 



Pyrgus smicus, n. sp. 



Allied to P. maculatus ; primaries the same ; secondaries 

 above with the central transverse interrupted streak composed 

 of only three well-separated white spots, the outer or discal 



