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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Sub-Fam. SATYKiNiE. 



Pararge (Crebeta) deidamia, Ev. — Common in the hills, being especi- 

 ally fond of a bare hill-side strewn with fragments of rock. Appears 

 in May and again in August, being double-brooded. The usual form 

 is darker than the type, and some have the ocelli distinctly blue 

 instead of white. The egg is perfectly globular, and of an opaque, 

 very pale greenish-white colour. 



Ipthima sp. — One specimen seen on the mainland, 18th June, 1898. 



Ccen'»iij>nph'i aiiiaryllis, Cram. — Common in June and August, being 

 double-brooded. 



(Eneis monfj'lica, Oberth. — Very local. Four females on the main- 

 land, 25th April, 1899, on a hillside covered with stones and coarse 

 grass. They are more strongly marked than in the type. This seems 

 rather a scarce species ; it was discovered by the Abbe David in Eastern 

 Mongolia, where it flies in summer on mountains at an altitude of five 

 hundred metres. My specimens, however, were taken at a height of 

 only two or three hundred feet above sea-level. 



Fam. LvciENiD^. 

 Sub-Fam. Lyo^nin^. 



Thecla rnicans, Brem. — One specimen (Leu-kung-tao, 20th July, 

 1898) intermediate between the type and var. hetnloides. Two speci- 

 mens of var. betuloide^ in Leu-kung-tao, at the beginning of June, 1898, 

 flymg amongst oak-bushes. Type itself not found. In life, the tails 

 so exactly resemble antennas, and the anal ocelli so well reproduce the 

 head, &c., that at a cursory glance we can hardly see which is the head. 

 This is probably of protective value, as it might well puzzle a foe such 

 as a lizard. 



Amblopala avidienus, Hewits. — Fairly common on the mainland, 

 25th April, 1899, flying over dwarf oaks. Very hard to catch, and apt 

 to beat itself to pieces in the net. The under side seems beautifully 

 adapted to mimic a dead oak-leaf. 



Nlphandafusca, Brem. — Not common. Two specimens on a hill- 

 top in Leu-kung-tao on 12th July, 1898. 



Cupido ar/jiadesi, Pall. — Common all the warm season. There are 

 apparently three broods, in April, June, and September. The forms 

 amurensis, Eiihl., and hellntia, Men., occur. 



Cupido argits, L. — Common in May and September. 



Everesfischeri, Ev. — Leu-kung-tao ; common on 3rd May, 1899, in 

 sheltered grassy places. 



Cyaniris anjiulus, L. — Mainland ; two females on 18th June, 1898. 



Zizera maha, Koll. — Common in grassy places from May to October. 

 The earlier forms fall under var. martjinata, Poujade, whilst those 

 found later in the year are referable to var. opalina, Pouj. 



Chri/sophaints phlceas, L. — Abundant from April to October, being 

 apparently triple-brooded. Vernal specimens are much more typical 

 (i. e. the copper-colour is paler) than the generality of Asiatic specimens ; 

 those taken in June are small and much suffused with black, whilst 

 those captured in September are large and dark. They are all referable 

 to var. chinensis, Feld., and the two later broods fall under var. eleus, Fb. 

 I have seen none as black as those I have taken in Japan (summer 

 brood), in which the copper is almost wholly concealed by black scales. 



(To be continued.) 



