298 Mr. A. G. Butler on Lepidoptera from 



35, 36. — A number of specimens of Hyla pulchella obtained 

 by Dr. v. liiering have convinced me that the difference in 

 the dentition upon which H. Vauterii has been separated 

 from that species is merely individual, and I therefore unite 

 the two. 



37. — The description of Paludicola ranina agrees with mj 

 P. gracilis^ published in January 1883, but which Prof. Cope 

 appears to have overlooked. 



40. — The occurrence so far south of Pseudis paradoxa 

 would be surprising ; but as the list does not mention P. man- 

 tidactyla, which is very abundant in the province, I cannot 

 help suggesting that an error in the determination has been 

 made. 



In conclusion, I think not one of the new species described 

 in Prof. Cope's paper deserves to stand, with the exception, 

 perhaps, of Liophis fuscus. His list contains only seven 

 species not recorded in mine ; of these, four have already been 

 mentioned from Rio Grande do Sul by Hensel, viz. : — Dry- 

 mohiiis imntherinus^ Philodryas Olfersii, Xenodon rliabdo- 

 cephalus, and X Neovidii. Tachymenis hypoconia, Lepto- 

 gnathus Cateshyi, and Oxyrlwpus plumheus are apparently 

 recorded from that province for the first time. 



XXIX. — On a Collection of Lepidoptera made at Manipur and 

 on the Borders of Assam hij Dr. George Watt. By Akthur 

 G. Butler, F.'L.S., F.Z.'S., &c. 



[Plate Vin.] 



In the year 1880 I had the pleasure of bringing before the 

 Zoological Society an account of a collection made by Dr. 

 Watt (Professor of Botany in the Calcutta University) prin- 

 cipally in North-west India, and containing eight new species. 

 Shortly after the publication of this paper Dr. Watt returned 

 to India with the intention of starting immediately to explore 

 Manipur ; I, however, heard nothing more of him until the 

 autumn of 1883, when he forwarded a large box of Lepido- 

 ptera in envelopes, and amongst them a smaller box of 

 mounted specimens of all the species taken in Manipur, the 

 remainder of the species having been obtained " on the N.E. 

 frontier of India bordering on Assam." 



