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the abdominal lialf of secondaries crossed by three irregularly arched 

 nebulous blackish bands, increasing in intensity and in extent as they 

 approach the outer margin ; the basal area also ashy instead of dark 

 brown, and. the markings on the basal half of the primaries small and 

 more feebly indicated than those of the external half. Expanse of 

 wings 1 inch 1 1 lines. 



2 . Primaries above bright ultramarine, with a very broad black 

 apical area and external border ; secondaries and body blackish 

 brown ; wings below more like A. centaurus than the male, the 

 arched abdominal bands obsolete, replaced by a continuation of the 

 ordinary pale-edged macular bands. Expanse of wings 1 inch 1 1 

 lines. 



Six examples, Nikko (C. Maries). Coll. B.M. 



Proteides chrys^glia, sp. n. 



Olivaceous brown, the wings with bright golden or yellowish cu- 

 preous reflections, and with the basal three fourths densely sprinkled 

 with fulvous hair-like scales ; fringe creamy whitish : primaries with 

 an indication of four or five increasing oval discal buff-coloured spots, 

 which, however, are concealed in certain lights by the shot colouring 

 of the wing : head bright fulvous ; thorax densely clothed with fulvous 

 hair ; palpi jet-black with a broad yellow band. Under surface oliva- 

 ceous, with slight golden reflections : primaries with the pale buff 

 spots distinct, forming a pyramidal patch, the base of which is ex- 

 panded and occupies the whole internal border, divided by the me- 

 dian branches ; a small bifid yellow spot within the end of the cell, 

 and a few radiating scales of this colour beyond the cell ; secondaries 

 with yellowish abdominal area : tibiae and tarsi bright orange. Ex- 

 pause of wings 1 inch 10 lines. 



Pour examples, Yesso (C Maries), Coll. B. M. 



9. On the Butterflies of Amurland, North China^ and Japan. 

 By H. J. Elwes, F.L.S., P.Z.S. 



[Eeeeived November 15, 1881]. 



Our knowledge of the Lepidoptera of N.E. Asia has received large 

 accessions during the last few years ; but no attempt has yet been 

 made to enumerate the Butterflies which are found there. It is still 

 far too soon to do this with any thing like completeness, as we 

 know nothing of the insects of China except in a few scattered loca- 

 lities ; and when we consider the enormous extent of the country, 

 and the number of years required by so indefatigable a naturalist as 

 the late Mr. Swinhoe to gain a fair knowledge of the birds, it is 

 evident that a good list of the Chinese Butterflies must be for many 

 years impossible. Having recently been requested by Mr. Godman 

 to work up a collection made in China by Mr. Pryer, I soon found 

 that the relation between the Butterflies of North China, Amurland, 

 and Japan was so close that they could only be studied as a whole. 



