882 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUTTERFLIES [NoV. 15, 



Miletus hamada, Druce, Cist. Ent. i. p. 361 (1875). 



A distinct species, unlike any thing I have seen from China or Japan, 

 but nearly allied to a specimen in my collection from D.irjiling, which 

 differs in having an indistinct whitish patch on the fore wing, which 

 may be sexual. I have seen a specimen from Shanghai collected by 

 Christoph, which comes very close to, if it is not identical with, those 

 from Sikkim in Dr. Staudinger's collection. There is a single 

 specimen in Fryer's collection, without indication of locality, which 

 differs considerably from M. hamada beneath, but agrees with it above. 



Lami'ides? sp. 



An apparently new species, which will no doubt be described by 

 Mr. Butler, is in the British-Museum collection from Kiukiang 

 (^Maries). 



Lyc^na ? sp. nov. 



A very distinct species, from Mr. Fenton's collection, of which I 

 have only seen one specimen at Mr. Janson's. It is of a deep 

 shining blue, with black border above and pale green beneath. 



Curetis acuta, Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xx. p. 50. 



Nearest to Curetis (Anops) bulls, Hew., but differs in both sexes 

 in the prolongation of the apical angle of fore wing. The specimens 

 from Shanghai {Pryer) and Japan {Pryer^ Jonas), which I have 

 seen, agree fairly. 



The female, which is of a blue-grey colour, seems much rarer than 

 the male. 



C. truncata, Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xx. p. 50. 



From Shanghai (^Holdsworth). I have not seen this species, and 

 can say nothing as to its specific difference. 



Amblyfodia japonica, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. 1875, p. 170. 



Allied to A. rama, Kijll., from the Himalaya ; the fore wings 

 more produced at the apex, and the hind wings without a tail. 



Found at Yokohama, but seemingly not common in Japan. This 

 species has been referred by Mr. Butler to A. asmarus, Feld. Reise 

 Nov. ii. p. 2.35, 1865 ; but as this species comes from Cochin and is 

 not figured, I am doubtful as to the identification. 



A. turbata, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 133. 



This species is named but not described by Mr. Butler, though 

 the specimens in the British Museum appear to be fully distinct 

 from A. japonica, being larger, differently shaped, and with con- 

 spicuous tails to the hind wings, which A. japonica never has. 

 A, turbata is from Nikko. There is a specimen resembling this in 

 Fryer's collection, without indication of locality, but probably from 

 China. 



