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



to see how the larger and brighter specimens described as L. hellotia 

 and L. praxiteles can be separated from L. argiades. As a rule 

 the Oriental and Japanese specimens are larger and more richly 

 spotted, especially at Tokio, Japan ; but some of those from Askold 

 (Jankowski/) and Shanghai {Pryer) are quite as small as German 

 specimens of L. pohjsperchon, Berg. This variety also occurs on 

 the Ussuri at Raddefskaia and Askold. 



Lyc^na fischeri, Evers. Bull. Mosc. 1843, p. 537, t. ii. 



Found at Vladivostock and Askold, also at Shanghai, but not, 

 so far as I know, in Japan. Chinese specimens do not agree per- 

 fectly with Siberian ones. They are smaller, and the blue eyes do 

 not show through the hind wing of female ; but I do not think they 

 can be separated. There is in Fryer's collection a species marked 

 "filicaudis, Pryer, type," of which I can find no published descrip- 

 tion, and which I think belongs to this species. 



L. ARGiA, Men. Cat. Mus. Petr, 125, t. x. (1857). 



1 L.japonica, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. xi.p. 1G7 (1874). 



This species is a very puzzling one, and, without seeing the type 

 specimens, impossible to decide upon. 



I have specimens which agree perfectly witli Menetries's descrip- 

 tion, and others from the same localities agreeing with Murray's 

 description of L.japonica, of which lie only knew the female. Mene- 

 trie's's plate, however, represents an insect which might well be a faded 

 male of L. cegon ; and in his description he compares the species 

 with L. optilete. 



From Shanghai are other specimens, referred by Moore to L. otus. 

 Fab. ; and in various collections I find specimens of the same or a 

 nearly allied species referred to L. maha, KoU., from Kashmir, 

 L. chandala, Moore, from Shanghai, Hongkong, L. diluta, Feld., 

 from Swatow, There are also specimens in my own and Hewitson's 

 collection from Sikkim, Calcutta, and N.W. Himalaya coming very 

 close. I am quite unable to say what are the limits and distinctive 

 characters of these various species, if they are distinct. 



L. LYSiMON, Hiibn. Eur. Schmett. t. 535. f. 5. 



Of this wide-ranging species I have specimens from Shanghai, and 

 one doubtfully from Japan which comes very close to it. There are 

 specimens referred to this species in Dr. Staudinger's collection from 

 Amoy, Foochow, and Macao. 



L. CLEOBis, Brem. Bull. Acad. Petr. iii. p. 472 (1861). 



L. (sgonides, Brem. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 28, t. iii. fig. 8 (1 864). 



From Raddefskaia, Baranofsky, and other parts of the Amur region. 

 Some specimens of the Japanese L. argus $ come very near this ; but 

 L. cleobis may be distinguished by its broad white fringe and darker 

 tint, especially in the male sex. 



