894 MR. H. J. ELWES ON THE BUtTERFLIES [NoV. 15, 



LiMENiTis siNENsiUM, Obeithiir, Et. Ent. ii. p. 25, t. iv. fig. 8. 



A very distinct species, only found by Abbe David in the Chinese 

 province of Kiangsi. 



Neptis ? RADDEi, Brcm. Lep. Ost-Sib. p. 18, t. i. fig. 9. 



This is so unlike any other species of Neptis that I doubt the 

 propriety of including it in the genus ; the female is very rare, and 

 agrees with the male in colour. 



It is found at Blagovetschensk, Raddefskaia, and at Askold. 



N. THisBE, Men. Schreuk's Reise, p. 26, t. ii. fig. 9. 



A distinct species, resembling some of the Himalayan species in 

 coloration. The female, which is very rare, is rather paler* in colour. 

 Bremer says that in a variety from the Ussuri the bauds and spots 

 are almost white. 



N. PHiLYRA, Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 25, t. ii. f. 8. 



Found at Raddefskaia, on the Ussuri, and elsewhere. It is pro- 

 bable that some of the specimens in collections under this name 

 belong to the following. 



N. PHiLYROiDEs, Stdgr. MSS. 



From Raddefskaia and the Ussuri. Seems commoner than the 

 last, from which it is distinguished by two white spots on the costa, 

 and by the paler colour of the underside. The female, which is rare, 

 has the same chatacteristics. 



N. spEYERi, Stdgr. MSS. 



Of this species, which is intermediate between N. aceris and 

 N. jihili/ra. Dr. Staudinger has only two specimens from the Ussuri. 



N. LuciLLA, Schiff. S. V. p. 173 ; Fab. Mant. 55. 



Var. ludmiUa, Herr.-Schaff. vi. p. G, t. 54(3. 



Found in many parts of the Amur region. 



I have two varieties from Japan, one of which agrees with the 

 European N, lucilla, and one with N. ludmiUa. The two forms, 

 however, seem to run into each other. 



N. ACERIS, Lepechin, Reise, i. p. 203, t. xni. figs. 5, 6 (1768-70). 



Var. intermedia, Pryer. 



Found in most locahties in Amurland, Japan, and at Ningpo. 



I can find no published description of iV. intermedia ; but the type, 

 which was in Mr. Fryer's collection from the Snowy Valley, near 

 Ningpo, appears to be a form of N. aceris. The same form also 

 occurs in Japan. It differs from European specimens of A'^. aceris in 

 being darker underneath and having narrower bands ; the Japanese 

 specimens T have seen are variable in this respect, and appear to 

 connect the Chinese with the European form ; but I doubt the 

 propriety of separating them. Those from North Japan are closest 

 to European specimens. 



