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



Butler says " there can be no question that whereas the male 

 of L. epimenides figured by Menetries is a Pai'aiffe, the female is a 

 Neopen&Sir N.gaschkevitschii,&nA. is nearer to N?ope callipteris than 

 to the male associated with it." I can only say that the figures in 

 question are very faithful ones of the two sexes as sent me by Dr. 

 Staudinger ; and if there can be no question that they belong to 

 different genera, as Mr. Butler thinks, the sooner the two genera are 

 united the better. 



Lethe sicelis, Hew. Ex. Butt. iii. Beb. t. i. 



Found in the Ningpo hills by Pryer and in Japan, though seem- 

 ingly not common. 



L. (Pronophila) schrenki. Men. Schrenk's Reise, p. 33, t. iii. 

 fig. 3. 



Of this fine species I have specimens agreeing very well from 

 Raddefskaia and other parts of Amurland, and from Central Japan. 

 It was found also in Yesso by Maries. It seems to belong to the 

 same genus as L. epimenides. 



L. DIANA, Butl. Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ix. p. 55 (1866). 

 Common in Central Japan. 



L. whitelyi, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, xix. p. 403, 



t. ix. fig. 8. 



From various parts of Japan. The markings are similar to the 

 last ; but the whole insect is darker. 



? L. coNSANGuis, Butl. Ann. & Mag. Nat, Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 133. 



I think that this, of which I have seen the type, is only a variety 

 of the last. It differs in the brighter zones of the ocelli. 



Neope gaschkevitschii. Men. Cat. Mus. Petr p. 121, t. x. fig. 4 

 (1855). 



Common in Japan, but not found in Amurland to my knowledge. 

 Felder says it occurs at Ningpo. 



A variety or species is described as N. niphonica, Butl. Ann. & 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vii. p. 133. From Tokio. 



I am very doubtful whether this can be considered distinct ; but 

 if it is, it must bear the name of N. gaschlcevitschii instead of the 

 commoner form generally known as such ; for it agrees exactly with 

 Menetries's excellent figure in the points in which iV. niphonica is 

 said to differ from the common form. 



N. CALLTPTERis, Butl. Auu. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, xix. p. 92. 



370 miles from Tokio (Fenton), Nikko (Maries). 



This species seems to me more nearly allied to Leihe than to 

 Neope, and, like the next species, is very similar in form and markings 

 to some of the Himalayan Satyridee. 



