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



Tagiades NYMPHALis, Spever, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1879, p. 348. 



This fine large species is described from three specimens taken at 

 Vladivostock. Speyer states that it differs slightly from Chinese speci- 

 mens. The species resembles l^atm-upa gopala, Moore, from Sikkim, 

 in the size, shape, and marking of the fore wings ; but the hind wings 

 are very different. 



I have seen it from N. China iu Dr. Staudinger's collection. 



IsMENE BENJAMiNi, Gu6r. Delcss. Sonn. Inde, ii. p. 79, t. 22. 



I. benjamini, \ar.japonica, Murr. Ent. Mo. Mag. 18/5, p. 4. 



Specimens from Japan {Pnjer) and Ningpo {Pnjer) agree with 

 each other and hardly vary from the Himalayan insect, though the 

 yellow and black markings on the anal angle below are not usually 

 so bright or conspicuous. 



I, SEPTENTRioNALis, Fcld. Rcisc, Nov. p. 525, t. 73. fig. 3 

 (?186C). 



/. striata, Hew. Ex. Butt. v. t. 43. figs. 6, 7 (? 1867). 



This species, described from Shanghai (Muir/iead) and from China 

 {Hewitson), I have not seen ; but the figures quoted seem to agree 

 very well. The species is easily distinguished from I. benjamini by 

 the absence of the anal markings and the banded body. The colora- 

 tion of its upper surface (not figured by Felder) is nearer that of the 

 following. 



I. AQUiLiNA, Speyer, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1879, p. 346. 



I. JanJcows/cii, Oberthiir, Et. Ent. v. p. 23, t. i. fig. 2 (1880). 



Vladivostock, .'Vskold {Jankoioshj) ; Japan (Mus. Brit. 4' Hew.). 



The species is plain brown in colour, witli pale indistinct patch on 

 the fore wing. It is allied to I. harisa, Moore, from Sikkim, though 

 quite distinct. 



Hesperia? ALEXIS, Fab., Butler, Fab. Ins. p. 269, t. iii. 



A specimen which agrees very fairly with Butler's plate is in 

 Fryer's collection from Shanghai. 



The whitish band of hind wing below is very faint, except where 

 it joins the dark spot at anal apex ; and the insect closely resembles 

 a specimen from Queensland {MacLean) in Mus. Godman and Salvin. 



Plesioneura curvifascia, Feld. Wien. ent. Mon. vi. p. 29 

 (1862). 



From Ningpo (Muirhead) . Said to be near P. feisthamelii, 

 Boisd., from the Moluccas. 



P. BiFASciATA, Brem. 



Eudamus bifasciatus, Br. & Grej^ p. 10 (1853). 

 Gonoloba bifasciata, Men. Enum. t. v. fig. 3 (1855). 



A species I know only from the plate. It was found near Pekin 

 (^Bremer). 



