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fulvous, and the lower of the two white pupils is very faint or entirely absent. 

 Under surface brown, dusted with ochreous along costal half of primaries ; 

 the ocellus is brighter than above, both pupils are well defined, and it is 

 followed by a reddish brown cloud extending nearly to first median nervule : 

 secondaries ochreous-grey, clouded and dusted with darker scales, and 

 traversed by a number of wavy brown lines, the most distinct of which are 

 the two central and the submarginal ; preceding the submarginal line is a 

 series of white points. Fringes pale grey-brown. Expanse, 62 mm. 



Several males taken at Ta-Chien-Lu, and three at Wa-Shan, 

 in July. 



Allied to E. ruricola, but distinguished at once by the fulvous 

 ring of ocellus. In some specimens there is no trace of white 

 points before submarginal line on under surface of secondaries ; 

 in others the central lines assume band-like proportions, and the 

 submarginal line is not clearly denned. 



Pararge pr^eusta, sp. n. 



$. Fuliginous-brown. An angulated and interrupted fulvous band 

 traverses the primaries from costa to outer angle ; towards apex are two 

 paler fulvous spots with a black one below them. Fringes whitish, chequered 

 with black at extremities of nervules. Under surface : — Discal area of 

 primaries reddish brown ; fascia as above, but broader and paler ; apical 

 spots white, the black one below them is distinctly ringed with pale fulvous 

 and has a white central dot : secondaries greyish, with some marks near the 

 base and two transvere angulated central lines reddish brown ; there is a 

 submarginal series of six ocelli, — that on the costa is the largest and is pre- 

 ceded by a whitish crescent, the third is the least of the series, and the sixth 

 has two white pupils. 



J . The fascia is broader, there is a fulvous flush in the submedian and 

 second median interspaces, and the fringes are pale fulvous but chequered 

 with black, as in the male ; the black apical spot has a white centre. 

 Expanse, $ 58 mm., ? 62 mm. 



A very fine series, including both sexes, taken at Wa-Shan in 

 June, and one female specimen from Huang-mu-Chung. 



Closely allied to P. episcopalis, Oberth. (Etud. d'Ent. xi. p. 22, 

 pi. iv. fig. 24), but the fascia on primaries is more angulated, and 

 fulvous instead of white. The apical spots of P. episcopalis, 

 when present, are white and very small. On the under surface 

 of primaries the points of difference are as well defined as above, 

 but colour and markings of secondaries appear to be almost exactly 

 alike in both species. 



Argynnis zenobia, sp.n. 

 $ . Fulvous with black markings, as in A. childreni, Gray, but the outer 

 magin of secondaries is without the bluish tinge of that species, and the 

 sinuses are not nearly so deep. On the under surface of primaries there is 

 not the least tinge of red of any shade ; the silvery lines at apex are sinuate 

 and enclose three black spots, the upper one more distinct than the other 

 two : on the secondaries there is more blue in the composition of the greenish 

 ground colour ; the basal and discal lines are very similar to these characters 

 in A. childreni ; the central band is sinuous and interrupted at the end of 

 cell, where there is a large black dot ; marginal and submarginal silvery lines 

 are more indented, and towards costa the opposing angles of these lines meet 



