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the same sex of tlie Persian species (L. Nasshreddini) has tlie ochreous patch on 

 the forewing paler and with the inner discal border of the patch suffused with 

 ochreous, was taken by Lieut. B. Y. Watson at Quetta on May 10th, 1885. Mr. 

 L. de Niceville (Butt, of India, 81) also refers to " a female specimen taken by 

 Col. A. M. Lang, in the Kawas Valley, Beluchistan, at 8000 feet elevation, in 

 September." 



Allied Persian and Chinese Species op Lasiommata. — L. Nasshreddini (Pararge 

 Nasshreddini, Staudinger; Christoph, Hor. Soc, Ent. Ross. xii. p. 240, pi. 5, 

 figs. 13, 14, c? ? (1876) ; Romanoff, Mem. Lep. 1890, p. 487. Nearest allied 

 to -but distinct from L. menava. Habitat. Shahrud, N. Persia. — L. mcesa, Leech 

 (Lep. China and Japan). Habitat. W. China. 



The following are Chinese allied genera : — Genus nov. Lopinga. Male. 

 Forewing rather narrow, subtriangular ; costa nearly straight, apex obtuse ; ex- 

 terior margin oblique and slightly convex ; cell long, narrow ; discocellulars 

 outwardly -oblique, upper radial from end of cell in a direct line with the sub- 

 costal, lower radial from above middle of the discocellulars ; no androconial patch. 

 Hindiving bluntly ovate, exterior margin convex, somewhat sinuous ; cell, broad ; 

 discocellulars undulated, radial from the middle ; two upper medians from end of 

 the cell, upper median much arched. Palpi densely clothed in front to the tip ; 

 antennae short, stout, with a well-formed thick elongated club. Type. — L. 

 dumetorum (Pararge dumetorum, Oberthiir, Etudes Ent. 1886, p. 23, pi. 4, fig. 20). 

 Habitat. W. China. — L. nemorum (Pararge nemorum, Oberthiir, Etudes Ent. 1890, 

 p. 42, pi. 9, fig. 103). Habitat. Yunan. — L. catena (Pararge catena. Leech, 

 Entomologist, 1890, p. 30). Habitat. C. China. — L.fidmscens (Pararge fulvescens, 

 Alpheraky, Romanoff's Mem. Lep. v. 1889, p. 118). Habitat. China. 



Gen. nov. Ceebeta. Male. Forewing longer and narrower than in typical 

 Lasiommata (L. megsera) ; costa more arched, exterior margin more oblique, the 

 posterior margin comparatively shorter and with an indistinctly defined inner 

 discal short glandular fascia, which is clothed with short, very broad, battledore- 

 scales, some elongate narrow foliate scales with rounded tip, and a few long fine 

 tapering hairs ; cell more than half length of wing, broad. Hindiving short, 

 exterior margin convex, slightly scalloped; cell longer. Palpi slender, clothed 

 with shorter hairs in front ; antennee longer, more slender, and with a longer 

 gradually-thickened club. Type. — Crebeta Deidamia (Pararge Deidamia, Eversm. 

 Bull. Mosc, 1851, p. 617. H. Schseffer, Schraett, Eur. i. figs. 609, 610). Habitat. 

 Amurland. — C. Menetriesii (Satyr. Menetriesii, Bremer and Grey; Motsch. Etud. 

 1852, p. 59. Menetries, Catal. Acad. Mus. Petr. i. pi. 6, tig. 4 (1855). Pryer, 

 Butt. Japan, p. 31, pi. 9, fig. 5. Habitat. N. China ; Japan. G. erebina 

 (Pararge erebina Butler, Ann. N.H., 1883, p. 277). Habitat. S. Corea. 



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