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male, ^vet-season form ; 2c, male, dr^j- season form (1892) ; ? Mycalesis perseus, Wallace 

 {nee Fabricius), Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 447, n. 12. 



Only two species of Mycalesis have hitherto been found in Hong- 

 kong. Walker gives mineus and perseus. The latter is stated by Dr. 

 F. Moore in Lep. Ind., vol. i, pp. 177, 178, to have a very wide range, 

 being found almost throughout India, Ceylon, Burma, the Malay 

 Peninsula and many of the islands of the Malay Archipelago, and in 

 Hainan and Formosa. It may, as Walker states, be found in Hong- 

 kong, but it is more probable, I think, that what he identified as M. 

 perseus is the comparatively common M. horsfieldii, which has been des- 

 cribed since Mr. Walker wrote his paper. It has never been bred, but 

 its larva will almost certainly be found on grasses. 



14. Lethe europa, Fabricius. 



Papilio europa, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 500, n. 247 (1775) ; Lethe europa, 

 Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 448, n. 14 ; Moore, Lep. Ind., vol. i, p. 

 256 (1892). 



The larva feeds on Bambusa Sp., natural order Graminese. 



15. Lethe confusa, Aurivillius. 



Lethe confusa, Aurivillias, Ent. Tids., vol. xviii, p. 142, n. 15 (1897) ; ? Lethe 

 verma. Walker, Trans. Eiit. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 448, n. 15 ; Lethe rohria, Kirby {nee 

 Fabricius), The Entomologist, vol. xxxii, p. 31 (1899). 



Mr. James J. Walker records Lethe verma, Kollar, from a single 

 specimen taken in the Happy Valley, Hongkong, in March. This is, 

 I think, probably an incorrect identification, the present species being 

 meant. L. verma is a common species in the hills of Northern India, and 

 is found in the hills of Western China, but not I believe in Western 

 China. As the name implies, there has been much confusion regard- 

 ing this species. Until recently it has been always known as L. rohria 

 Fabricius, until Dr. Aurivillius pointed out that the true rohria is an 

 older name for the Lethe dyrta of Felder. The larva will almost cer- 

 tainly be found to feed on the leaves of bamboo. 



J 6. Ypthima avanta, Moore. 



Ypthima avanta, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond,, 1874, p. 567; Elwes and 

 Edwards, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1893, p. 33, n. 38, pi. i, fig. 27, clasp of male ; 

 Tpthima ordinata, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1880, p. 148, pi. xv, fig, 3 ; 

 Ypthima hubneri, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 448, n. 16 ; ? Ypthima 

 argus, Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1895, p. 448, n. 17. 



T. avanta i °° seasonally dimorphic, avaiita is the dry-season form, 



