ACHALARUS. 



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" Voisin dc hifasciaiiis, fjermanvs, nepof, etc.; mais bicii distinct par ]e rctrecisscraent des taches 

 vitrcuscs anx ailes siipc'ricures. Le dcssous des idles iiit'erieures resemble plus a (lerinanris 

 qu'aux autres especea, c'est-a-dire que les taches uoir violace sont egalement foncees chez 

 (jermctnus et c\\Q7. f rater ; mais leur position relative est differentc, comrae aussi la position des 

 taches vitreuses aux superieures." (Ohcrthiir, I. c.) 



I received this species from Pu-tsu-fong in Western China, where it was 

 captured in June, and M. Oberthiir records it from Yunnan. 



Achalarus germanus. 



Eudamus germanus, Oberthiir, Etiid. d'Entom. xi. pi. vi. fig. 48 (1886). 



Very similar to A. hifasciatus, var. contractus, on the upper surface, but four of the tire subapical 

 spots are contiguous aud arranged in an oblique line. On the under surface of secondaries 

 the ill-defined bands of hifasciatus are replaced in germanus by series of conspicuous dark 

 irregular-shaped marks, one of which, the third of submarginal series, is cuneiform. 



M. Oberthiir does not describe this species, of which he received four 

 examples from Ta-chien-lu. I have specimens from Pu-tsu-fong and Wa-ssu- 

 kow, where they were captured in June and July at an elevation of about 

 8000 feet in the former locality, and at 5000 feet in the latter. 



Achalarus nepos. 



Eudamus nepos, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Entotn. xi. pi. vi. fig. 49 (1886). 



Both sexes agree in general characters with A. hifasciatus, var. contractus, but the primaries arc 

 dusted with greyish ; the secondaries are greyish on the disc, broadly bordered with blackish 

 on outer margin ; the third spot of central series on primaries is placed farther apart and 

 appears to connect the five apical spots with the fourth of central series. On the under 

 surface all the wings are greyish, and the bands of secondaries are composed of more or less 

 dark quadrate spots, agreeing somewhat in this respect with A. germanus, but the third of 

 submarginal series is not triangular. 



M. Oberthiir received two specimens from Ta-chien-lu, and I have three 

 males and one female from Pu-tsu-fong taken at an elevation of about 

 SOOO feet in July. 



Achalarus simplex. (Plate XXXVIII. fig. 12, 6 .) 



Eudamus simplex, Leech, Entomologist, xxiv., Suppl. p. 58 (June 1891). 



Eudamus gener, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Entom. xv. p. 18, pi. i. fig. 2 (July nec June, 1891). 



Both sexes may be compared with A. hifasciatus, Brem. The wings are much shorter, broader, 

 and rounder in contour ; the ground-colour is dark shining brown ; the apical spots are 

 confluent, forming a dash. On the under surface the apex of primaries and outer margins 



