NEOPE. 
Neope bremeri. (Plate VIII. fig. 7,s .) 
Lasiommata bremeri, Ftlder, Wien. eutom. Mou. vi. p. 28 (1862). 
Neope romanovi, Leech, Eiitora. xxiii. p. 29 (1890). 
" Lasiommata bremeri, Felder. — Alis supra fuscescentibus, maculis exterioribus subfusiformibus 
ochraceis, medio late fusco interruptis, subtus pallidioribus ochraceo lilascentique variis, 
figuris anuularibus in celliila, striga discali valde flexuosa posticarumque altera basali fuscis, 
his ocellis octo distinctissiinis, aiiticis ocellis quinque (secundo, quarto et quiuto multo 
majoribus, distinctus), ciliis angustis albidis. d" • 
" Prtccedentis vicaria in terra coutinenti. Unicum nostrum specimen prope Ning-po captum ab ca 
alis anticis apice productis, apud raarginem externum pauUum concavis, augulo earum interno 
distinctiore, colore pilositatis et venarum pagina; supcrioris fusco, maculis hujus exterioribufi 
multo minoribus, pallidioribus, ocellis pagin;e inferioris mijoribus et magis distinctis, striga 
discali magis flexuosa, in anticis inter costam et plicam discoidalem superiorem subcontinua, 
absentia lunularum marginalium in pagina superiore alarum posticarum ciliisque angustioribus 
facile dignoscitur." (Fekler, I. c.) 
N. romanovi, Leech. — Male. Chocolate-brown, with olive reflections and a metallic green tinge in 
certain lights ; venation not ochreous, there are two transverse series of small yellowish spots 
on outward half of primaries, but those towards costa are ill-defined. Secondaries have a 
marginal series of large black spots, each spot edged internally and externally with yellowish, 
except that at outer angle, which is bordered on its hinder edge only. Under surface pale 
brown tinged with violet-grey. Primaries broadly streaked with ochreous grey along the 
inner margin ; central brown band very narrow, bidentate near costa, then gently curved, 
emitting a short projection before its termination near anal angle; four submarginal ocelli, 
the second almost filled up with white ; two brown sinuated lines parallel with outer margin. 
Secondaries with three yellowish -brown ringed spots at the base; the central band is grey- 
brown with a triple edging of brown, yellowish, and dark brown ; seven very distinct sub- 
marginal ocelli. 
Female. The inner series of spots on upper surface of primaries distinct. 
Expanse, c? 74 millim., $ 80 millim. 
Occurs in Western China at Omei-shan, Chia-ting-fii and Kwei-chow in 
July, and Moupin in August, also at Cliang-yang and Ichang, Central China, 
in July. Felder's type was from near Ningpo. 
Neope oberthuri. (Plate VIII. fig. 3, .) 
Neope oberthuri. Leech, Entomologist, xxiv., Suppl. p. 24 (1891). 
Female. Closelj' allied to Neope bremeri, Feld. { = romanovi. Leech), with which species it agrees 
almost exactly in the markings of the upper surface, although the colour is darker. On the under 
surface the present species differs from N. bremeri iti the following characters : — The primaries 
are reddish brown ; the discal cell is crossed by three black bars, the outer one very broad ; 
beyond the cell is a blackish transverse band, broadest on the costa, where it is outwardly 
bordered with white : there is a submarginal series of seven spots ; the first is a small white 
one on the costa ; the second, pale but ill-defined ; third, a true ocellus with white pupil ; 
