376 LYC^NID^. 
Zepliyrus scintillans, sp. uov. (Plate XXVII. figs. 10 2 , 11 s ■) 
Mule. Similar to the same sex of Z. orieiitalis, but much rounder in the wing ; colour similar but 
much brighter. Outer margins of all the wings broadlj- black, as also is the costa of 
secondaries and the outer two thirds of the costa of primaries, but the latter more narrowl}'. 
Tails ver}' long and slender ; towards anal angle is a pale blue submarginal line, a character 
which, so far as I am aware, only occurs in this species and in Z. orientalis. Under surface 
brownish grej' ; the discoidal bars on all the wings well defined and bordered with white ; 
transverse band white, internally bordered with dark brown ; a submarginal series of dark 
spots, bordered on each side with white and disappearing towards apex ; a dark brown 
marginal line bordered inwardly by a white one. Secondaries marked as in Z. orientalis, but the 
W towards anal angle is complete and quite differently angled to that species ; the submarginal 
band of secondaries is much more suffused with white ; the black spot in the reddish spot 
above the tail is larger. Fringes white, edged with black at anal angle. 
Female. Dark brown ; there is a fulvous patch at the end of cell, followed by two other patches 
beyond, one in each median interspace ; there is also a fulvous patch above the tail ; the 
submarginal line is blue towards anal angle, as in the male. Under surface like the male, 
but the ground-colour is dark brown. 
I have only received examples of this species from Chaug-yaug, in Central 
China, where they were captured in July. 
On the upper surface the female somewhat resembles a specimen sent 
to me by Dr. Staudinger, which he considers to be either a dimorphic form 
of Z. orientalis, var. cognata. Stand., or a hybrid between Z. orientalis and 
Z. taxila. 
Dr. Staudinger has also sent me typical examples of both sexes of his 
var. cognata, together with an intermediate form connecting cognata with 
orientalis. Apart from the other characters referred to in the above descrip- 
tion of Z. scintillans the formation of the W on under siu'face of secondaries 
is quite sufficient to distinguish this species from Z. orientalis, var. cognata. 
There is no tendency whatever to variation among my specimens of 
Z. orientalis or Z. smaragdina from Chang-yang. 
Zepliyrus orientalis. (Plate XXVII. fig. 14, var.) 
Dipsus orientalis, Murray, Ent. Mo. Mag. xi. p. 169 (1875). 
Thecla orientalis, Janson, Cistula Entom. ii. p. 156 (1877) ; Pryer, Rhop. ISJihoii. 
p. 14, pi. iv. figs. 8 a, 8 6 (1886) ; Fixsen, Rom. sur Lep. iii. p. 278 (1887). 
Female. " Alis supra brunneis, anticis ad apicem marginemque exteriorem saturatioribus, macula 
magna pallida obliqua, posticis caudatis. Alis subtus canis : anticis striga discocellulari 
fusca, striga transversa alba basin versus fuseo-marginata, in ramum medianum primum 
desinente, maculisquc obsoletis prsemarginalibus fuscis, albo-marginatis : posticis striga disco- 
cellulari obsoleta fusca, striga transversa alba, basin versus fuseo-marginata, apud angulum 
