ACHALARUS. 561 
" Voisin de bifasciafus, c;ermnnvs, nepo.% etc. ; mais bien distinct par le rctrc'cisscment des taclies 
vitreuses aux ailes superieures. Le dessous des ailes inferieixres resemble plus a germanus 
qu'aux autres especes, c'est-a-dire que les taohcs noir violacc sont cgalement foncees cliez 
(jermanus et chez f rater ; mais leur position relative est differente, comme aussi la position des 
taclies vitreuses aux superieures." {ObertJiiir, I. e.) 
I received this species from Pu-tsu-fong in Western China, where it ^Yas 
captured in June, and M. Oberthiir records it from Yunnan. 
Achalarus germanus. 
Eudamus germanus, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Entom. xi. pi. vi. fig. 48 (1886). 
Very similar to A. bifasciatiis, var. contractus, on the upper surface, but four of the five subapical 
spots are contiguous and arranged in an oblique line. On the under surface of secondaries 
the ill-defined bands of bifasciatus 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'Entom. xi. pi. vi. fig. 49 (1886). 
Both sexes agree in general characters with A. bifasciatus, 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-chicn-lu, and I have tliree 
males and one female from Pu-tsu-fong taken at an elevation of about 
SOOO feet in July. 
Achalarus simplex. (Plate xxxvill. 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 nee June, 1891). 
Both sexes may be compared with A. bifasciatus, 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 
