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Show 160 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON THE GENUS TERACOLUS. [Jan. 18, with narrower orange patch, the basal grey scaling darkest on costa, and of a bluish colour; the apical area below lemon-yellow, the spots on its internal border squamose : secondaries above with larger marginal spots ; below with the discal spots less strongly defined, and the base not yellow as in the primaries. Expanse of wings 1 inch 8 lines. 5 . Distinguished by the dark brownish grey scaling over basal third, the larger and better-defined black spots, especially those on the disk of secondaries ; the under surface of secondaries clouded with greyish. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 3, Kussowlie, N . W . Himalayas; 3 2, India (Farr). Coll. F. Moore. This species must have been mixed up with Dr. Boisduval's examples of T. etrida, since his description of the female agrees with this form alone; it can never, I think, have come from Madras or Pegu. 113. TERACOLUS PURUS, n. sp. (Plate VII. figs. 14, 15.) 3. Distinguished from T. pernotatus by its purer white coloration, the base in the male scarcely visibly tinted with grey, but in the female as in the above-mentioned species; tbe apical area almost black, with a narrow regular slightly curved band of five orange spots ; only the uppermost and lowermost of the three discal spots visible in the female, and the three uppermost of the discal series of secondaries; black marginal spots of secondaries better defined, rounded : wings below with the base and apex of primaries sulphur-yellow ; the female with the whole of the secondaries, excepting the discoidal interspace, more or less tinted with the same colour; only the two uppermost of the discal spots in the secondaries of the male below visible ; in the female they are all present, but smaller. Expanse of wings, 3 1 inch 3 to 6 lines, $ 1 inch 6 to 8 lines. 3 2 > Punjab (type, B.M.) ; 3 $, Punjab (coll. F. Moore). W e have what I believe to be this species also, marked " India;" but the examples are in bad condition. 114. TERACOLUS ETRIDA. 3 . Anthocharis etrida (part), Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Le'p. i. p. 576. n. 24 (1836). v 2 . Like the female of T. purus, but rather larger, with the apex more rounded, the primaries above yellowish, the costal and discoidal areas of primaries and outer margin of secondaries below distinctly sulphur-yellow. Expanse of wings 1 inch 7 lines. 3 2, Scinde ; $ , Masuri (Grote) ; 3, Canara (typical form). , , Coll. F. Moore. The male has the orange patch broad at costa and tapering to near the second median branch ; but it is more readily recognized by the coloration of the under surface of the secondaries, which is white, with yellow diffused outer border; a small black dot at end of cell, and two subcostal pale brown spots near apex : the Canara example has the basicostal area of primaries above darker than in the specimens from Scinde ; but in other respects it agrees with them |
