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Show 1882.] FROM THE N.W. HIMALAYA. 251 RAPALA GRISEA. Deudorix grisea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, p. 140. APHN^EUS ETOLUS. Papilio etolus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pl. 208. f. E, F (1782). APHNCEUS TRIFURCATA, n. sp. Male. Upperside violet-brown; basal area of a more greyish-blue tint than in A. ictis, the orange spot trifurcate and triangular. Female paler; basal area greyish vinous-brown; orange spot on fore wing small, not larger than that of the male. Underside of a deeper chrome-yellow, the silver-streaked bands similarly disposed, but all nearly dusky black throughout their breadth ; the marginal slender spots more prominent. Expanse, <$ 1-fa, £ 1T 5 0 inch. Hab. N.W. Himalaya, Dharmsala (Baden Powell and Hocking). In coll. F. Moore and British Museum. APHN^EUS UNIFORMIS, n. sp. Fore wing comparatively narrower and more acutely pointed at the apex than in A. trifurcata; hind wing shorter, but longer hind-wards, and the exterior margin even and less convex anteriorly. Upperside dull bluish brown : fore wing unmarked : hind wing with an indistinct dull ochreous anal spot speckled with grey and black. Underside dull pale brownish ochreous, the transverse bands nearly obsolete, being indicated by very slender indistinct silvery-speckled lines ; anal lobe black-spotted. Expanse ly5^ inch. Hab. Mount Meru, Wurdhan. In coll. British Museum. APHNAUS ELIMA. Aphnaus elima, Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1877, p. 51. PRATAPA ICETAS. Iolaus icetas, Hewits. 111. D. Lep. p. 44, pl. 18. f. 6, 7 (1865), $ LOXURA ATYMNUS. Papilio atymnus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pl. 331. f. D, E (1782). SURENDRA QUERCETORUM. Amblypodia quercetorum, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 42, pl. 1«. f. 7(185 7). PANCHALA, n. g. Wings small, short, broad *. fore wing much arched; exterior margin erect, slightly convex hindwards; cell extending beyond half the wing ; costal vein extending to near half the margin ; first subcostal emitted at two fifths and second at one fifth before end of the cell, third bifid at one third before the apex, fifth from slight angle at end of the cell; discocellular slightly bent near upper |