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Show 508 LIEUT.-COL. C. S W I N H O E O N [NOV. 4, 32. TERIAS HECABEOIDES. Ter. hecabeoides, Men. Cat. Mus. Petr., Lep. i. p. 85, pi. 2. f. (1855). Is also fairly plentiful during the summer months. I have specimens of both sexes in my collection, taken at Kurrachee in July and August. 33. TEBIAS JESIOPE. Ter. asiope, Men. Cat. Mus. Petr., Lep. i. p. 85, pi. 2. f. 3 (1855). December and January. I took but few examples, however. 34. TERIAS CURIOSA, n. sp. (Plate XLVII. fig. 3.) Kurrachee, August 1879. Shaped like T. hecabe, with the peculiar yellow coloration of T. venata, Moore. Fore wings-costa black, with a broad black marginal band commencing just outside the middle of the costa, sinuous internally, and filling nearly the whole of the marginal area. Hind wing with the border as in T. hecabeoides. Below quite immaculate. Expanse of wings ly6^ inch. 35. TERIAS PURREEA. Ter. purreea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 252. Is also scarce. I have thirteen in all, taken at Kurrachee in the months of December, January, and February. 36. TERIAS ASPHODELUS. Terias asphodelus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 151, pi. xxiv. f. 13. Three examples in my collection, taken at Kurrachee in February 1880, exactly correspond with Mr. Butler's description and figure. 37. TERACOLUS FAUSTUS. Pap. fausta, Olivier, Voy. 1. Emp. Oth. Atl. pi. 33. f. 4, a, b (1801). The common form of this group throughout Sind, extending also throughout Beloochistan and Southern Afghanistan. I have many specimens from Hydrabad, Sukkur, Quetta, and Kandahar. Appears at Kurrachee in January, August, and December. 38. TERACOLUS PROTRACTUS. Ter. protractus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 137. Is rare at Kurrachee. I took a few in January and March, 1879. I saw it in great plenty on the Hubb River in August and again in November, and it is very common on the banks of the Indus above Hydrabad. |
