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Show 608 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM [May 3, These specimens are rather smaller than European examples, and may possibly represent a dwarfed race of the species. 28. TERIAS HECABEOIDES. Terias hecabeoides, Menetrie's, Cat. Mus. Petrop. Lep. i. p. 85, pi. 2. fig. 2 (1855). Two females. Kurrachee, June and July 1879. "Very common in April, June, July, and August." 29. TERIAS ^SIOPE (NO. 2). Terias a?siope, Menetries, Cat. Mus. Petrop. Lep. i. p. 85, pi. 2. fig. 3 (1855). One male. Calcutta. "January, rare." 30. TERIAS LJETA (NO. 1). Terias Iceta, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. i. p. 694 (1836). One female. Belgaum. Major Swinhoe says that T. venata occurs rarely at Kurrachee in August. 31. TERACOLUS VESTALIS. Teracolus vestalis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 135. n. 32, pi. 7. fig. 10. Nine good specimens. Kurrachee, May 1879. Major Swinhoe notes the following months in which this species may be taken-January to May, August, September, November, and December. This, however, is somewhat modified by subsequent remarks respecting this species and T. puellaris. 32. TERACOLUS PUELLARIS. Teracolus puellaris, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 136, n. 33. Ten specimens, mostly good. April and May, 1879. Major Swinhoe says:-"The great distinction between the two above species, I take it, is the colouring of the underside, puellaris being yellow, and vestalis having a pinkish orange tinge, especially in the marginal border of the primaries and throughout the secondaries ; but there appear to be two kinds distinct from vestalis, both of which I think are not puellaris, the black border on the upperside of the secondaries being twice as broad in the one as in the other; and as there are both sexes of each kind, I think they are distinct. I send you a series of 25 examples, 9 being the ordinary vestalis, 10 vestalis of a smaller size which are marked "Ldmais No. 1" in my collection, and 6 marked "No. 2," which are like puellaris, except for the very narrow border on the secondaries ; kindly tell me if these are puellaris or another species. I don't send you any more typical puellaris; you have plenty in the Museum collection, and they are rare here; and I have but four examples, one of these, by the way, being a monster, very darkly and strongly marked throughout with black, with many large dark spots on the underside of the secondaries." |