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Show 360 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [June 29, 14. SEPHISA DICHROA. Limenitis dichroa, Kollar in Hiig. Kaschm. iv. 2, p. 429, pi. 8. figs. 1, 2 (1848). 2, Muree, 11th August, 1885. " Not common ; some half-dozen specimens, nearly all damaged, taken at Murree (9th and 11th August), all on the trunk of the same tree-a species of willow. Two or three seen on the wing : the flight appears to be particularly rapid."-J. W. Y. 15. ATHYMA OPALINA. Limenitis opalina, Kollar in Hiig. Kaschm. iv. 2, p. 427 (1848). d, Murree, 5th and 12th August; $ , 1st October, 1885. " Fairly common at Murree in August."-/. TV. Y. 16. NEPTIS MAHENDRA. Neptis mahendra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 560, pi. 32. fig. 3. d, Murree, 13th August; $ , 8th September, 1885. " Common at Murree, August and September ; seen as far as Thundiani."-/. TV. Y. The following species was sent under the same number and name (N. mahendra), but is perfectly distinct both in pattern and coloration, being more nearly allied to N. nandina of Darjiling and Nepal, which it apparently represents in Western India. 17. NEPTIS YERBURII, sp. n. d .Wings above of the size, form, and general aspect of N. mahendra, but the discoidal streak and spot beyond it as in N. duryodana, which it also resembles in having a pale irregular line across the primaries between the discal and submarginal spots, and a pale sub-marginal line on the secondaries. It differs from both species in having a complete submarginal series of white spots on the primaries, and a pale line through the centre of the black belt on the secondaries ; further, it differs from N. mahendra in the greiter obliquity of the subapical discal spots of the primaries : on the under surface the markings are very different, corresponding in almost all respects with those of N. nandina ; the brown colouring, however, is olivaceous instead of rufous, and the brown belt across the secondaries does not taper towards the costa as in the Darjiling insect. Expanse of wings 54 millim. Murree, 16th August, 1885. As we possess Moore's types of N. nandina, and as this species is certainly confounded with others in at least one large collection, it may be useful to point out that it is more closely allied to N. soma (the types of which we also have in the Museum) than to any other named species; in fact it differs from the latter only in its broader and yellower whitish bands and larger spots (of the same colour); the ground-colour below is a shade darker, but of a similar rufous hue. It is a larger, longer-winged species than N. yerburii, has narrower bands and spots on the upper surface, and these markings are of a sordid yellowish tint instead of being snow-white. |