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Show 268 MR. F. MOORE ON THE [May 5, Exp. tf If, $ i| inch. Hab. Soonamurg, N.E. of Cashmere valley. This species belongs to the " Selene" group, and is allied to A. jerdoni, Lang, from Goolmurg, on S.W. side of the valley. 26. MELIT^EA BALBITA, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 5.) Male. Upperside bright fulvous ; markings prominent; cilia pale yellow, alternating with black; costal edge and veins black ; base of wings and hind margins fuliginous black ; both wings with a broad exterior marginal black band, traversed by prominent fulvous dentiform lunules : fore wing with a black constricted mark within the cell, a streak at the end, a short longitudinal streak below it from base of wing, and two transverse discal series of spots (the inner row being the largest) : hind wing with black subbasal irregular transverse series of lunular marks. Underside paler : fore wing with the veins fulvous ; costa and exterior margin yellow; markings not prominent; cilia as above: hind wing with black veins ; a basal band, a prominent discocellular spot, a broad curved discal band, and a marginal series of broad lunules yellow, all bordered by a black line ; the discal band traversed by a blackish irregular line, the interbasal space bright fulvous, and the interdiscal space yellow, with bright fulvous spots ; extreme outer margin and cilia yellow. Female. Upperside dull, clouded fulvous ; cilia paler ; markings broader, confluent, the base of the wings more broadly dusky black, the interdiscal space somewhat yellow, and the marginal dentiform lunules more or less yellow. Underside as in male, excepting that the exterior marginal lunules of fore wing, and the basal, discal, and marginal band of lunules, as well as the discocellular spot of the hind wing is glossy yellow or dull silvery white. Exp. d H, $ If inch. Hab. Soonamurg, N.E. Cashmere. The nearest European ally of this species is M. athalia. 27. SYMBRENTHIA HYPPOCLA, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. t. 220. f. C, D. 28. SYMBRENTHIA HYSUDRA, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 8.) Male. Differs from S. hypselis (figured by Boisduval and Doubleday) in being smaller, the hind wings more rounded exteriorly and shorter hindward. On the upperside the bands are of an orange-yellow, much broader and with irregular sinuous margins, the band from the hind margin of fore wing being joined to the subapical and extending thence inwards to the costa, from which a small streak ascends to near the apex ; on the hind wing the submarginal band is narrower, has an even outer edge, and extends to very near the anterior angle ; a narrow marginal line runs from anal to anterior angle. On the underside the tessellations are different but prominent ; the submarginal band on hind wing is formed of short black transverse streaks, the second and third spaces only tinged with |
