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LibytTiea Myrrha. — Not uncommon in Himalayan woods. 



Dodona Durga. — Common on pastures and grassy slopes iu the Hi- 

 malaya, 5,000 to 8,000 ft. Affects the sunshine ; flight quick, almost 

 Hesperidian. D. Egeon Mr. Hewitson considers to be a var. ((J) of 

 Durga. It may be a Nepal variety. In Busahir, and about Simla, 

 Kussowlie, &c., both sexes of Durga remain constant in form. 



D. Egeon. — I have only seen this butterfly once, in September, 

 in a richly wooded Himalayan glen, full of Horse-chestnut {Pavia), 

 Maple, Sycamore, Oak {Q. incana), and Rhododendron, through which 

 fell, in numerous little cascades, a clear stream, bordered with bushes 

 (JRubus, &c.), and an undergrowth of grasses, ferns, &c. ; quite a different 

 countiy to that of Durga. I have only passed this glen once in Sep- 

 tember ; in former or subsequent months I never saw the insect ; it 

 appears, therefore, to have but one short-lived, autumnal brood. The 

 insect was pretty numerous, seated on tall TJmbelliferae, and flitting from 

 plant to plant, with short, quick flight, in an open glade in the glen, 

 close to the stream. 



Sospita Echerius. — Taken at Umballa in August. 



DESCEIPTIONS OF A NEW SPECIES OP ZEUOOPEOBA, AND A NEW 

 SPECIES OP 8PHJER0DEBMA. 



BY J. S. BALY, M.E.S. 



Zeugophora Kirbyi, n. s. 



Eulva, suhnitida, oculis nigris, iliorace utrinque obtuse spinoso, 

 sat profunde punctata, punctis irregulariter congregatis ; elytris 

 profimde punctatis. 



Long. 1\ \m. 



Hab. North America. 



This species closely resembles in colour Zeugophora Turneri, 

 Power ; the pale under-side, rather more robust form, somewhat shorter 

 antennae, together with the entirely different shape of the thorax, will 

 separate it from that species. In form of thorax Z. Kirbyi most 

 nearly approaches Z.Jlavicollis. In both species the hinder margin of 

 the lateral spine commences at the middle of the thorax, and is pro- 

 duced almost directly outwards to form nearly a right angle with the 

 basal half of the side itself; in Z. Turneri, scutellaris and subspinosa, the 

 spine commences J ws^ behind the middle, and forms an obtuse angle 

 with the side ; the punctuation on the sides is as deep, and even more 

 crowded than in ^.^«yicoZZ/s ; on the disc, however, it is rather fine 

 and irregulai'ly crowded, leaving spaces free from punctures. The 

 punctuation of the elytra closely resembles that of Z.fiavicollis, but 

 the punctures are rather larger and deeper. 



