130 I May. 



than sides of frontalia, which, with the face, are pale grey j fronlo-orbital bristles 

 only reaching to the second joint of the antennae ; facialia bare ; antennae with the 

 third joint narrow, and about four times the length of the second ; arista long and 

 slender, with the basal third thickened ; palpi black ; thorax with four indistinct 

 stripes, the central pair very narrow, the outer ones maculiform ; outer dorso-central 

 post-sutural bristles three in number ; scutellum grey ; abdomen grey, with a narrow 

 dorsal stripe on the second segment, and a rather indistinct brown triangular patch 

 or spot on each side of the second and third segments, those on the latter being 

 Tcry small ; both discal and marginal setae present ; wings with apical cross vein 

 nearly straight, and the outer cross one curved ; legs black. This very small species 

 (3 — 4 mm.) is rare. 



M. RUTILA, Mgn. 

 Yellow-grey ; facial angle nearly straight ; frontal stripe rufous or piceous, 

 rather narrower than the sides of frontalia, which, with the face, are yellowish- 

 white ; antennae brown, with third joint four times as long as the second, which, 

 with the first, is ferruginous ; arista thickened to rather beyond the middle ; facialia 

 with a few setae at the bottom ; palpi yellow ; thorax with four narrow stripes, the 

 outer pair being broken ; post-sutural outer dorso-central bristles four in number j 

 scutellum grey, with hinder part luteous ; calyptra ochreous ; abdomen covered with 

 yellow pubescence, and immaculate, middle segments with both discal and apical 

 setae ; wings tinged with yellow at the base and on the fore border ; apical cross 

 vein curved ; legs black, with rufous or fulvous tibiae, the hind ones armed on their 

 outer sides with a number of rather short setae of irregular lengths. This rare 

 species was found by Miss Prescott-Decie at Westerton, by Elgin. 



{To he continued). / S^O 



THE BUTTERFLIES OF RAWAL PINDI AND THE MURREE HILLS 



(PUNJAB). 



BY N. MANDEES, T.E.S., 



Surgeon- Captain, Medical Staff. 



(concluded from p. 92). 



^Everes ayiades, Pall.— Common in the autumn at Pindi, but I have no 

 specimens from the Galis, though it probably occurs there. 



*Nacaduha Ardates, Moore. — The tailed form occurs at Pindi in October. 



*Catochrysops Cnejus, F.— Occurs sparingly in the Galis, but is very common 

 near Abbottabad. The species is very constant, and the males a dark blue or 

 purplish colour. 



*Jarucus Theophrastus, F. — There are two broods of this insect, one appearing 

 in April and the other in the rains. The spring brood, which has received the name 

 of alteratus, is rather smaller, the ground colour of the under-surface is whitish- 

 fuscous, not a pure white, and the markings are also fuscous, and less distinct. 

 Intermediate specimens between the extreme form alteratus on the one hand, and 

 typical Theophrastus, with pure white and black markings, on the other, may be 



