244 NYMPIIALID.E. NYMTII ALIN.E. SYMBRENTIIIA. 



539- SymTjronthia asthala, Moore. (Plate XXIII, Fig. io6 $), 



S.astkala, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1874, p. 269, n. 29, pi, xliii, fig. 9, w«a/e; iJ., Doherty, Journ. 

 A. S. I)., vol. Iv, pt. 2, p. 122, n. 74 (18S6). 



Habitat : Kashmir, Simla, Masuri, Nortli-Western Kumaon. 



Expanse : i'75 to 2'oo inches. 



Dkscription : "Male. Differs from S. hypselis in being much smaller. On the 

 ui'i'ERSlDE the bands are of the same orange-red colour, but of a different shape and broader, 

 tlie oblique subapical streak oi foreioin^Xi^xw^ lengthened and extending nearly across the apex. 

 On the UNDERSIDE the colour is nearly uniform orange-yellow, the tesselations somewhat 

 different and the submarginal band composed of imperfectly formed conical lunules, partly 

 dashed with metallic green ; lunules from anal angle to tail similar to those in S. hypselis" 

 i^Moore, 1. c.) " Female. Differs from the male in the red markings on the upperside being 

 paler, the apical band of /i?;vz£//«^ wider and longer, extending from the extreme costa almost 

 to the outer margin, approaching the discoidal band, remote from the lower band, having a 

 deep sinus [indentation] on its lower side and a streak given out upwardly from its outer 

 end. Lower band broad, its upper part clavate, displaced outwardly above the lower median 

 nervule ; discoidal band irregular, heavy, its end produced below the middle median nervule. 

 Lower band of hindioing QyX^^^?, only to the second subcostal nervule, with only a trace of a 

 submarginal line beyond it. Underside, nearly uniform orange-tawny, the base of both wings 

 and costa of forexving paler ochreous." {Doherty, 1. c.) 



This is a somewhat rare species which I have taken in the bed of the Simla river occasion- 

 ally. The colour of the bands above is the same as in S. hypselis, differing therefore from 

 S. niphamlit and S, silaiia. in which they are much paler. The underside also being yellow 

 throughout will easily distinguish it from all the preceding species. Mr. W. Doherty took 

 this species in the Pindari Valley in North- Western Kumaon at 7,000 feet. 



The figure shows the upper and undersides of a male specimen in the Indian Museum, 

 Calcutta, from Masuri. 



540. Symlarentliia TaraTaira, Moore, 



.S. brabira, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1872, p. 558. 



Habitat : N. India. 

 Expanse : 175 inches. 



Description : " Male. Upperside black, with very broad irregular-margined orange- 

 red bands, disposed as in S. hypselis. Underside deep yellow. Fore-wing imperfectly 

 tesselated with black at the base, below and at the apex, and on the middle. Hind'mng 

 tesselated at the base and on the abdominal margin ; the submarginal band formed of narrow 

 lunular lines ; a marginal series of narrow lunules, of which the third from the angle is 

 metallic green." {Moore, 1. c.) 



I have never seen this species, and the locality given is very vague. It is of course 

 abundantly distinct from 6". hypselis, but very close apparently to 6". asthala. From the des- 

 cription the metallic green markings on the underside of the hindvving appear to be reduced 

 to a single lunule, which feature, if constant, should be sufficient to distinguish it from 

 S. asthala, 



541- STKiTjrentliia hysudra, Moore. 



5. hysudra, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lend., 1874, p. 26S, n, 28, pi. xliii, fig. 8, ntale : id., Doherty, Journ. 

 A. S. B., vol, Iv, pt. 2, p. 123, n. 75 (1886). 



Habitat : Kashmir, Kulu, Simla, North-Western Kumaon. 



Expanse : I'Sy to 2-30 inches. 



Description : " Male. Differs from .S". hypselis (figured by Boisduval and Doubleday) 

 in being smaller, the hindwing more rounded exteriorly and shorter hindwards. On the 



