GOO On some undescribed Rhopalocera. 



B.M. types No. Rh. 185, S > 186, ? , 16. 7. 18, Karind 

 Gorge. 



Three males and two females, one of the latter a beautiful 

 example of ab. bellw!, Gerhard, taken at Suwarra by Capt. 

 Aldworth in early July 1919, and one male from Lenkoran, 

 30. 6, 74, ex coll. Christoph., all of which are in tlie B.M., 

 are also referable to loitglcauda. 



18. Strymon marcidus, sp. n. 



1 ? , 15. 7. 18, Harir, B.M. type No. M. 187. 



1 ? , 16. 7. 18, Karind Gorge. 



?. U/iperside, both iv'mgs: — Dark brown, immaculate, a 

 fine darker anteciliary line more conspicuous on the hind- 

 wings, cilia whitish, especially on the hindwings. Hiiid- 

 iving : Anal lobe yellowish, and some yellowish scaling 

 close to margin in areas 1 b and 2. Underside, both wings : — ■ 

 Pale yellowish grey, cilia of same colour, preceded by a 

 very fine darker marginal line, which is separated from 

 a very indistinct subraarginal shadowy dusky l)and by only a 

 narrow white line. Forewing : A band of white linear spots 

 runs from costa to vein 1, the spots being limited by the 

 veins and inwardly margined with black, tlie band following 

 almost exactly the curve of the hind margin ; the lowest 

 spot, in area 1 b, is characteristic, being crescentic, the con- 

 cave side facing outward, and as fully developed as the other 

 spots in the series. Hindwing : The transverse band is 

 similar to that of the forewing, but slightly broader and less 

 interrupted ; it follows almost exactly the curve of the hind 

 margin, and in areas Ic, 2, and 3 is composed of V-shaped 

 spots, the apex directed inward. There is also a sub- 

 marginal series of spots, of which that in area 2 is large and 

 l)lack, inwardly bordered with yellow, black, then white; 

 those in areas 3, 4, and 5 are small, black, ringed with paler, 

 diminishing in size so that the one in area 5 is barely trace- 

 able. Anal lobe black, with some whitish and yellowish 

 scaling above it which merges into the last spot of the 

 transverse white band. Between anal lobe and the large 

 spot in area 2 there is black and bluish-grey scaling, the 

 exact nature of which, however, cannot be stated, as the 

 bulk of this area in both specimens is completely missing. 



Length of forewing : 16 mm. 



Comes near S. abdominalis, Gerhard, but the different 

 contour of the transverse band of underside and the 

 absence of the dark marks at anal angle of forewing 

 beneath readily separate it from that species. 



