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nistan, an account of which I pubUshed in the ' Proceedings of the 

 Zoological Societ}' ' for last year. 



Towards the end of the year Colonel Swinhoe was in London for 

 a short time : and before returning to India he placed in my liands 

 for identification a small series of butterflies and moths collected by 

 him in Kurrachec, Iteloochistan, and Afghanistan. Notes upon 

 most of the species accompanied the collection*. 



The following is a list of the species : — 



RnorALOCEPvA. 



1. Epinephele interposita $ , Erschoff. Chaman, S. Afghanistan, 



11th May. 

 Captain lloborts also took a single male at Kandahar. 



2. Epinephele roxane S , Felder. On the Khojak (Chaman), on the 



13th June. 

 "We have this species from Kandahar. 



3. Hipparchia thelepliassa S ■, Hiibner. Chaman, llthMay. It 



occurs also at Kandahar. 



4. Hi'pparcMa anthe 2 > var. ?, Boel). Taken on the 14th May at 



Chaman. 

 It differs somewhat from European examples on the under surface ; 

 but it would not be safe to regard it as distinct until more examples 

 have been seen. 



5. Hipparcliia parisatis, KoUar. The only butterfly seen in a long 



ramble on the 21st May, 1880 ; it was " caught amongst a 

 small plot of potatoes." 



6. Pyrameis cardui, Linn. Kandahar. 



"Kandahar, October, November, March, and April. The gardens 

 about Kandahar are full of them ; in the last two months they were 

 in regular swarms. I send you the only one I appear to have kept ; 

 it is very large." — C. iS. The specimen is of about the ordinary 

 size of the European examples ; and therefore it would appear that 

 the majority of the Afghan specimens were small. 



7. Lampides hceticus, Linu. Quetta, Beloochistan. " A few both 



in September and May ; never met one beyond." — C. S. 



8. Lyccuna furjitiva $ , Butler. Taken at Uuetta in May 1881 ; it 



is larger than a female previously received and more brightly 

 coloured, but agrees in its markings. 



9. Lyccena persica,'&\Q\\Qrt. "Kandahar, October and November, 



very common ; many Quetta examples." — C. S. 

 The specimens from Quetta are, howevei*, in all probability males 

 of L. fugltiva. 



* Unfortunately several of the rarer species are unique in the collec- 

 tion, and therefore cannot be retained for the Museum. 



