144 Mr, A. G. Butler 07i Lepidoptera 



" Common at Murree and Tliundiani, August and Septem- 

 ber 1886."—/. W. Y. 



Erycinidse. 



LiBTTSEINJS. 



35. Lihythea lepita. 

 Libythea lepita, Moore, Cat. Lep. E. 1. Co. Mus. i. p. 240. n. 519 (1857). 



Thundiani, 13th and 2nt]i August, 2nd September, 1886. 



" A few taken round Campbellpore in November and 

 April ; very common at Murree and Tliundiani." — J. W. Y. 



Among the specimens in papers recently brought home 

 there is a female of the northern representative of L. myrrlia 

 from Ww Jani, above Kalabagh, about 9000 feet, taken the 

 16th September. 



Nemeobiin.^. 



36. Taxila diirga. 



Melittea durga, Kollar, in Hiigers Kasclimir, iv. 2, p. 441, pi. xiii. 

 figs. 3, 4 (1848), 



$ . Dhum tower, near Abbottabad, 29th September ; ^^ , 

 Kala Pani, 2nd October, 1886. 



"■ Common atMurree and between KalaPaniand Abbottabad, 

 August and September 1886."— J. W. Y. 



Lycsenidae. 



37. Panchala dodoncea. 



Amblypodia dodonxpa, Moore, Cat, Lep. E, I. Co. Mus. i. p. 43. u. 65, 



pi. 'i. a, fig. 8 (1857). 



2 . Thundiani, 10th October, 1886. 



" Common at Dewal, 26th August, 1885 ; frequents Ilex 

 trees. I am not quite sure of the distinction between this 

 species and P. rama." — J. W. Y. 



The distinction between P, dodomea and P. rama has never 

 hitherto (to my knowledge) been called in question ; the two 

 species are easily separable. Both sexes of P. dodoncea* have 

 the pattern of the female P. rama^ but are above of a shining 

 lilac-blue colour, whereas both sexes of P. rama are of a deep 

 purplish ultramarine colour ; on the under surface, moreover, 

 P. dodoncea is of a pale brown or whitish stone-colour, witii 



* Major Yerbury sent the male in the last collection, the female in this 

 one» 



