268 MR. F. MOORE ON THE [^W ">, 



Exp. d If, $ 1| inch. 

 jHai. Soonamurg, N.E. of Cashmere valley. 

 This species belongs to the " Selene" group, and is allied to A. 

 jerdoni, Lang, from Goolmurg, on S.W. side of the valley. 



2G. Melit^ea balbita, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 5.) 



Male. Upperside bright fulvous ; markings prominent ; cilia 

 pale yellow, alternating with black ; costal edge and veins black ; 

 base of wings and hind margins fuliginous black ; both wings with a 

 broad exterior marginal black band, traversed by prominent fulvous 

 dentiform lunules : fore wing with a black constricted mark within 

 the cell, a streak at the end, a short longitudinal streak below it from 

 base of wing, and two transverse discal series of spots (the inner row 

 being the largest) : hind wing with black subbasal irregular trans- 

 verse series of lunular marks. 



Underside paler : fore wing with the veins fulvous ; costa and ex- 

 terior margin yellow ; markings not prominent ; cilia as above : 

 hind wing with black veins ; a basal band, a prominent discocellular 

 spot, a broad curved discal band, and a marginal series of broad 

 lunules yellow, all bordered by a black line ; the discal band traversed 

 by a blackish irregular line, the interbasal space bright fulvous, and 

 the interdiscal space yellow, with bright fulvous spots ; extreme outer 

 margin and cilia yellow. 



Female. Upperside dull, clouded fulvous ; cilia paler ; markings 

 broader, confluent, the base of the wings more broadly dusky black, 

 the interdiscal space somewhat yellow, and the marginal den- 

 tiform lunules more or less yellow. Underside as in male, excepting 

 that the exterior marginal lunules of fore wing, and the basal, discal, 

 and marginal band of lunules, as well as the discocellular spot of 

 the hind wing is glossv yellow or dull silvery white. 



Exp. 6 If, 2 If "inch. 



Ilab. Soonamurg, N.E. Cashmere. 



The nearest European ally of this species is M. athalia. 



27. Symbrenthia hyppocla, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. t. 220. f. 

 C, D. 



28. Symbrenthia hysudra, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 8.) 



Male. Differs from S. hypselis (figured by Boisduval and 

 Doubleday) in being smaller, the hind wings more rounded exteriorly 

 and shorter hindward. On the upperside the bands are of an 

 orange-yellow, much broader and with irregular sinuous margins, the 

 band from the hind margin of fore wing being joined to the subapical 

 and extending thence inwards to the costa, from which a small 

 streak ascends to near the apex ; on the hind wing the submarginal 

 band is narrower, has an even outer edge, and extends to very near 

 the anterior angle ; a narrow marginal line runs from anal to anterior 

 angle. On the underside the tessellations are different but promi- 

 nent ; the submarginal band on hind wing is formed of short black 

 transverse streaks, the second and third spaces only tinged with 



