564 MR. F. MOORE ON NEW INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. [Apr. 1G, 



Expanse, c? 2A, 2 2-f inches. 



Hab. N.E. Bengal. In Coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to N. radha. 



Genus Athyma, Westw. 

 Athyma zeroca. 



Male. Upperside velvety blackish brown ; a broad median bluish- 

 white band crossing from middle of fore wing to abdominal fold of 

 hind wing : fore wing with two, and in some specimens tbree, sub- 

 apical oblique white spots ; both wings with a pale brown-bordered 

 blackish marginal line. Underside brownish ferruginous ; bluish- 

 white median band and subapical spots as above : fore wing with a 

 straight bluish-white discoidal streak, contiguous dentate spot, and 

 marginal lunular hues ; a blackish spot near base of hind margin : 

 hind wing with a subbasal bluish-white streak, a submarginal and 

 a paler marginal line ; abdominal margin bluish grey ; between the 

 median band on both wings and submarginal line is a blackish ma- 

 culated fascia. 



Expanse 2 inches. 



Hab. Khasia Hills {Major Godwin- Austen). In Coll. F. Moore. 



Allied to A. selenophora. 



Subfam. PieriNjE. 

 Genus Metaporia, Butler. 

 Metaporia caphusa. 



Male. Upperside brownish black (female brown) : fore and hind 

 wings with greyish-white streaks between all the veins, those on the 

 disk being meclianly divided anteriorly and partially so to the hind 

 margin, thus forming two series. Underside vinous brown ; streaks 

 as above, those of the female being yellowish on the hind wing, 

 which has also a bright yellow basal spot. 



Expanse, <3 2|, $ 3| inches. 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas (Masuri, Simla, Kunawur). In Coll. F. 

 Moore. 



Allied to M.phryxe, Boisd., but differs in being darker, the white 

 markings forming only narrow streaks between the veins, and ter- 

 minating some distance from the outer margins ; the costal margin 

 is also black. 



Metaporia ariaca. 



Male. Allied to M. agathon, Gray, and the preceding, and may 

 be distinguished from the latter by its being much blacker in colour, 

 the white streaks still narrower, smaller, well defined, and more pro- 

 minent, the transverse series having a wide interspace between them, 

 the streak within the cell and base of posterior streak of the fore 

 wing being dusky black. 



Expanse 3 inches. 



Hab. Himalayas (Nynee Tal district) In Coll. F. Moore. 



