1882.] from the n.w. himalaya. 241 



Neptis mahendra. 



Neptis mahendra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 560, pi. 32. f. 3. 



Neptis ananta. 



Neptis ananta, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mas. E.I. C. i. p. 166, pi. 4a. 

 f. 3(1857); P.Z.S. 1858, p. 5. 

 " Kulu ; very rare." 



Neptis nandina. 



Neptis nandina, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 168, pi. 4a. 

 f. 7 (1857). 



Neptis amba. 



Neptis amba, Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 7, pi. 49. f 4. 



"Kulu." 



Neptis amboides, n. sp. 



Allied to but smaller than N. amba. Fore wing with the discoidal 

 streak broader ; the discal spots also broader and more compactly 

 disposed ; hind wing with a broader subbasal baud, and a more 

 uniformly curved and narrower submarginal band. 



Expanse, S 2§, 9 2| inches. 



Eab. Ruttun Pir, Cashmere (Reid) ; Kangra district {Hocking). 

 In coll. F. Moore and British Museum. 



Athyma opalina. (Plate XI. fig. 3, larva.) 



Limenitis opalina, KoUar, Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. p. 427 (1844). 



Athyma opalina, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 171, pi. 5a. 

 f. 2. 



"Larva on kusmul, August 15th. Deep green, with red spines; 

 moulted in a day or two ; the dorsal line yellow, lateral pale green. 

 Pupa of the brightest silver tinsel. Perfect insect emerged Sept. 9th." 



Athyma leucothoe. 



Papilio leucothoe, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 780 (1767); Sulzer, 

 Gesch. Ins. pi. 18. f. 2, 3. 



Athyma asura. 



Athyma asura, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 350, pi. 5a. 

 f. 1 (1857). 



" Kulu ; very rare." 



Apatura misipptjs. 



Papilio misippus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 767 (1767). 

 Diadema misippus, Butl. Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. M. p. 97 ; Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. 1869, p. 278. 



Apatura bolina. 



Papilio bolina, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 781 (1767) ; Clerck, Icones, 

 pi. 21. f. 2. 



Diadema bolina, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1869, p. 278. 



" Hot valleys. In flower-gardens, from May to September." 

 Proc. Zool. Soc— 1882, No. XVI. 16 



