758 MAJOR G. F. L. MARSHALL ON [DcC. 19, 



8. Notes on Asiatic Butterflies, with Descriptions of some 

 new Species. By Major G. F. L. Marshall, R.E., 

 F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived December 4, 1882.] 



Amecera menava. 



A single female specimen has recently been taken by Col. A. M. 

 Lang, R.E., in the Kawas valley, in Beluchistan, at 8000 feet ele- 

 vation. This species is nev? to the Beluchistan fauna; and it is 

 evident from this capture that the range of the species is much vpider 

 than has hitherto been believed. It is a very local insect, and does 

 not appear to be common anywhere. 



Hipparchia pimpla. 



A single male specimen which is apparently referable to this 

 species was taken by Col. A. M. Lang, R.E., on a rocky mountain- 

 top, at 8500 feet elevation, near the Kawas valley, in Beluchistan. 

 It differs from a female specimen, taken by Major John Biddulph 

 on the Shandur plateau, in North-west Kashmir, on the upperside 

 in its uniform dark brown colour and the absence of fulvous mark- 

 ings on the fore wing ; and on the underside in its generally darker 

 tone and better-defined markings, and the much more restricted 

 area of the fulvous patch on the fore wing. This species is ex- 

 tremely rare. 



Hipparchia anthe, § , var. 



The specimens referred to under this name by Mr. A. G. Butler 

 (Ann, & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 5, vol. ix. p. 207, 1882) have been 

 returned to (]ol. Swinhoe ; and I have had an opportimity of exa- 

 mining them. There may have been some mistake in the ticketing ; 

 but the specimens returned are not of the genus Hipparchia at all ; 

 they belong to Epinephile, and are females of E. roxane. 



Atjlocera brahminus. 



In the Society's 'Proceedings' for 1880, p, 147, Mr. Butler re- 

 marks : — Mr, Moore has kindly pointed out to me that the sexes 

 figured by Blanchard are referable to distinct species, the male being 

 the A. werang of Lang." It is true that two distinct species are figured 

 — the male, A. brahmimis, Blanchard, and the female, the yellow- 

 tinted variety of A. swaha ; but it is premature to suppress the 

 name werang on the strength of this plate only. There are two 

 forms oi Aidocera in the N.W. Himalayas having the white fascia 

 on the upperside very narrow : — one, of the same size as A. swaha, 

 with the underside dark and comparatively uniform in shade, which 

 is typical A. brahminus ; the other considerably smaller, with the 

 underside pale and beautifully variegated. This latter is A. we- 

 rang or weranga, as it has been more euphoniously restyled by later 

 authors ; it is found at higher elevations than typical A. brahminus. 



