1883.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON INDIAN LEPIBOPTERA. 147 



mere undulated stripe ; the first and second white bands of secon- 

 daries pure, not crossed by coloured veins, edged on both sides with 

 black dots ; submarginal white spots less widely separated ; an un- 

 dulated white marginal stripe in place of the pairs of white dots. Ex- 

 panse of wings 41 mm. 



One example, Depalpore, January 1882. 

 " Depalpore is a lake-district 30 miles north of Mhow." 

 " A common Hypanis here, at Assirghar, and at Depalpore in 

 September and October." — O. S. 



8. AmBLYPODIA ANITA. 



Amblypodia anita, Hewitson, Cat. Lye. B. M. p. 14, pi. 8. figs. 

 90, 91 (1862). 

 (S $ . Madras. 



9. SuRENDRA BiPLAGiATA, sp. n. (Plate XXIV. fig. 12.) 



S . Near to S. discalis, but easily distinguished by having no 

 violet patches on the upper surface of the secondaries aud by the grey 

 colouring of the under surface, upon which the markings are ex- 

 tremely indistinct. Expanse of wings 33 mm. 

 Madras. 



10. Deudorix melampus. 



Papilio melampus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 362. f. G, H (1782). 



S , Mhow ; 2 > Solun. 



" Not common here ; one or two taken in September, October, 

 and February ; I have also examples from Hydrabad, Sind, and from 

 Belgaum."— C. S. 



11. ApHN^US ELIMA. 



Aphnceus elima, Moore, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 4, vol. xx, 

 p. 51 (1877). 



Mhow, December 1881. 



" Not common here (Mhow) ; taken in November, December, and 

 January : five specimens in all." — C. S. 



12. Aphn^us bracteatus, sp. n. (Plate XXIV. figs. 10, 11.) 



Allied to A. vulcanus (the male of ^. etolus, Cram.); from which 

 it may be distinguished as follows : — The male above with the tawny 

 bands almost as well developed as in the female of that species ; the 

 female with the primaries tawny excepting along the inner margin, 

 and crossed by black bands corresponding with those of the under 

 surface ; secondaries in both sexes paler, showing the under-surface 

 markings as dark grey bands ; the tawny submarginal streak con- 

 tinued to apex and for the most part white in the female. Wings 

 below creamy white, not sordid as in ^. vulcanus, the bands narrower 

 and of a darker duller red-colour so as to show up the silver spangles 

 distinctly ; the fifth band on the primaries free, not united to the 

 sixth as in A. vulcanus ; on the secondaries the large orange anal 



