148 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. [Apr. 3, 



patch is wanting, so that the elbowed continuation of the fifth or 

 submarginal band is distinctly seen ; the abbreviated fourth band is 

 also free, not united to the fifth. Expanse of wings, S 27 mm., 

 ? 30 mm. 



Mhow, S February 1882, 2 December 1881. 



"This AphruBUs is fairly common here from October to Feb- 

 ruary."— C. >S'. 



The position of this species is between A. vulcanus and A. actis. 



13. TaRUCUS THEOPHRASTUS. 



Hesperia theophrastus, Fabricius, Eut. Syst. iii. 1, p. 281, n. 32 

 (1793). 



Mhow, September and November 1881. 



" Fairly common here from November to January. Like nai'a, but 

 not nara ; having the markings helow in distinct spots, and not 

 connected into lines as in 7iara : I have similar examples from Solun. 

 Ty|.)ical nara is occasionally found here in September and December ; 

 at least I took four or five during these months." — C. S. 



14. Catochrysops patala. 



LyccBna patala, KoUar in Hugel's Kaschmir, iv. 2, p. .419 (1848). 



Mhow, November and December 1881. 



" Common here from October to February. Have not found the 

 typical cnejus here yet ; it will, however, no doubt turn up when 

 the proper season comes round ; in Kurrachee it was found in Sep- 

 tember and October." — C S. 



15. Catochrysops hapalina, sp. n. (Plate XXIV. figs. 2, 3.) 

 S ■ Allied to C. clla : above pale lilac with strong pale golden- 

 brown reflections, which sometimes almost overpower the lilac tint ; 

 base of wings blackish and blue ; a slender blackish marginal Hne ; 

 fringe white ; secondaries with a short and very slender black tail 

 edged with white ; two white-bordered black spots near anal angle : 

 body blackish : under surface greyish white, with faint golden tints 

 in certain lights ; markings as in C. patala, but less distinct ; the 

 two anal ocelli small, with no metallic scales in the type ; the female, 

 however, and such specimens of both sexes as are darker and bluer 

 than the type above have a metallic annulus of green on each ocellus ; 

 one male taken in January has this annulus of bright gold. Expanse 

 of wings 20 mm. 



$ . Above blackish, the primaries with the exception of a broad 

 apical patch tapering to beyond the middle of the costal border and 

 a broad external border, suffused with bluish lilac ; the secondaries 

 with the basal three fifths, excepting towards costa, of the same 

 colour bounded externally by a narrow band of white spots ; five sub- 

 marginal black spots with white borders, those of the last two touched 

 at the back with orange and bluish scales ; otherwise almost exactly 

 as in the male. Expanse of wings 2/ mm. 



Mhow, October and December 1881 ; var. c?. January 1882. 



This species may readily be distinguished from C. ella by the 



