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



" Not common ; a few taken occasionally from November to 

 March."— C. S. 



25. Teracolus intermissus, sp. n. (Plate XXIV. fig. 4.) 



c? . Resembles on both surfaces the female of T. ochreipennis, 

 excepting that the black border of the secondaries does not extend 

 beyond the first median branch, is interrupted by three or four 

 unequal white spots, and upon the margin is more distinctly undu- 

 lated. Expanse of wings 41 mm. 



Kurrachee, December 1881. 



This, whether it be a species or a variety, is a highly interesting 

 form, since it serves partly to bridge over the gap between T. vestalis 

 and T. amelia by reproducing a character common to T. cypreea and 

 allies. 



2C. Teracolus ochreipennis. 



Teracolus ochreipennis, Butler, P. Z. S. 18/6, p. 136, n. 34. 



Kurrachee. S $ , December 1881. 



" Quite common in Kurrachee in November and December." 



" Apex of primaries and entire surface of secondaries below in 

 both sexes very dark flesh-colour in all freshly emerged specimens, 

 which fades to ochraceous in life but not after death. If you catch a 

 perfectly fresh specimen and put it away, the dark flesh-colour keeps 

 iairly well, even after death ; if you expose the under surface to the 

 light, the flesh-colour soon fades into a kind of ochraceous." — C. S. 



27. Teracolus puellaris. 



Teracolus puellaris, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 136, n. 33. 

 cJ . Kurrachee, June 1880; Larkana, July, 



The specimens now sent are all males ; of two marked as females, 

 one distinctly shows the divided anal claspers, and the other has the 

 sexual organ exserted ; the females of this species are like pale under- 

 coloured females of T. ochreipennis, and not yellow below. as in the 

 males. 



" Very common at Kurrachee from April to August, and an odd 

 one to be taken occasionally in every month of the year." — C. S. 



The last part of this note must be attributed to the great similarity 

 of the species (especially in the male sex) of this group ; worn ex- 

 amples of one species probably continue to turn up until the appear- 

 ance of the other. Small examples of the following species were 

 associated with the specimens of T. jntellaris. The males, when of 

 nearly equal size, are extremely difiicult to distinguish from one 

 another ; and the larger the series of specimens the more this difficulty 

 increases ; nevertheless the females are so distinct in coloration that I 

 am unwilling without proof to regard the two forms as of one species. 



28. Teracolus vestalis. 



Teracolus vestalis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 135, n. 32, pi, vii, 

 fig. 10. 



cJ $. Kurrachee, June 1880. 



