320 MR. W. WARREN ON LEPIDOPTERA [JlinC 5, 



Family ffiNOCHROMiiD^. 



119. NiPHONISSA ARIDA. (No. 227.) 



Niphonissa arida, Butler, Ann. & Mag. N. H. 18/8, i. p. 394. 

 One female from Thundiani, caught April 30,1887, agreeing 

 perfectly with Mr. Butler's type from Japan. 



Family Boarmiid^. 



120. Menophra subplagiata. (No. 12.5.) 



Ilemerophila subplagiata, Wlk. Cat. Lep. Het. B. M. xxi. p. 319. 



One female and three males, from Thundiani and Murree ; one 

 male dated Septemher ISS.j, two males August 188(i, and the female 

 April 30, 1887. " Uncommon." 



121. Alcis iterata. (No. 184.) 

 Boarmia iterata, Butler, P. Z. S. 1886, p. 389. 



Three females from Thundiani, August and September 1886, and 

 one female from Murree, September 1885. 



In two of the females the ground-colour is suffused with dark 

 fuscous, leaving only two pale blotches, one subcostal, and another in 

 the middle of the hind margin : in the other two, the entire wing 

 is dull dirty fuscous, with the lines very obscure. 



Underside : fore wing dull ochreous, with a dark grey marginal 

 band of uniform width, containing a paler y)atch in the middle ; 

 another paler patch is in the centre of the costa. 



122. Alcis trikotaria. (No. llo.) 



Boarmia trikotaria, Feld. Reise Nov. pi. 126. fig. 10. 



'i Boarmia picata, Butler, Trans. E. S. 1881, p. 408. 



Two females, seven males, from Thundiani, August 16, 1886. 



Like so many others of the genus, this species varies considerably 

 in depth of colour and disposition of shades. The two females have 

 the central band much paler and clearer, very much like Alcis picata, 

 Butler, from Japan. Sometimes the space between the first and 

 second lines is filled up with dark, so as to form a curved blackish 

 fascia. 



It occurs also in the Himalayas, and in Afghanistan. 



The underside of this species is rather bright straw-colour : the 

 fore wing with a broad black hind margin, especially at the apex, and 

 with a black projection from it in the centre towards the inner line, 

 which is itself sometimes blackish ; in the middle of the marginal 

 black band is a straw-coloured patch : hind wing with dark hind 

 margin, two undulating dark lines, aud central spot dark. 



" Very common in August." 



123. Alcis nudipennis, sp. n. (No. 115.) 



Fore wing pale grey, without any darker suffusion ; a curved black 

 line at one third, and another beyond it, about the centre, are both 

 more distinctly marked on the costa, and approach one another on 



