1885.] OF BOMBA.Y AND THE DECCAN. 131 



four broods in succession ; the butterfly varies very much in size, 

 and some of those taken in the winter are very diminutive. 



48. Lampides vElianus. 



Hesperia celiatius, Fabr. Eut. Syst. iii. 1, p. 280 (1793). 

 Poona, October, November, and March; Belgaum, September; 

 Bombay, October. 



49. Lampides alexis. 



Pap. alexis, Stoll. (nee Scop.), Suppl. Cram. pi. 38. figs. 3-3 

 (1790). 



Poona, November to April ; Bombay, November and December. 



50. Jamides bochus. 



Pap. bochus, Cramer, Pap. Exot. iv. pi. 391. figs. C, D (1782). 

 Poona, November, January, and June ; Bombay, October to 

 December. 



51. CaTOCHRYSOPS STRABO. 



Hesperia strabo, Fabr. Ent. Syst. iii. 1. p. 287 (1793). 

 Lye. kandarpa, Horsf. Cat. Lep. E. I. C. vol. i. p. 82 (1829). 

 Poona, very plentiful all the dry season from October to June ; 

 Bombay, observed in December only. 



52. Catochrysops cnejus. 



Hesperia cnejus, Fabr. Ent. Syst. v. Suppl. p. 430 (1798). 

 Poona, April to June ; Bombay, August to December. 



53. Catochrysops patala. 



Lye. patala, KoUar, Hiig. Kaschm. iv. 2, p. 418 (1848). 

 Poona, November to May. 



54. Catochrysops HAPALiNA. 



Catochrysops hapalina, Butler, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 148, pi. 24. 

 figs. 2, 3. 



Poona, January to May. 



55. Catochrysops theseus, n. sp. (Plate IX. fig. 8.) 

 Bombay, October. 



(S . Above like 0. cnejus, belov? greyish white ; fringe grey on 

 fore wings, markings greyish brown, marginal line brown, sub- 

 marginal a-iid discal macular lines arranged as in C. hapalina, but 

 the markings broader, the spots running into each other formin* 

 two almost clear bands ; hind wing with a subcostal black spot near 

 the base and another below it, a lunular streak at the end of the cell, 

 two black spots on an orange ground near the anal angle ; border 

 greyish brown ; submarginal and discal whorl of markings as in C. 

 cnejus, but darker, broader, and running into each other, almost form- 

 ing bands; the discal band commencing with a longitudinal sub- 



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