nr>S JOUltNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY. Vol. XXI. 



variable species as occur in the genera Kallhna and Melanitu 



it would be ridicnlous to name every variety- and the same 



might be said of Terias hecabe and Charaxes hierax. To 



ignore all varieties would be wrong, but where the limit is to 



be placed must always remain a matter of opinion. In this 



list well marked varieties of species that are not inordinately 



variable are included and designated by the prefix " v," the 



sexual sign being added where necessary. 



(<:?) Hybrids are rare in nature, though of not infrequent 



occvirrence in the genus Golotis : they are not, as a rule, worth 



naming, and the only one given here is Golias chrysodona, 



generally regarded as a hybrid between G. erate and fieldii. 



(e) Aberrations are due to some abnormal condition and are of 



infrequent occurrence ; they differ more or less from the 



normal form and are not connected with it by intermediates. 



They are not worth naming though in many cases this has 



been done. 



In the past many a new species has been described from a 



single specimen with unfortunate results : it would be better, as a 



ritle, to consider any possible new form as an aberration until more 



specimens are obtained : it should then be considered Avh ether it is 



a variety or seasonal form of an already known form flying in the 



same district : next the qiiestion of it being a local race of a species 



in some other area should be investigated ; only when these steps 



have been completed should the possibility of it being a new 



species be considered. 



A full synonymy has not been given except for the Hesperiidte ; 

 changes of nomenclature, etc., are pointed out in the notes. 

 Some new forms about to be described by Maj. Tytler have been 

 included. 



The following new sub-genera, species, races, etc., have been 

 described : — 



Satyrus hiibneri moorei. Ypthima {shania.) 

 Mycalesis perseoidesZ.7if(!.?m. M. visala orcha. M. lepcha watsoni. 



Apatura ambica c7^^ir«Ze?^s^6'. Sepbisa chandra 5 d. chandrcena and $ v. albina. 

 Euthalia garuda diversa. Neptis columella kankena. Neptis melba. Argyn- 

 nis hyperbius h/hrida. A. jainadeva j9«Z/«^«. A. aglaia «s7/re^//ff. Melitsea 

 sindura halhn. M. trivia mixta. Papilio polytes 5 d. stichioides . Papilio 



