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differ on tlie underside of the forewing in not having ^' the base^ the 

 cell, and some rays beyond it between the nervures^ rufous -orange, " 

 nor has the hindwing " four central spots." Tsmene Je/e.s?s, Mabille,^ 

 from '• India^ or more probably Java " is also an allied species. 



This butterfly has been recorded from the Nilgiri Hills, '' 3,000 to 

 6,000 ft., common .at tea blossom ; the two wet- season broods only, 

 July and October," by Mr. G. F. Ha'mpson,f as " Ismene helirius, Cra- 

 mer,'^ under which name it stands in the British Museum, but it does 

 not agree with the original figure,:?: which shows the upperside only, 

 and has a broad outer darker band to both wings, no costal vermilion 

 streak to the forewing, and the cilia of the hindwing concolorous 

 ■with that of the forewing instead of being rich vermilion, this being 

 the most conspicuous feature of I. fergusonii. Moreover, Cramer gives 

 Surinam as the habitat of his " Papilio" helirius. Mr. Harold S. Fer- 

 guson also records it || from the High Range, Travancore, " where it 

 appears to be common in April and May/' under the name of 

 Ismene J aina, Moore. 



Described from numerous specimens from the Nilgiri Hills and 

 Travancore kindly sent me by Lieut. E. Stokes Roberts, R. E., Mr. 

 Q. F. Hampson, and Mr. Harold S. Ferguson, after the latter of whom 

 I have much pleasure in naming it, taken in April, May, August, and 

 October. In Major C. T. Bingham's collection is a large female 

 specimen taken at KoUido, Papun Hills, Tenasserim, Burma, in 

 December, 1891, which probably belongs to this species, but differs 

 from South Indian specimens in having the vermilion colour of the 

 hindwing on the underside more extensive and diffused, almost 

 covering the posterior two-thirds of the wings. It is very large, 

 being 2*9 inches in expanse. 



Genus CAPILA, Moore. Genus PISOLA, Moore. 



Palpi large, porrect, projecting Palpi large, erect, projecting 



beyond the head, densely pilose ; beyond the head, densely pilose ; 



third joint conical, half the third joint minute, conical, 

 length of the second. 



* Bull. Soc. Ent. France, fiftli series, vol. vi, p. x,n. 12 (1876). 



t Journ. A. S. B., vol. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 365, n. 216 (1888). 



X Pap. Ex., vol. i, p. 94, pi. Ix, fig. D (1775). 



II Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc.,vol. vi, p. 446, n. 185 (1891). 



