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NOTES ON INDIAN BVTTERFIjIES— (continued). 

 By 



Capx. W. H. Evans, R.E. 



11. Thecia mackwoodi, n. sp. Above dark shining brown. A small dark 

 vrej depressed oval patch of modified scales beyond the apex of the cell 

 on the forewing. Hindwing furnished with two tails and an anal lobe ; 

 outer tail long, inner tail short, about the size of the tail in Zephyrus ; 

 anal lobe bright orange, outwardly edged by two fine dark lines ; ground 

 colour considerably darkened between the two tails. Outer margin of the 

 hindwing straight between veins 6 and 3, at which point it is dentate. 

 Below dull dark brown, not so dark as above ; a straight narrow silver 

 discal band across both wings, which from vein 2 on the hindwing runs 

 to the dorsum in a distorted line. Two large black spots at the anal angle 

 of the hindwing, broadly crowned with orange. On both wings internally 

 silver lined obscure dark marginal markings, which on the forewing are 

 enlarged to prominent detached spots in interspaces 1 and 2. Expanse 

 1-5 inches. Caught by Mr. F. M. Mackwood at Maymyo in April 1912. 



T. mackiDoodi is very difi'erent to the only true Thecia described so far 

 from India, viz.,sassanides, KolL; Col. Tytler has discovered another member 

 of this genus at Manipur, but it is quite unlike vnackiooodi. T. mackwoodi 

 is very closely allied to T. exiviia, Fixsen, from China, from which it 

 differs in having the discal silver line below much more prominently 

 marked and in that the marginal markings towards the outer angle of the 

 forewing below are much enlarged, a character it shares with Zephyrui- 

 letlia, Watson, ziha, Hew. and Chmtoprocta odata, Hew. The female of 

 mackwoodi will probably be found to differ from the male in having a 

 broad orange patch on the disc of the forewing above, as have all the 

 females of this group of Thecia. 



12, lambrix tytleri, n. sp. Ground colour dark brown above. Two large 

 pale yellow hyaline spots on the disc of the forewing, viz., one at the upper 

 end of the cell, contracted at the upper edge as in Scobura cephaloides, DeN., 

 the second below in space 2 ; the inner edges of these two spots in line, as 

 in Scobura cephala, Hew. ; the outer edge of the lower spot much nearer 

 to the termen, as in Suastus gremius, Fab. Two or three minute yellow 

 hyaline spots at the apex as in many ILespeviid<B, and an opaque yellow 

 spot in the middle of space 1. Hindwing unmarked. Below the pattern 

 of the hindwing recalls lambrix salsala, M. ; the costa and the apex of the 

 forewing and the whole of the hindwing are bright ferruginous overlaid with 

 darker scales ; remainder of the forewing black, except the outer portion 

 near the tornus, which is pale. Spots on the forewing as above. On the 

 hindwing there are five small silver spots ; one in the cell, one on the 

 middle of the costa in space 7, one beyond the cell in space 5 and two 

 below, close together, in spaces 2 and 3. Cilia of the forewing concolorous ; 

 of the hindwing a good deal paler. The female resembles the male, the 

 ground colour being rather paler and the spots slightly larger. Expanse 

 30 mm. 



The terminal joint of the palpi is erect, long and slender ; the second 

 submedian vein 3, arises from just before the end of the cell ; thus accord- 

 ing to Watson's key the insect falls within the genus lambrix. The 

 underside of the hindwing bears a considerable resemblance to I. salsala ; 

 the forewing in bearing only two large discal spots resembles S. cephala. 



Several males and one female were obtained by Col. Tytler in the 

 Naga Hills in September 1913. Type male in my collection ; type female 

 in Col. Ty tier's. 



