608 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON LEPIDOPTERA FROM [May 3, 



These specimens are rather smaller than European examples, and 

 may possibly represent a dwarfed race of the species. 



28. Tbrias hecabeoides. 



Terias liecaheoides, Menetries, Cat. Mus. Petrop. Lep. i. p. 85, 

 pi. 2. fig. 2 (1855). 



Two females. Kurrachee, June and July 1879. 

 "Very common in April, June, July, and August." 



29. Terias iEsioPE (No. 2). 



Terias cesiope, Menetries, Cat. Mus, Petrop. Lep. i. p. 85, pi. 2. 

 fig. 3 (1855). 



One male. Calcutta. "January, rare." 



30. Terias l.eta (No. 1). 



Terias leeta, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. i. p. 694 (1836). 

 One female. Belgaum. 



Major Swinhoe says that T. venata occurs rarely at Kurrachee in 

 August. 



31. TerACOLUS VESTALIS. 



Teracolus vestalis, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 135. u. 32, pi. 7. 

 fig. 10. 



Nine good specimens. Kurrachee, May 1879. 



Major Swinhoe notes the following months in which this species 

 may be taken — January to May, August, September, November, 

 and December. This, however, is somewhat modified by subsequent 

 remarks respecting this species and T, puellaris. 



32. Teracolus puellaris. 



Teracolus puellaris, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 136, n. 33. 



Ten specimens, mostly good. April and May, 1879. 



Major Swinhoe says : — " The great distinction between the two 

 above species, I take it, is the colouring of the underside, puellaris 

 being yellow, and vestalis having a pinkish orange tinge, especially 

 in the marginal border of the primaries and throughout the secon- 

 daries ; but there appear to be two kinds distinct from vestalis, 

 both of which I think are not puellaris, the black border on the 

 upperside of the secondaries being twice as broad in the one as in 

 the other ; and as there are both sexes of each kind, I think they 

 are distinct. I send you a series of 25 examples, 9 being the 

 ordinary vestalis, 10 vestalis of a smaller size which are marked 

 " Idmais No. 1" in my collection, and 6 marked "No. 2," which 

 are like puellaris, except for the very narrow border on the secon- 

 daries ; kindly tell me if these are puellaris or another species. I 

 don't send you any more typical ^Me//«?7'5 ; you have plenty in the 

 Museum collection, and they are rare here ; and I have but four 

 examples, one of these, by the way, being a monster, very darkly 

 and strongly marked throughout with black, with many large dark 

 spots on the underside of the secondaries." 



