154 mr. a. g. butler on indian lepidoptera. [apr. 3, 



32. Chapra mathias. 



Hesperia mathias, Fabricius, Eiit. Syst. Suppl. p. 433 (1798). 



Mhow, October to December 1881. 



Colonel Swinhoe considered the specimens to represent two species ; 

 but, beyond the fact that some of them are rubbed and faded, I see no 

 difference. Of the fresher specimens Colonel Swinhoe says — " Very 

 common here in September, October, and November, when it is re- 

 placed by the followino; ;" and of the faded ones — " Not very common : 

 it is like some of my Kurrachee examples of Pamphila mathias; but 

 every specimen I have captured is so worn I am not sure of it." It 

 is of course quite natural that a Butterfly which has been two or 

 three months on the wing should look a little different from freshly 

 emerged specimens. 



33. Ampittia maro. 



Hesperia maro, Fabricius, Eut. Syst. Suppl. p. 432 (1798). 



Madras. 



A single male example, having the fulvous patch on the secondaries 

 broader than in our Ceylon male ; the species, however, seems to be 

 somewhat variable in this respect. 



Colonel Swinhoe sends also a specimen of Gomalia albofasciata, 

 but without any information respecting it, his note upon it having 

 been lost. 



34. Tagiades meetana. 



Tagiades meetana, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 842, pi. lii. fig. 1. 

 " Nilgherries ; I have also one example from Belgaum." — 0. S. 

 The species appears to be fairly common aud widely distributed. 



Heterocera. 

 Sphinges. 



A Pergesa, apparently the female of P. aurifera somewhat 

 rubbed, is in the collection, but without any information as to 

 locality &c. 



35. Clanis exusta. 



Basiana exusta, Butler, P. Z. S. 1875, p. 252, n. 37 ; Trans. Zool. 

 Soc. vol. IX. p. 595, pi. xciii. fig. 4 (1876). 

 " Solun, in July."— C. S. 



36. POLYPTYCHUS DENTATUS. 



Sphinx dentata, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii. p. 42, pi. 125. fig. G 

 (1779). 



Pohjptychus dentatus, Butler, Trans. Zool. Soc. vol. ix. p. 583, 

 pi. xci. fig. 10, larva (1S76). 



Belgaum. 



" I have one also taken at Mhow in October." — C. S. 



