• ^50 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [Juiie 29, 



14. Sephisa dichroa. 



Limenitis dichroa, Kollar in Hiig. Kaschm. iv.. 2, p. 429, pi. 8. 

 figs. 1, 2 (1848). 



2, Muree, llth August, 1885. 



" Not common ; some half-dozen specimens, nearly all damaged, 

 taken at Murree (!)th and llth August), all on the trunk of the 

 same tree — a species of willow. Two or three seen on the wing : 

 the flight appears to be particularly rapid." — J. W, Y. 



15. AtHYMA OPALINA. 



Limenitis opulina, Kollar in Hiig. Kaschm. iv. 2, p. 42/ (1848). 

 6 , Murree, 5th and 12th August ; $ , 1st October, 188.i. 

 " Fairly common at Murree in August." — /. JV. Y. 



16. Neptis mahendra. 



Neptis mahendra, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 560, pi. 32. fig. 3. 



(S , Murree, 13th August; $ , 8th September, 1885. 



" Common at Murree, August and September ; seen as far as 

 Thundiani."— J. W. Y. 



The following species was sent under the same number and name 

 (iV. mahendra), but is perfectly distinct both in pattern and color- 

 ation, being more nearly allied to N. nandina of Darjiling and 

 Nepal, which it apparently represents in Western India. 



17. Neptis yerburii, sp. n. 



cJ .Wingsaboveof the size, form, and generalasppct of TV. wjaAew^ra, 

 but the discoidal streak and spot beyond it as in N. duryodann, 

 which it also resembles in having a pale irregular line across the 

 primaries between the discal and submarginal spots, and a pale sub- 

 marginal line on the secondaries. It differs from both species in 

 having a complete submarginal series of white spots on the primaries, 

 and a pale line througli the centre of the black belt on the secon- 

 daries ; furtlier, it differs from N. mahendra in the greater obliquity 

 of the subapical discal spots of the primaries: on the under surface 

 the markings are very different, corresponding in almost all respects 

 with those oi N. nandina ; the brown colouring, however, is olivaceous 

 instead of rufous, and the brown belt across the secondaries does not 

 taper towards the costa as in the Darjiling insect. Expanse of wings 

 54 millim. 



Murree, 16th August, 1885. 



As we possess Moore"s types of iV". nandina, and as this species 

 is certainly confounded with others in at least one large collection, 

 it may be useful to point out that it is more closely allied to N. soma 

 (the types of which we also have in the Museum) than to any other 

 named species ; in fact it differs from the latter only in its broader 

 and yellower whitish bands and larger spots (of the same colour); 

 the ground-colour below is a shade darker, but of a similar rufous 

 hue. It is a larger, longer-winged species than N. yerburii, has 

 narrower bands and spots on the upper surface, and these markings 

 are of a sordid yellowish tint instead of being snow-white. 



