1886.] lepidoptera from western india. 373 



69. Teracolus faustinus. 



Idmais faustina, Felder, Reise der Nov., Lep. ii. p. 190. 



(S $, Campbellpore, 17th and 2Ist November, 13th December; 

 and Chittar Pahar, Lumbahdun, 2000 feet, 28th November, 1885. 



With a series of each species before one, it is easy to distinguish 

 this from the Turco-Persiau T. fausta ; it differs in its superior size 

 and more heavily marked primaries on tlie upperside (which, as 

 Felder says, more nearly resembles the female of T. fausta than the 

 male), the much more dusky bases to the wings, blackish body, 

 greyish costa to primaries and interno-bnsal area to secondaries, 

 altogether duller and darker coloration below, the secondaries being 

 flesh-tinted on basal two fifths and irrorated with grey atoms 

 throughout, the conspicuous clay-coloured spots across the disk, and 

 the white instead of pale sulphur colour of the ventral surface of the 

 abdomen. 



70. Teracolus farrinus. 



Teracolus farrinus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 159. u. 112, pi. 7. 

 fig. 2 (1876). 



5 , between Tret and Barracoo, Murree and Rawal Pindee road, 

 9th October; Attock Bridge, 8th November ; Campbellpore, 14th 

 November, 1885. 



This was identified for Major Yerbury as " T. etrida ? " 



71. Teracolus bimbura. 



Teracolus bimbura, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 161. n. 117, pi. 7. 

 figs. 3, 4. 



2 , Campbellpore, 27th October ; near Attock Bridge, Khairabad 

 side, 8th November ; S , Chittar Pahar, Lumbahdun, 2000 feet, 

 28th November, 1885. 



This and the following are confounded together and labelled 

 doubtfully as Teracolus etrida. Major Yerbury says of them : — 



"Common in June, July, October, and November. There seem 

 to be Butterflies corresponding to the following species under this 

 number, viz. : — purus, etrida, jJernotatus, and bimbura ; but I should 

 be doubtful whether, here at any rate, they do not all belong to 

 T. etrida. I have taken these small orange-tips at Hassan Abdal ; 

 (single specimen), on the road between Murree and Rawal Pindee 

 near Barracoo (single specimen), near Attock Bridge, Kliairabad side 

 (a few), in the Chittar Pahar between Choi and Lumbahdun (very 

 common), neighbourhood of Campbellpore (common)." 



Taking specimens in so many localities, it is not surprising that 

 three species should be obtained ; as to their being all one, that is a 

 question only to be decided by most careful breeding ; they differ 

 far more than our three British White Butterflies Ganoris brassicce, 

 rapcB, and napi, yet there is not the slightest doubt of the distinctness 

 of the latter. 



