374 MR. A. G. BUTLER ON [June 29, 



72. Teracoltjs purus. 



Teracolus purus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1876, p. 160. n. 113, pi. 7. 

 figs. 14, 15 (1876). 



cJ, Carapbellpore, 26th June and 17th July, 1885. 



It is interesting to note that whereas this species was obtained in 

 June and July, T. farrinus and T. bimbura were caught in October 

 and November ; at the same time we have a specimen of T. farrinus 

 taken by Col. Swinhoe in July ; so that they cannot be regarded as 

 seasonal forms, as seems to be the favourite plaunow-a-days with many 

 alHed species. The brown colouring of the underside in T. bimbura 

 sufficiently distinguishes it from any of its allies to prevent confusion. 



73. IXIAS PYGM.EA. 



Ixias pygmcea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 254, pi. xii. fig. I. 



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

 Chittar Pahar, 1500 feet, 1st December, 1885. 



" Ixias, n. sp. allied to dharmsala, apud Swinhoe. This Ixias is 

 not uncommon near Campbellpore in November ; almost all the 

 males taken were caught in this neighbourhood ; whilst at Kala 

 Dilli in the Chittar Pahar the females were very common and there 

 were no males. The females were, almost without exception, taken 

 on the same plant (Cro^o/i sp. ?), a plant with spikes of white labiate 

 flowers and broadish dark green leaves. I have taken this species 

 near Campbellpore in the bed of the Haro ; near Attock Bridge, 

 Khairabad side, two females ; and at Kala Dilli in the Chittar Pahar, 

 all females, very common." — /. W. Y. 



The type of this species, from Kaugra, is a dwarfed male ; a similar 

 one is sent to us by Major Yerbury ; the regular size of the species, 

 however, for both sexes is about 59 millim., so that I. pygmcBa is a 

 misnomer. The species is allied to /. moulmeinensis, but differs in 

 the broad inner black border to the orange belt of the male and the 

 bright sulphur-yellow of the female ; the absence of the heavy black 

 bordering to the secondaries removes it from the neighbourhood of 

 I. dharmsalce. 



74. Belenois auriginea, sp. n. 



$ . Allied to 5. taprobana, but differing in the whiter colour of 

 the primaries on both surfaces, the almost total absence of the grey 

 basal suffusion on these wings, the more oblique and rather narrower 

 discocellular patch, the narrower external border divided by six 

 indistinct pale spots, the abrupt narrowing of this border (so as to 

 leave only a greyish border on the interno-median area) ; the 

 secondaries, which are either cream-coloured or ochreous, have a 

 much narrower border with zigzag inner edge and enclose four spots 

 of the ground-colour, the grey veins are similar, but the discocellular 

 vein is only partly blackened and the subapical bar uniting the 

 subcostal branches is represented only by greyish scales ; on the 

 under surface the whole disk of primaries is white, and the black and 

 brown markings are all much narrower than in B. taprobana, but 



