396 COL. c. swiNHOE ON NEW [Nov. 5, 



2. On New Indian Lepidopteraj chiefly Heterocera. 

 By Col. C. SwiNHOE, P.L.S., F.Z.S. 



[Eeceived July 23, 1889.] 

 (Plates XLIII. & XLIV.) 



At the request of the Trustees of the Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 Mr. E. C. Cotes and I have made a catalogue of the Moths of India, 

 which has been lately published. 



As I have had to" do the work of classification, it has been my 

 good fortune to have had the examination of the collections of the 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta, and of the Phayre Museum, Rangoon, 

 entrusted to me, as also of private collections from many parts of the 

 Indian Region, which Mr. Hampson, Mr. Wise, INIajor Yerbury, and 

 others have very kindly placed at my disposal. 



In comparing these "with my own large collection of moths I have 

 found many new and unrecorded species, some of which I now 

 describe. Along with these are characterized a few new butterflies, 

 the manuscript descriptions of which have been ready for some time, 

 waiting an opportunity for publication. 



I have, as usual, presented types of all the species herein de- 

 scribed to the British Museum. 



RHOPALOCERA. 



Nymph ALiDiE. 

 Satyrin^. 



Ypthima jocularia, n. sp. 



Male and female. Above and below as in Y. huehneri, but the hind 

 wing above has a suffused submarginal whitish band attenuated at 

 both ends, making this species a link between Y. huebneri and 

 Y. ceylonica, which has the lower half of the hind wing above pure 

 white. 



Expanse of wings, 6 ^rn' $ h% i"cli- 



Hab. Mahableshwar, April and May 1887. Thirty-one examples 

 taken. 



Nymphalin^. 



Cynthia saloma, n. sp. 



Male. Dull ochreous, basal area and inarginal border darker, 

 densely irrorated with reddish grey with a greenish tinge ; markings 

 as in C. asela, but the coloration is altogether different, and the 

 band between the medial line and the outer border is much paler 

 than either in C. erota or in C. asela, giving it the appearance of a 

 dull pale whitish greyish-ochreous band, which gradually darkens on 

 the lower half of the hind wing and becomes suffused into the 

 darker colour of the marginal border. 



