1889.] INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 399 



in the male, but the yellow of the hind wing^is more ochTeous, and 

 the ochreous subapical spot of the fore wings is wanting. 



Expanse of wings, J 2yV, $ lyV^Tu inches. 



Hab. Maldah, Bengal. 1 c? , 2 ? , received from Mr. Irvine. 



This is a very curious local variety of A. hippoides. 



IxiAS NOLA, n. sp. 



Male. White tinged with pale saffron-yellow ; base of both wings 

 and costa of fore wings to the apical patch irrorated with blue- 

 grey ; apical patch bright orange, divided by the veins into seven 

 pieces ; the outer and inner bands black ; the outer band dentated 

 inwardly on the veins, and extending down the outer margin to the 

 submedian vein ; the inner band as usual very variable, in some 

 specimens it is broad- and equal, but always more or less diffuse, the 

 square knob at the end of the cell being only distinguishable by a 

 slight elbow into the orange space, in other specimens the inner band 

 is represented by a costal patch and the square knob hardly con- 

 nected together, and the commencement of a band from near the 

 hinder angles, like the usual inner band of a female Ixias; and 

 between these two kinds there are many intermediates. 



Hind wings with a macular border decreasing from the apex : this 

 is also very variable — in some there is hardly any band at all, merely 

 a black marginal line at the apex with marginal dots on each vein ; 

 in others there is a deep black band halfway down the margin, and 

 large marginal spots on the veins, decreasing in size to the anal 

 angle, and many intermediates. 



Below : fore wings coloured as above ; the entire surface of the 

 apical patch pale orange ; the outer band slightly showing through 

 and more or less irrorated ; the inner band represented by a prouji- 

 nent black square sjjot at the end of the cell, and a submarginal 

 whorl of black spots, which in some specimens have white centres ; 

 hind wings much darker saffron-coloured, more or less covered with 

 brown strigse, with an indistinct brown costal spot, a brown cell-spot 

 with a white centre, and a discal whorl of five or six indistinct white 

 spots, margined with brown ; the markings vary much in density in 

 different specimens. 



Female. Coloured and marked like the male ; the orange patch is, 

 however, narrow and not so bright ; the inner band disconnected 

 and with three submarginal spots in it, the border on the hind wing 

 is similar, and so is the general coloration above and below ; the 

 markings below are also similar, but darker and more prominent. 



Expanse of wings lf\j~2 inches. 



Hab. Mahableshwar (April and May, 1887). Found in great 

 numbers : I took several hundreds of specimens, many being females. 

 The species is not nearly aUied to any of this genus that I am ac- 

 quainted with, and is very distinct. 



One or two of the broad-banded varieties measure as much as 2f^ 

 inches across the wings in both sexes. 



