142 LIEUT.-COL. C. SWINHOE ON THE LEPIDOPTERA [Feb. 3, 



apical patch of the fore wings being so deep as to make the patch 

 occupy more than half the wings ; hind wings also with a very deep 

 black border. It may here be noted that in all species of Indian Ixias 

 the depth of the border of the hind wings and the depth of the 

 inner border of the apical patch of the fore wings varies more or less. 

 Below, the markings are as in the male, but the brown patch 

 near the hinder angle is very much larger, and the discal series of 

 large spots in the hind wings show more or less white iu them ; but 

 the general coloration of the wings differs much from the males, 

 the apical orange patch being almost as bright as it is above, and 

 the general coloration of the wings is dull pale ochreous white 

 covered with pale brown striae. 



Expanse of wings, cJ 2 2^q inches. 



Taken on Cumballa Hill, Bombay, and I have an example also 

 taken on a hill near Belgaum. 



121. Ixias colaba, n. sp. (Plate IX. fig. G.) 



Bombay, 1876. 



Allied to I. pifrene (Linn.). 



cJ . Ahove like I. dharmsalce, Butler ; the black basal irrorations 

 are denser, the inner border of apical patch on the fore wings is 

 narrower, the marginal border of the hind wings is deeper and 

 not macular. Below, the general coloration is the same, but there 

 are no striations, except a few very faint ones near the base and 

 at the p.pex of the fore wings ; there is a brownish spot at the 

 end of the cell on the fore wings, also a faint spot on the costal 

 third near the apex, a few very faint discal spots across the space 

 occupied by the apical patch above, and a spot in the centre of 

 the costa of the hind wings ; otherwise both wings are clear lemon- 

 yellow and quite unmarked. 



Expanse of wings, 2-^ g inches. 



122. IxTAS JHODA, n. sp. (Plate IX. figs. 3 cJ , 4 $ .) 



Bombay, December and January. 



Allied to I. pyrene (Linn.), near I. maulmainensis (Moore), and 

 I. dharmsala (Butler). 



c? . Above like the latter, inner border of apical patch on pri- 

 maries very narrow ; hind wings with the border almost absent, 

 reduced to spots on costal and subcostal nervules, and minute dots 

 in the remaining nervules. Below, apical third of fore wings and 

 the entire surface of hind wings deep chrome-yellow ; remainder of 

 fore wings pure primrose ; the costa and apex of fore wings and the 

 entire surface of hind wings covered with brown striae ; fore wings 

 with a blind black spot at the end of the cell, and four, sometimes 

 five, faint brown subapical spots ; hind wing with a brown dot at 

 the end of the cell, a large chocolate-brown spot in the centre of 

 the costa, and four discal spots of the same colour, all with white 

 pupils, the third discal spot the largest. 



$ . Above pale primrose, with the markings somewhat as iu 



