46 F. Moore — Descriptions of some new Genera and [No. 1, 



Genus Appias, Hiibner. 



ApPIAS AMBOIDES, n. sp. 



Male. Upperside white : fore wing with a narrow apical black band. 

 Underside : forewing white, the costal border, and apex corresponding to 

 the band on upperside, pale brownish- ochreous : hindwing entirely pale 

 brownish- ochreous, with a slight indistinct dusky fascia extending from 

 the base along the subcostal and median vein. 



Expanse 1|- inch. 



Hab. Silhet. Dihung, Assam. In coll. Indian Museum, Calcutta, 

 and F. Moore. 



Genus Hiposcritia, Hiibner. 



HiPOSCRITIA IMBECILIS, n. sp. 



Male. Upperside white : forewing with a black-speckled apical band, 

 which is traversed by four subapical white spots. Underside : forewing 

 white, with the apex ochreous-white and slightly speckled with ochreous- 

 brown scales : hindwing ochreous-white, sparsely speckled with ochreous- 

 brown scales with slight traces of their clustering on the anterior margin 

 near end of the costal and subcostal veins and across the disc in an indis- 

 tinct zigzag fascia ; a small blackish spot at end of the cell. 



Expanse If to 2 inches. 



Hab. Silhet; Assam. In coll. Indian Museum, Calcutta, and 

 F. Moore. 



Allied both to R. indra and to H, mahana. Distinguished from 

 the latter by its smaller size. Forewing with paler and less defined black- 

 ish apical band. No subapical curved black fascia on the underside. 



Subfamily Papilioninji. 



Genus Papilio, Linn. 



Papilio ladakensis, n. sp. 



Male. Distinguished from the N. W. Himalayan P. asiaticus by 

 the absence of the elongated tail on the hindwing, which in this form is 

 reduced to a short point but little more acute than the anal angle. The 

 forewing is comparatively narrower, and the hindwing is less convex and 

 with less acutely sinuous exterior margin. On the upperside the yellow 

 is also of a paler tint : forewing numerously covered with yellow scales 

 between all the markings, the cell bands are shorter transversely and 

 broader, and the inner cell-band is regularly quadrate ; the discal bands 



