1883.] L. de Niceville — On new and little-hnoion Rhopalocera. 83 



the costal spot also much larger. \]^TiTS,R^U)E, forewing differs from the 

 male in having the base of the wing diffused with pale yellow, the apex 

 and costal spot internal to it also suffused with yellow, and a prominent 

 black spot on the disc below the large spot between the second and third 

 median nervules as on the upperside. Hindtvmg with the base irrorated 

 with pale yellow ; and with an irregular discal band, its outer edge in the 

 same position as that edge of the irrorated dark basal portion in the male, 

 this band widest and deepest coloured at the costa, decreasing to the fold 

 below the submedian nervure, irrorated yellowish fuscous : the outer mar- 

 gin marked with yellowish fuscous irrorations. 



This species was met with by me only amongst the irrigated fields ad- 

 joining the villages of Lama Yuru and Nurla, Ladak. The male, somewhat 

 worn and broken, was taken at the former place on July 3rd, 1879, and the 

 four females were captured the following day at the latter place, all in 

 perfect condition. It is unlike any Fieris known to me. 



Family HESPERIIDiE. 



26. Choaspes gomata. (Plate X, fig. 7, ? .) 



Ismene gomata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1865, p. 783, male. 



Hab. N.-E. Bengal (Moore) ; Sikkim ; Wynaad, S. India. 



Expanse: 9, 2-3 inches. 



Desceiption : Female. Uppeeside very dark glossy bronzy-green, 

 shading off into glossy indigo-blue at the apex and outer margin. Under- 

 side with the markings and ground-colour darker than in Sikkim males ; 

 forewing with a pale green spot in the second median interspace with a larger 

 one in the interspace below it, in the male these spots are merged in a 

 large patch of "the pale ochreous ground-colour from the inner margin. 

 The green markings everywhere more restricted and of a darker shade than 

 in the male. 



The specimen figured, taken by Mr. Rhodes-Morgan in the Wynaad, 

 is the only female I have seen ; there are numerous males, however, in Mr, 

 Otto M oiler's collection from Sikkim. 



27. Choaspes? anadi, n. sp. (Plate X, fig. 6, $ .) 



Hab. Sikkim ; Masuri. 



Expanse : ^,19 to 21; 2 , 2*45 inches. 



Desceiption : Male. Uppeeside dark vinaceous brown distinctly 

 glossed with purple, slightly paler in the middle of the disc. Forewing 

 with a costal streak from the base to beyond the middle of the wing rich 

 orange ; cilia cinereous. Sindwing with the costa broadly pale ochreous ; 

 the cilia rich orange. Base of hoth tvings and thorax clothed with long 

 pale green iridescent hairs. Underside paler brown washed with ochreous, 



