ns iin. E. T. ■vv\TSO>' oy the hesperiid-I:. [Jan. 17, 



Section B. — Male with a tuft of hairs at base of fore wing 

 ou underside. 



( althccs, Hiibn i. [ alfhcce, var. bceiicus, Rbr. . ia. 



\ gemina, Led. \ althea, var. nmrruhii, Rbr. 



tfrawVa, Moore 5. 



As the publication of the ' Tentamen ' is more than doubtful, the 

 generic name Urbanus is ignored. 

 Range. Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



Carcharodus swinhoei, sp. nov. 



Closely allied to alcece, Esp., of which it is probably a local 

 race. On the upperside it differs in its mucli more olive-green 

 tone, being entirely without the red suffusion which is invariably 

 present in alcea and its two varieties austra/is, Zeller, and nostras, 

 Zeller. On the fore wing the transparent spots are much more 

 conspicuous, and on the hind wing the pale markings of the under- 

 side show through much more conspicuously. The dark markings 

 of the fore wing also show up much less conspicuously, the whole 

 being more uniform in colour, (Jn the underside the colouring is 

 considerably colder in tone, lacking the warm-brown suffusion of 

 fdcecc and its varieties, being irrorated instead with greenish grey. 



Expanse 28 millim. 



There are numerous specimens of this species in the British 

 Museum from Biluchistan, Afghanistan, and Thundiani, X.W. India. 



This species has hitherto been identified as althece, Rainb., var. 

 murnibii, Ramb., which, however, belongs to a different section of 

 the genus, in which the male is furnished with a tuft of hairs on the 

 underside of the fore wing. The only other species of the genus 

 occurring within Indian limits is dravira, Moore, which belongs to 

 the althece group of the genus. 



41. Genus Phohsora. 



Pholisora, Scudder, Syst. Rev. Am. Butt. p. 51 (1872). 



Type, Catullus, Fabr. 



Pholisora, Scudder, Butt. New England, p. 1514 (1889). 



Antennae: club very gradually thickened, bent at a little more 

 than a right angle, tip blunt. Palpi porrect ; second joint loosely 

 scaled ; third joint slender, rather conspicuous, bluntly conical. 

 Fore wing: inner margin considerably longer than outer margin; 

 cell less than two-thirds the length of fore wing; male with a costal 

 fold ; discocellulars suberect, the lower the longer ; vein 3 imme- 

 diately before the end of cell, many times further from 2 than from 

 4 : vein 2 close to base of wing. Hind wing : vein 7 shortly before 

 end of cell ; discocellulars and vein 5 very faint ; vein 3 immediately 

 before the end of cell ; vein 2 slightly nearer to base of wing than 

 to end of cell. Hind tibiae with two pairs of spurs. 



catullud, huhv 1. I vclusquc::, liuc o. 



hayharst'd, Edw 2. \ chloroecphala, Latr 4. 



And seven unidentified species. 

 Confined to America. 



