Syringilla eastopi (Mathur, 1973b), comb. nov.

Syringilla nepalensis Miyatake, 1981, syn. nov.

Distribution. Bhutan (1 ♀, Thimphu, 14.v.1972 (Naturhistorisches Museum Basel—Bhutan-Expedition); 1 ♂, 1 ♀, same but 27.iv.1972; 2 ♂, 2 ♀, same but 20 km south of Thimphu, 2300 m, 18.v.1972 [NHMB, dry mounted]); India: Himachal Pradesh (Mathur 1973b, as Euphyllura eastopi), Meghalaya (Lahiri & Biswas 1979, as Euphyllura eastopi); Nepal (Miyatake 1981, as Syringilla nepalensis).

Host plant unknown, according to (Mathur 1973b) unidentified plant.

Comments. Hodkinson (1986) suggested that Euphyllura eastopi Mathur, 1973b may be synonymous with Syringilla nepalensis Miyatake, 1981 . Based on the examination of the female holotype and four female paratypes of E. eastopi (BMNH) and specimens from Bhutan and Nepal (BMNH, NHMB) fitting the description of S. nepalensis, we confirm Hodkinson’s (1986) tentative synonymy and transfer the former to Syringilla as Syringilla eastopi (Mathur, 1973), comb. nov. = Syringilla nepalensis Miyatake, 1981 syn. nov. The differences in the paramere shape in the original descriptions of the two nominal species are due to a distortion of this structure in Mathur’s (1973b) description.