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fascia on the forewing, especially in 

 the 5 , rest of area v;niformly dark. 

 sJiakra and maernla. Practically indistinguishable 



from iiiaera. 

 iiiaJKsctda. A large, bright, very distinct species. 

 iiicnava (niaeroides) [nashreddini). Very comparable to 

 adrastoides, and if taken in Europe would be called 

 iiiaera undoubtedly. 



6. Amecera, Butl., includes — 



I'fcrsiiuinni. A quite distinct species. var. cashmi- 

 rensis, with darker suffusion of markings, especially 

 in the $ . 



clhuene. The form roxandra is figured by Herrich- 

 Schaffer, but not described — ca»ca.s/c«. 



7. Dira, Hiib., contains only — 



nu-elana, which is quite a well differentiated species. 



8. Kiriiiia, Moore, includes — 



epaiiiiiKDidas {fentoni),) two very similar species or 

 epinienidcn ) forms. 



9. Nini/uta, Moore, contains only — 



scfirencJcii. A very large and very distinct species. 

 These last three species are not included by Seitz in Paranje, but 

 are placed in the genus Lethe, to some species of which they 

 apparently have considerable affinities. 



Reference List of species and chief named forms inci-uded in 



THE genus PaRARGE (sENSU LATo) BY SeITZ AND OTHERS 1)UH1NG 

 THE LAST 25 YEARS. 



aef/eria, L., 1758, " Sys. Nat.," ed. x., p. 473. 



egerides, Stgr., 1871, " Cat.," ed. ii., p. 30. 



tircia (Geoff., 1764, " Hist. Ins.," vol. ii., p. -48), Ernst, and 

 Engr., 1779, " Ins. d'Eur., vol. i.,'p. 117, etc. 



meone, Esp., 1789, " Schm.," Cont. p. 9, pi. 95 (50), fig. 1. 



xiphia, Fb., 1775, " Sys. Ent.," p. 492. 



xiphioides, Stgr., 1871, "Cat.," ed. li., p. 30. 



intermedia, Tutt, 1896, "Brit. Butt.," p. 388. 



bipiipillata, Mosley. 



meone, Cram, 1782, " Pap. Ex.," vol. iv., p. 61, pi. 314. 

 thihetmia, Obtr., 1876, " Etud.," p. 28, pi. 2. 

 episcopalis, Obtr., 1885, "Ann. Soc. ent. Fr.," p. ccxxvii. 

 praeusta, Leech, 1890, "Ent.," p. 188. 

 roxelana, Cr., 1782, "Pap. Ex.," pi. 161. 

 climene, Esp., 1783, " Schm.," vol. i. (2), pi. 85. 



.syiuiiinene, Hb., 1818, " Verz.," p. 59. 



roxandra, H.-S., 1850, "Sys. Bearb. Schm.," pi. 99, figs. 471-3, 



caucasica, Nordm., 1851, " Bull. Mos.," p. 410, pi. 10. 

 eversnianid, Ev., 1847, " Bull. Mos.," pi. 2. 



cashinirensis, Moore, 1874, " Pr. Zoo. Soc," p. 265. 



