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Kumaon, but scarce." We possess males from Kashmir, taken by Capt. Bayne 

 Reed, from Nepal, taken by the late General G. Ramsay, and from Sikkim, by Mr. 

 G. C. Dudgeon ; also from the Upper Mekong, Shan States, taken by Mr. R. Roberts, 

 C.E." "Males are common in Sikkim at low elevations up to about 4000 feet, but 

 the females are quite rare. This is a very bold insect, and will return to its settling 

 place after three or four attempts to catch it have been made ; it has a strong, 

 rather jerking flight, and is very restless" (Elwes, Tr. But. Soc. 1888, 339). Mr. de 

 Niceville (Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, 134) says, " The males are not rare in Sikkim at 

 low elevations throughout the summer, but the females are very scarce. Lieut. D. 

 Thompson (Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1890, 293) records its capture in the Chin- 

 Lushai country during the expedition from the Chittagong side, in the cold weather 

 of 1889-90. Mr. F. E. Dempster (I.e. 1890, 293) also took it at Lamtok in April, and 

 Lieut. E. Y. "Watson (J. Bomb. IST. H. S. 1891, 36) captured sis males on May 30th at 

 Choungkwa, during the same Chin Expedition from the Burmese side. 



Chinese Allied Species op Potamis, etc. — Potamis Bieti (Apatura Iris, var. Bieti, 

 Oberthur, Bull. Soc. Eut. Fr. 185-5, p. 136 ; Etudes Ent. xi. p. 18, pi. 3, fig. 15 (1886). 

 Leech, Butt. China, etc., p. 170, ph 15, f. 4, ? (1892). Habitat. W. & C. China.— 

 Potamis suhstituta (Apatura substituta, Butler, Cist. Ent. i. p. 159 (1873). Pryer, 

 Rhop. Niphon, p. 22, pi. 5, fig. 9, S (1886). Leech, Butt. China, etc., p. 16 (1892). 

 Habitat. N. China; Corea; Japan. — Potamis Serarum (Apatura Ilia, var. Serarum, 

 Oberthur, Etud. Ent. xv. p. 11, pi. 1, fig. 8, c? (1891). Leech, Butt. China, etc., 

 p. 163, pi. XV., fig. 8, c? (1892). Habita.t. Yunan ; C. China. — Potamis Phasdra 

 (Apatura Phgedra, Leech, Butt. China, etc., p. 163, pi. xv., fig. 7, c? (1892). 

 Habitat. W. & C. China. — Potamis laverna (Apatura laverna, Leech, Butt. China, 

 etc., p. 164, pi. xv., fig. 6, c? (1892). Habitat. AY. China. — Potamis subccerulea 

 (Apatura subcserulea. Leech, Entom. 1891, Supp. p. 9; Butt. China, etc., p. 156, 

 pi. XV., fig. 1, ? (1892). Grose Smith & Kirby, Rhop. Bxot. p. 2, Apat. pi. 1, fig. 3, 

 5, ? (1892). Habitat. Oraeishan, China. — Potamis Pallas (Apatura Pallas, Leech, 

 Entom. 1890, p. 190; Butt. China, etc., p. 157, pi. xv., fig. 5, c? (1892). Habitat. 

 China. 



Genus Limina. Male. Wings short and broad. Forewing triangular ; costa 

 arched from the base, apex obtuse, exterior margin almost erect, uneven, posterior 

 margin recurved ; first subcostal branch emitted at one-sixth before end of the cell, 

 second subcostal at an equal distance beyond the cell ; discocellulars very outwardly 

 oblique, short, radials from equal distances near subcostal ; cell broad, short, open. 

 Hindiviug broadly obconical, abruptly convex at base of costa, exterior margin 

 slightly convex, scalloped, anal angle rounded; subcostal branches and radial 

 emitted close together; cell open. Antennal club short and thick; eyes naked. 

 Type, L. subalba. — Limina subalba (Apatura subalba, Poujade, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 



