1868. 247 



Adlocera. Weeais^g, n. s. 



. ^ et 5 . Al(S supra nigrofuscce, alho fasciatcs ; velut in A, Padma, 

 SwaJia, Sfc, colore autem minus nigro : fascia discali alba, anticarum 

 maculari, ad apicem hifurcatd, et maculam nigram ovalem includente ; 

 posticarum arcuatd, tenui, apud angulum analem sub-ohsoletd ; ciliis alhis 

 ad venarum fines nigro-variis. 



Alee subtus vix pallidiores, fusco strigosce : posticce ad basim vires- 

 centes, extivs minime ochracece : anticarum macula sub-apicali puncto 

 minuto albo ; posticarum fascia discali marginem analem attingente, et 

 serie exteriore trium punctorum sub-obsoletorum albidorum. 



Alarum anticarum costa et margo exterior magis convexce, apicesque 

 rotundati. 



Corpus nigrum. Antennarum apices subtus obsolete ochracei. 



Expans. 2" 6'". 



Habitat. Upper Kunawur (Werang Pass), Cashmere (Goolmurg.) 



This species is most nearly allied to SwaJia : but is of a much 

 paler colour, being dark brown instead of velvety-black : it is much 

 more rounded in outline, and consequently a more feeble looking 

 insect. The fascia is of a purer white, much more slender, and is slightly 

 curved on the posterior wings. 



It differs from Scylla (loc. cit.) by its paler colour, larger size, 

 more sinuated margins, and the want of the exterior series of white, 

 black-encircled spots : the whitish dots of Werang being only two or 

 three in number, very small and indistinct. 



This species occurs in Upper Kunawur, beyond the range of 

 the four first-named species. It appears, however, to be very rare, as 

 I have seen but three individuals ; these were all taken by me at an 

 altitude of 12,000', about 1,000' below the bleak and bare summit of 

 the Werang Pass, amidst the rocky, grassy ground just clear of the 

 forests of Pinus Oerardiana and Cedrus Deodara. 



Amongst a small series of insects lately taken by Dr. Jerdon at 

 "Gooimurg" (altitude 9,000' above the valley of Cashmere), was one 

 specimen of this species. 



The head quarters of the species is probably intermediate between 

 Upper Kunawur as an eastern, and Cashmere as a western limit, far in 

 the interior of the Himalayan ranges, and at high altitudes. 



Lacknow : %th Fehrua/ry, 1868. 



[Captain Lang has forwarded coloured figures of his species, which 

 the editors have kindly allowed me to examine, and I have compared 



