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FAMILY NYMPHALTD^. 



SUB-FAMILY NYMPHALIXiE. B(tte8. 



( ;I:N rs ( 'HAP.AXE.S. Ochmiheimcr. 



PLATE XXXf'Tl. 



I. Chanixos Pleistonnax, fuj. ■']. 



S, ? Cliaraxt's Pleistoanax, Felder, Reise der Xovara, Le]). ;}, p. U-:}, n. 

 72:5 (1S()7). 



(J , X. W . Himalayas ; ? , Darjeeling. Coll. Mooro. 



Spouinifiis of this si^'cies are in most collections from Sikkim ; as usual, the leiiuile is by I'ar the 

 niiTT insect ; there being nothing to add to Dr. FelJer's excellent description, I liave not thought it 

 necessary to ivpeat it here. 



'^. C'ha raxes Khimalaro, sp. n.juj. 1. 



S Ailinis pivc't'dcnti, dilVcrt supra alis anticis acuminatis, imilto ol)scii- 

 I'ioribus, fascia media alha tcmiiorc. introrsum inter ramos incdiauos liaud iii^ro 

 limitata, extrorsuin valde irregidari ; niaciilis discalilms plerunique iiullis ; 

 posticis fascia discali iiiijra fere duplo latioro introrsum mai?is roj^idari, liaiul 

 all)o-punctato : dilfert sul)tus alis inagis sericcis ; fascia media magis albicante, 

 \ irgula anticariim pone cellam valde angulata; linea aream basalem limitante 

 minus irregidavi ; area sulmiarginali ochracea latiore : cxp. alar. unc. 3, lin. (i. 



? Charaxes Hierax ? , Felder, Reise der Novaia, Lep. 'A. ]>. 112 (18G7). 



J , N. W. Himalayas ; $ , Nepal. Coll. Moore. 



This .siiet:i(fs may at once be distinguished from the preceding by it.s darkei- colouring, narrower 

 white band, the straight inner edge of the broader discal band of hindwings, and the obsolescent 

 rliaracter of all thi- iliscal white spots. 



