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EREBIA. By G. Eiffinger. Ill 



distal band. — fasciata Sim: {= roxane Gt:-Grsh.) (35 e) differs in tiie distal band of the forewing bemir fasciata. 

 broader and lighter, in the hindwing bearing a broad chestnut-brown band, which is either absent from 

 jordana or but vestigial. On the underside the band of the forewing is almost pure yellow, only the 

 posterior portion being sparsely irrorated with brown. The white dots situated before the distal margin 

 of the hindwing beneath are sometimes absent. From the Transalai Mts. — In ab. subocellata SIfii:, also subocellata. 

 from the Pamir, the hindwing beneath is darker and bears a yellow- bordered ocellus iiefore the apex in 

 both sexes. — The yellowish red band is best developed in ida Or.-GrsJi., extending across liotli wings, ida. 

 being broad and contrasting distinctly with the ground-colour; the fringes are pure white, being interrupted 

 only on the forewing by minute, hardly visible grey dots situated at the tips of the veins. — On the 

 Kodja-Djailau (in the Pamir), at 11000 ft.*) 



E. maracandica h'lyrli. (35 e). The fore- and hindwing above are dark black-lirown and bear mamcandka. 

 distally large red-l)ro\vn spots. At the apex of the forewing there is a black ocellus with a bright white 

 pupil. The forewing ])eneath red-brown, all three margins being dai'k brown, the ocellus as above, but 

 with a yellow border. The hindwing beneath brownish grey, with 6—8 white dots before the distal margin. 

 The S above essentially lighter in colour, more brown-grey, the brown spots are larger, especially on the 

 forewing. The cell is mostly filled up with red-brown. The hindwing beneath more densely dusted with 

 grey. Antenna ringed black and white, the club being white beneath. — Widely distributed in Turkestan; 

 in the Altai Mts., in the farther environs of Samarkand, in the Pamir and Eastern Bochara; already in the 

 hills, in May and June, locally very abundant. 



E. herse Gr.-Grsh. (37 h). Abo\e dark Idack-brown, witli a broad red-brown band on the forewing lierse. 

 in which there is a large black apical ocellus with a bright white centre. The cell is sometimes shaded 

 with russet-brown in the cf, being nearly always filled up with russet-brown in the ?. In cellules 2 and 3 

 there are sometimes small dots without pupils. The hindwing uniformly black-brown. The forewing beneath 

 red-brown, broadly margined with dark, the band but little lighter than above, the apex of the wing being 

 finely marmorated with grey and brown. The ocellus narrowly bordered with russet-yellow, liearing some- 

 times 2 white pupils. The hindwing beneath marmorated with grey- brown and black. The 2 lighter on 

 both sides, the ocellus larger. — Occurs in mountainous districts of Tibet and West China, for instance 

 near llav-Kow and Ta-tsien-lu, in smaller specimens in the Sinin Mts. 



E. discoidalis Krh. {= lena Clirist.) (37 h). The forewing narrow, with the apex rounded, the costal discoidalis. 

 margin being brownish grey and striated with whitish grey and brown. The dull brown disc broadly 

 bordered with dark chocolate anteriorly and posteriorly, this border being narrow on the distal side, the 

 dark apex of the wing feebly dusted with grey. The forewing beneath is marked as above, the bolder of the 

 brown central area is somewhat ])roader, the apex and distal margin densely dusted with bluish grey. The 

 hindwing beneath dark brown from the base to the middle and thinly dusted with whitish grey, the outer 

 half being blue-grey with small dark brown striae. At the apex of the cell there is an oval whitish grey 

 spot and at the costal margin 2—3 somewhat smaller ones. — Central and Eastern Siberia (Amurland); 

 besides in Arctic America. Grakseh found the species to be very rare at Podrofka in June; from the worn 

 condition of the specimens obtained he concludes that the insect is possibly more plentiful earher.in the year. 



E. kalmuka Alphrr. (= calmucca h'/iliP) (35 c). Upperside uniformI>- grey-brown with a silky gloss, kalmuka. 

 without band and ocelli. The costal and distal margins and apex of the forewing white; the hindwing 

 margined with bluish white, the border being distinctly ])roader at the costal margin and apex. Between 

 the distal margin of the forewing and the upper portion of the cross-vein there is sometimes a narrow 

 hook-shaped spot. The forewing is russet-brown beneath, the costal margin being sparsely white-grey, the 

 apex and distal margin densely silvery grey. The hindwing beneath uniformly silvery grey, without markings. 

 Antenna ringed black and white, the apex yellow-brown. The ? is on an average smaller than the <f, the forewing 

 being narrower and the ground-colour somewhat lighter. — In the Tian-shan, near Kuldja, at an altitude of 9000 ft. 



E. radians Slrj,: (35 c, d). Forewing broad, with the distal margin rounded. Both wings dark black- radinns. 

 brown above. 4—5 broad red-brown longitudinal streaks extend from the dark distal margin to the centre 

 of the wing. The hindwing remains In-oadly dark, and the first brown marginal streak commences nearly 

 always above the 1. subcostal vein. Often the whole anterior portion of the forewing as fai' as the cell 

 and the latter also are red-brown, only the veins being more or less dark. The brown streaks of the hmd- 

 wing are proximally pointed, while thev are broad and rounded distally ; they commence at the distal margni 

 but do not reach the cell. The underside of the forewing russet-brown, with a broad dark hindmargm ; the 

 costal margin, apex, and part of the distal margin dusted with white-grey. The hindwing beneath densely 

 dusted with white-grey from tlie base to the distal margin , there being but rarely vestiges of the brown 

 spots of the upperside.' The wings are crossed by a narrow brown median band, which is bordered on the 

 distal side by a number of white-grey spots. The ? is smaller than the cf, the forewing above bemg mostly 



*) Here would follow E. kalhida Moore from southernmost (Indian) Ivashniir (Kulu) , the record of which from the 

 ''Pamir" is probably erroneous. 



