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from .S'. dasahara Moore, wliich is abundant in India. Moreover, the hindwing beneath has small white ■ 

 dots, which are absent from the latter species. — North-Western Himalayas. 



10. Genus: Abraxiniorplia Elw. 



Differences from Celaenorrhinus: ascending palpi with the third segment long and porrect; fore 

 coxa of ^ on the inside with a long hair-pencil; hindtibia with two pairs of spurs, but without brush 

 of hair. 



A. davidii Mab. (84 g). Forewing blacky its whole central area occupied by a broad white band davidii. 

 consisting of four rectangular spots; there are, moreover, three apical spots, which are followed by four 

 more spots, with which they form a curved row, a small whitish subterminal macular band, and a white 

 streak at the base of the cell. Hindwing white, with greyish black distal border traversed by the white 

 veins, and two bands of the same colour, the pro.ximal one being interrupted in the centre; underside 

 white. All the bands of the upperside are macular. Palpi pale yellow, with black hairs on the upperside. 

 — Mupin in Sze-chuen. 



11. Genus: Tagiades Hhn. 



Club of antenna slender, curved in a right angle, with the long apex again curved. Palpi porrect, the 

 third segment short. The second division of the median vein of the forewing strongly curved. Hindwing 

 rounded. Hindtibia ciliate, with two pairs of spurs. 



T. menaka Moore (84 g). Forewing black, with small vitreous spots, five in a curved row at the menaka. 

 apex, a more prominent one between veins 3 and 4, and two towards the centre of the costa. Basal third 

 of the hindwing black, the rest pure white, with a marginal band of six large black spots, of which four 

 touch the fringes, and with a centrally interrupted row of two or three less large spots. Underside of the 

 hindwing ashy blue, the spots absent from marginal cellule 1 b. The posterior abdominal segments white. 

 — • This species flies in the North-Western Himalayas. It is the only Palaearctic representative of the 

 genus, which occurs in an abundance of species all over tropical Asia, Australia and Africa. 



12. Genus: Cteiioptiloii Nicev. 



Club of antenna strongly curved and pointed. Palpi long and porrect. Apex of forewing subacute. 

 Outer margin of hindwing rounded at apex, with a tooth at vein 7 and a second smaller one at vein 4. 

 Hindtibia with two pairs of spurs. 



C. vasava Moore (84 f). Forewing light reddish brown, with a median band of five isolated, trans- vasava. 

 parent white spots, and a row of four elongate apical spots, which are connected with the band by 

 means of three small dots of the same colour. Hindwing paler, in the basal area with vitreous spots 

 which stand close together and form three rows. Underside paler and duller. Sze-chuen. 



13. Genus: Carcharodiis Hhn. 



Club of antenna strong, straight, with a short point. Palpi erect, with porrect third segment. 

 Forewing of ^(^ with costal fold; outer margin of hindwing dentate. Hindtibia with two pairs of spurs. 

 The (JcJ, moreover, have with one exception a brush of stiff hairs on the underside of the forewing at 

 the base. 



A. Male without brush of hairs on the forewing beneath. 



C. alceae Esp. (= malvarum Hoffmsgy., malvae Hbn.) (85 a). Dark broMii. Hindwing with two alceae. 

 rows of yellowish grey spots, which are not prominent. — Throughout Europe and Western Asia. 



C. lavatherae Esp. (85 a). Yellowish grey or ash-colour; hindwing darker, with two rows of distinct, lavatherae. 

 almost white, spots. Underside of hindwing with two small grey bands in the centre. — Southern Eirrope, 

 North Africa, Syria, Armenia. 



B. Male with a brush of stiff hairs at the base of the forewing beneath. 



C. altheae Hbn. (=gemina Led.) (85 a). Black-brown; on the disc of the forewing with a black altheae. 

 area resembhng a short broad band; in the centre of the hindwing a row of four small, but little pro- 



