AMPITTIA. By P. .vmLLE. 345 



6. Hinchving with a light spot in the centre of cellule 8. The upperside of the wings with 

 j'eliow or yellowish spots 7. 



Spots jiure white !). 



7. Hindwing beneath without light dot at the end of cellules 2 and 3. The disc of the wings 

 with a pear-shaped, large, silvery spot which extends from the centre of cellule 7 below the 

 discoidal cell P. avanti Nicec. avanli. 



Hindwing beneath with a hght spot at the end of cellules 2 and 3 S. 



8. Forewing beneath with a hght spot which covers the extreme base of cellule 2, and with 

 another placed towards the centre of the same cellule P. argyrostigma Ei\ s"£f,[a" 



Forewing beneath without light spot at the base of cellule 2. but with an almost square spot 

 before the centre of this cellule P. flavomaculatus Oberth. (87 c). Inaculalus 



9. On the hindwing beneath the light spots of cellules 6 and 7 not united with those placed in 

 cellules 2 and 3 and not forming a silvery marginal band 10. 



These spots united to form an uninterrupted marginal band 11. 



10. Forewing above without white dot at the base; hindwing beneath with 2 unequal discal dots, 

 which are distinct ■ . . P. niveomaculatus Oberth. (87 d). niveo- 



J^orewmg above with 2 white dots at the base, a vitreous spot at the base of the cell and 

 another, opa(jue, spot at the costa. Hindwing above with a large white discal spot which is 

 composed of 2 spots united P. christophi Gr.-Grsh. (87 d). christophi. 



11. Forewing beneath with the spots in cellules la and 2 not touching those situated in 3. 



P. dieckmanni Graes. {— gemmatus Leech, demea Oberth.) (87 d). dieckmanni 

 Forewing beneath with the spots in cellules 1 a and 2 united with those in cellule 3, 

 forming an uninterrupted median band P. micio Oberth. micio. 



Distribution of the species of Pamphila. 



P. silvius Enoch: Northern Europe, Asia eastwards to the Amur. May, June, usually singly. 



P. fctlaemon Pallas: Throughout Europe and Asia as far as the Amur; North America. May, June, 



locally abundant. 



P. houangtij Oberth.: West China (Ta-tsien-lu). The ^^ abundant, the $$ rarer. 



P. jmlchra Leech: North-Eastern Tibet, West China. In June and July. 



P. abax Oberth.: East Tibet (Mupin, Ta-tsien-lu). The (J(^ abundant, the $$ apparently very rare. 



P. avanti Nicev. : North- Western Himalayas, northern Sikkim. 



P. argyrostigma Ev.: Altai, Mongolia, Amur. According to Graeser in June. 



P. flavomaculatus Oberth.: West-China, Tibet. 



P. niveomaculatus Oberth.: East Tibet, West China, South China. 



P. christophi Gr.-Grsh.: Tibet, Sinin-Shan. 



P. dieckmanni Graes. : Amur, West-China, Tibet. 



P. micio Oberth.: Tse-kou, East Tibet. 



32. Genus: Allix>ittia Moore. 

 Antennae short, club obtuse. Third segment of palpi erect. Vein 5 of forewing slightly nearer 4. 

 Hindmargin of cell angulate between 2 and 3. Hindtibia with 2 pairs of spurs. 



A. Forewing of o with a stigma. 



A. iTiaro E. (= camertes Heic.) {Hi c, d). 25 mm. Cell of forewing in ,J yellow beneath with the maro. 

 exception of the base. Kashmir. Distributed throughout India. 



A. virgata Leech. 30 — 32 mm. Cell of forewing beneath yellow with a black streak in the centre, virgata. 

 Central China: Chang- Yang. 



B. Forewing of o without stigma. 



A. maga Leech (87 d). Forewing rather pointed. Underside of the hindwing with black markings maga. 

 consisting of dispersed small dots. China, I-chang, Ningpo. 



A. trimacula Leech. (87 e). Forewing obtuse. Hindwing beneath yellow with brown markings, which irimacula. 

 are more or less distinctly arranged in three transverse rows; there is, moreover, an elongate light spot in the 

 middle of cellules 3 and 4. West China: Wa-su-kow. 



A. dalailama Mab. (= lyde Leech) (87 e). Hindwing beneath brown, densely dusted with yellow dalailama. 

 scales, with 3 yellow spots near the base and a postmedian as well as a subtermiual row of yellow dots; 



