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with hoary iirorations on the costal margin, the apex and inner margin more or less prominent ; 

 the nervules. especially the lower ones, hoary-whitish ; an al)breviated dark chestnut-fuscous 

 basal streak inwardly broadly defined with ochraceous, and the fascia as on the upjicrside, but 

 much paler, edged with deep chestnut-fuscous especially inwardly, outwardly variegated with 

 fuscous." (Feliier, I.e.) 



CE. pnmilus was originally taken by the late Dr. Stoliczka in Ladak on the Lanik pass at 

 about 15,500 feet elevation, at Trantse Sumdo, and at Pangchog, and has never been taken 

 since so far as we know, till quite recently Mr. H. J Elwes received ten specimens through a 

 native collector in Sikkim which were taken on the borders of Thibet, and probably at a great 

 elevation. The Sikkim race is figured by Mr. Elwes (1. c), who remarks that the "specimens 

 agree very fairly with Felder's plate, but the markings are more distinct and well defined, 

 especially the outer edge of the band on the hindwing ; they are also darker in colour and 

 less yellow in tint." 



The figure of the Sikkim race differs considerably from Felder's figure. In the latter, the 

 band on the upperside of the forewing is very broad and continuous, leaving a narrow 

 margin beyond of yellowish brown, which almost disappears at the inner angle ; whereas in 

 the figure of the Sikkim race the band is very narrow, distinctly macular, each spot being more 

 or less completely circled with fuscous on both upper and undersides, and the band is well 

 removed from the margin ; also on the underside of the hindwing the basal streak is altogether 

 lost in the dark ground-colour. Mr. Elwes' figure represents the markings almost exactly as 

 in Aulocera brahminus; the band is identical in formation, and the bifurcated apical portion in- 

 cludes a small dark spot with pale pupil,— in fact it resembles exactly a very small specimen 

 of A. brahminus strongly tinted with yellow throughout. Felder's figure on the contrary 

 much resembles in general appearance a small Hipparchia, except that on the underside of the 

 hindwing the yellow fascia is in strong contrast with the grey-fuscous ground-colour, and the 

 fascia of the upperside has no trace of the black spots on it which are found in all the Indian 

 Hipparchias. It appears tc us that the races are separable, and that the Sikkim race should 

 be separately named, but in the absence of specimens it is impossible to decide this. 



The figure (which is copied from Felder's figure in the Reise Novara) represents the up- 

 per and undersides of a male specimen. 



Genus 24.— EREBIA, Dalman. (Plate XV.) 



Sr^r^/.-r, Dalman, Svensk. Handl., p. 5S (1S16) ; id., Boisduval, Gen. Ind. Meth., p. 26 (1840) ; id., West- 

 wood, Gen. D. L., vol. ii, p. 376 (1851) ; Maiiiolci, Schrank, apud Kirby. 



"Body moderately robust, haiiy. Head moderate-sized, clothed with very long hairs. 

 Eyes prominent, lateral, naked, the fore part differently coloured from the hinder part in dried 

 specimens. Palpi porrected obliquely, the tips ascending higher than the level of the tops 

 of the eyes, and reaching further in front than the length of the head, very densely clothed 

 with long hairs, extending in front at right angles, and almost concealing the terminal joint, 

 which is slender, short, and villose. Antennce not half the length of the forewing, slender, 

 the joints scarcely distinct ; terminated by an oval, rather short, but gradually formed 

 club, (which in some species is short, broad, and spoon-shaped), its basal portion hol- 

 lowed within, but its extremity curved outward and obtuse. Thorax short, oval, very hairy. 

 Abdomen moderately short and slender. Forewing triangularly ovate, entire, and convex along 

 the outer margin ; the costal margin but slightly arched ; apex rounded ; outer margin about 

 three-fourths of the length of the costal ; hinder angle rounded ; inner margin scarcely as 

 long as the outer, nearly straight. Costal nervure extending rather beyond the middle of the 

 costa, slightly swollen at the base, or not thicker than the rest. Subcostal nervure slender, its 

 first and second branches arising before the anterior extremity of the discoidal cell, the third 

 and fourth branches free, arising at a greater or less distance apart, beyond the cell ; upper 

 disco-cellular generally obliterated ; middle disco-cellular shorter than the outer one, but rather 

 variable in its direction ; lower disco-cellular considerably longer, nearly straight, but oblique, 

 its extremity being directed towards the outer margin, closing the discoidal cell almost trans- 

 versely nearly at the middle of the wing, uniting with the third branch of the median nervure 

 at a bhoiter distance from its base than exists between the first and second branches ; the third 



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