I'ACIIVKIMNA. M47 



l(.ii^ntii(lin;il HU-ipc; sidrs of tiionix niUicr li-^iitcr yellow ; Htcnio- 

 pIcMira; with !i hiwny hrovvii, smiii-t ijiiisp:ii-ciil, h|;oI om llie ii|)|)(;r 

 and lower j)iirl,, Icaviii^f t.li(Miii(l(JI(; coiicoIoi-ouh. AIxIdvich normally 

 bright or dc^ep y(;llow, wilh, in tho itiah;, a loiif^itiuliiKiJ jniidiati 

 hiuc'k Htri|M! of inod<!rato width, (;oiM|joM{!d ol' a row of (dongato 

 Hpots iiior(! or Iohh iinit(!d to oiiii ai)oth«.>r, tin; hiacit colour towardu 

 flio ti|) sprcadiiif^ nioro or loss ovur tin; whole dorHal surface! ; 

 a iiarr(n\' lateral Htripe niinilarly foruied. In the fcMiuih;, iho 

 ahdoineri \n wrinkled and hcar.s a lar^e, nioi-e or loss H(piar(s 

 blackiHli spot on each Hc^inent, t^(!U(;rally of Kudicicnt Hi/,(5 to foriri 

 an appaniutly (•ontinuou.s dorsal wtripe, hut tho jjostcrior margin 

 itHcdf of each H(;gm(,'nt i.s yellow and well deflneid ; there arc aJHC) 

 numerouH irregidarly placed Hinall hlack H|)otH between the 

 dorsal Htripe and the rather broader (than in the male) lateral 

 stripe on each Hide;. JJelly Hiinilar to dorHal Hurfacc;. (Jrsnilalia of 

 male very much an in /■*. smicoriuH, hut a distinct brown sidc! pla1,e 

 is present, and a small ytdlow V-^biij""^ ventral |ilatf.-, protecting a 

 Homewliat conspicuouH kcMil-like jn'otuljeranctj immtidiately above 

 it, joined t(» iIk; large; swolhjn base of the clasp(!rs. Lcr/H variable, 

 noi-mally ycdiow, tlu; lemora becoming brownish (^n the apical 

 half, somwtimes quite blackish on that ])ortion ; but often the 

 femora are mainly yellowi.sli, with an indistinct, brownish or 

 blackish ring of varying width at the tip; th(; tihias vary from 

 yellowish to hfownish; the tarsi generally hrownisli yellow or 

 brown. WiiKjH pale grey ; the forks of the ujjper branch of the 

 fourth longitudinal veiii vary in their (;m(!rgence from tin; discal 

 cell, sometimes being distinctly s(;parated, sometimes issuing 

 simultaneouslv, and sometimes forming a short p<!tiole ; stigrna 

 moderat<ily larg*-, varying from pale yellow to brown ; subcostal 

 cell varying from yellowish to rather dark brown. Ilalt<ires 

 yellow. 



Luncjth 9-14 niilliin. 



Described from, a lengthy series in tin; Indian j\lus(!um from 

 Darjiling, 2:i 2M. v. 10 (Jinmetti), r>-lo. viii. 09 ( /'aiva), 1 . x. OH 

 (BruneUl): Kurs(;ong, 19-24. vi. 10, 5. vii.OH, .'3-H. ix. 09, and Hliim 

 Tal, 17-19. ix.O<; (Annandale)', Mussoori, 22. v. Or> (liranclii), and 

 Gangtok, Sikkim, 22. v. 05. In the Vienna Museum is a female 

 from Sikkim. 



Tifpe, rj' and 4^ in the Indian Museum. 



Apparently the commonest species to be found in thr; hilly 

 parts of North India, but no spricimen has been received from 

 the plains or evr;n from a hilly locality apai-t from tin; Himalayas. 



250. Pachyrhina gamma, sp. nov. 



5. Head: vertex nearly on(!-third the width of the head, 

 orange-yellow, with a dark ui<;dian narrow line ; frons yellow, 

 with an inverted black Y-«baped mark reaching from between 

 the bases of the antennaj to the proboscis ; the latter yellowish 



