382 Mr. H. Je Elwes’ catalogue of the 
from Sikkim, but Moller notes it from the Terai. After 
comparing a long series, viz., three pairs from Algeria, 
one from Bushire, two from Karachi, ten from the N.W. 
Himalaya, two from Malabar and one from Tonghoo, 
and one from Bombay, I do not see how to distinguish 
nara from Theophrastus, though there is much variation 
in the different specimens. 
253. Lycena plinius. 
Hesperia plinius, Fabr., Ent. Syst., 1ii., 1, p. 284 (1793). 
This, like the last, is hardly an insect of the Sikkim 
hills, as it belongs to the dryer and hotter parts of 
India; but Méller notes it as occurring in the Terai. 
254. Lycena betica. 
Papilio beticus, Linn., Syst. Nat., xii., 1, pt. 2, p. 789 
(1767). 
Not common in Sikkim, where the climate is too wet 
for it, but occurs up to 10,000 ft., and is commoner in 
the interior towards Bhutan, whence my native collectors 
have brought it. 
255. Lycena pheretes, var. asiatica. 
Lycena pheretes, Hb., var. asiatica, Elwes, P. Z.8., 
1882, p. 402. 
Since writing the above description I have received no 
more of this form from Sikkim, but have three speci- 
mens agreeing with them from Ladak, and also three 
pairs from Mongolia and Turkestan, which are like the 
Kuropean insect. These confirm my opinion that the 
Himalayan form of pheretes is distinguishable from others 
by its more pointed fore wings and a somewhat deeper 
shade of blue. 
256. Lycena parrhasius. 
Hesperia parrhasius, Fabr., Ent. Syst., ii., 1, p. 289 
(1783). 
Lycena dipora, Moore, P.Z.8., 1865, p. 506, t. 32, 
fig. 8. 
This is a tropical form of the wide-ranging LL. argiades, 
Pall., which occurs in the North-west Himalaya under 
