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discal and postdiscal dusky black sinuate bands, the former atten- 

 uated below vein 6, stops short of the dbrsum, the latter extends 

 right down to the dorsal margin ; beyond these bands the terminal 

 margin is more or less shaded with dusky black which atthetornus 

 coalesces with the postdiscal band. Hind wing : dorsal margin 

 broadly dusky black, this colour narrowed towards the tornus ; a 

 postdiscal black-encircled red spot in interspace 5 ; termen some- 

 what broadly dusky black, with a subterminal series of darker spots 

 in the interspaces and the dorsal margin fringed with long white 

 hairs. Cilia of both fore and hind wings white. Underside : like 

 the upperside, the ground-colour with the glassy appearance 

 common to all forms in the genus ; markings similar, apparent 

 however more by transparency from above than formed by actual 

 scaling. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen black, the tufted 

 hairs on the head in front fuscous ; beneath : the palpi, thorax and 

 abdomen clothed with fuscous hairs. $ . Upperside : the ground- 

 colour differs from that of the c? in its duller somewhat yellowish 

 tint ; the markings are similar but on the hind wing the spots in 

 the subterminal series are centred with blue, the postdiscal red spot 

 is paler, often absent, while in some specimens there is asubtornal 

 red spot. Underside : similar to that of the c? . In both sexes 

 the basal red spots on the underside of the hind wing so general 

 in the forms of this genus are usually, if not always, lacking. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the d" . Anal pouch 

 in the fertilized $ as in race hunza, fig. 32 a, b. 



Exp. rf $ 50-59 mm. (1-97-2-33"). 



Hah. N. VV. Himalayas ; Ladakh : the Bara Lacha Pass north of 

 Lahaul at 18,000 feet; Runang and Hungruny Passes at 

 16,000 feet. 



Race hunza, Gr.-Gr. This race closely resembles the preceding 

 but is somewhat variable. d ? . Upperside : ground-colour 

 duller, more sullied white. Fore wing : the discal band in typical 



specimens very much shorter, 

 not extended below vein 5, 

 but in all specimens that I 

 have seen that have been 

 taken within our limits, the 

 discal band reaches vein 1, and 

 where it crosses interspace 3 

 is joined on to the postdiscal 

 transverse band by a broad 

 cross-bar, that extends right 

 up to the base of that inter- 

 space. Hind wing : the sub- 

 terminal series of dark spots 



reduced to one or two near 

 the toruus, the anterior spots 

 (except the spot in interspace 

 7) replaced by a curved band 

 of somewhat luuular spots that extends unbroken between the 



Fig. 32. 



Paniassius delphius, race htmea, 

 a, b. Anal pouch. 



