40 PARNARA. 



Also recorded from Andamans and Cachar (Wood-Mason andde Niceville) ; 

 Calcutta (de Niceville) ; Poona (Swinhoe) ; Sikkim (de Niceville), 

 In collection Indian Museum and de Niceville. 



49. PARNARA PAGANA, DE NICEVILLE. 



Parnara pagana, de Niceville, P. Z. S., 1887, p. 465, pi. xl, fig. 7 <f . 



" Male. Upperside : both wings rich dark brown glossed with purple, 

 the base clothed with long deep ochreous-ferruginous setae. Cilia 

 ochreous-yellow in the forewing, becoming orange towards the anal angle 

 in the hindwing. Forewing with a spot at the end of the cell sometimes 

 almost quadrate, sometimes constricted in the middle and forming a 

 figure of 8, sometimes quite divided into two spots ; three small 

 subapical dots ; three increasing discal spots, the anterior one sometimes 

 absent ; a spot placed above and against the middle of the submedian 

 nervure, usually round, sometimes oval, rarely entirely absent ; all these 

 spots semi-transparent yellow. Hindwing unmarked. Underside : both 

 wings ochreous-brown without any purple gloss, the yellow setae also 

 absent. Forewing with the base (all except the costa) black ; the semi- 

 transparent spots as above, but the one in the submedian interspace 

 developed into a large diffused patch. Hindwing unmarked. Female with 

 the wings a little broader, otherwise exactly as in the male. 



Expanse </ 9 1-9 to 2-2 inches. 



Hab. Sikkim. 



Nearest to P. narooa, Moore, and P. assamensis, Wood-Mason and 

 de Niceville, but differing from both in the hindwing being unspotted. 



P. pagana is a common species in Sikkim throughout the year at 

 low elevations." (de Niceville, /. .). Also recorded from Sikkim by 

 Mr. Elwes. 



In collection de Niceville. 



50. PARNARA PLEBEIA, DE NICEVILLE. 



Parnara plebeia, de Niceville, P. Z. S., 1887, p. 466, pi. xl, fig. 2, tf . 



" Male. Upperside : both wings dark brown. Forewing with two 

 or three increasing subapical dots, three increasing discal spots somewhat 

 variable in size and shape ; cilia cinereous. Hindwing unmarked ; cilia 

 cinereous anteriorly, becoming ochreous towards the anal angle. Under- 

 side ; both wings paler than above, sometimes tinged with ochreous. 

 Forewing with the semi-transparent spots as above, a diffused large pale 

 patch in the middle of the submedian interspace, sometimes divided into 

 two distinct spots one above the other, sometimes obsolete. Hindwing 

 unmarked. Female : forewing with all the spots larger, always with an 

 additional spot in the submedian interspace and touching that nervure 

 about the middle of its length, often with another smaller spot placed 

 above and beyond the first in the same interspace, these two spots 

 sometimes conjoined. Otherwise as in the male. 



