242 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTERA [Feb, 21, 



Apatura jacintha. 



Papiliojacintha, Drury, Illust. Exot. Ins. ii. pi. 21. f. 1, 2 (1773). 

 " Hills, June to September. Settling upon oak (Quercus incana). 

 Never found in company with preceding." 



ACIDALIA NIPHE. 



Papilio niphe, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 785 (1/67); Drury, 

 Illust. Exot, Ins. i. pi. 6. f. 1. 

 " Found in the valleys." 



Argynnis childreni. 



Argynnis childreni, Gray, Zool. Misc. p, 33(1831); Lap. Ins. 

 Nepal, p. 11, pi. 11. 



Argynnis sakontala, KoUar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 439, pi. 12 

 (1844). 



" On thistles, 6000 feet." 



Argynnis jainadeva. 



Argynnis jainadeva, Moore, Ent. Monthly Mag, 1864, p. 131; 

 P. Z. S. 1865, p. 495, pi. 30. f. 1. 



Argynnis iss^a. 



Argynnis isseea, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 156 (1857). 



"Hills, flying over the grassy slopes." 



Argynnis baralacha, n. sp. (Plate XI. figs. 1, 1 a.) 



Male. Upperside fulvous; lower basal area of both wings mi- 

 nutely black-speckled : fore wing with a black recurved streak 

 within the cell, a lunular streak at its end ; a discal transverse zig- 

 zag series of broader streaks, two outer rows of small spots, which 

 are indistinct at the apex, and a marginal, indistinct, dentated 

 lunular speckled line : hind wing with two less distinct and more 

 slender cell-streaks, discal row of spots, two outer rows of spots 

 (of which the inner row is indistinct), and a marginal speckled line. 



Underside — fore wing paler fulvous, with the cell, discal, and inner 

 row of black spots as above showing very indistinctly ; the costal 

 border, two streaks from the apex, and short X-shaped marginal 

 marks being yellow : hind wing yellow, with a very irregular trans- 

 verse subbasal, discal, and a marginal fulvous-red band ; the sub- 

 basal band bordered outwardly by linear pearly streaks, the discal 

 band by indistinct pearly lunules, and the marginal band traversed 

 by pearly X-shaped marks ; the discal and marginal bands more or 

 less confluent ; a small pearly spot also within the cell. 



Expanse If inch. 



Hab. Ladak. In coll. British Museum, 



MeLITjEA cashmirensis. 



Melitcea cashmirensis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 267, pi. 43. f. 4. 



