466 MK. L. DE NICEVILI-E ON NEW OH PI^J •'j 



with the base (all except the costa) black ; the semitransparent spots 

 as above, but the one in the submedian interspace developed into a 

 large ditRised patch. Hind wing unmarked. Female with the 

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



Nearest to P. narooa, Moore \ and P. assamensis, '\Yood-]Mason 

 and de Niceville ", but differing from both in the hind wing being 

 unspotted. 



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

 low elevations. 



Parnara plebeia, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 2, 6 ■) 



Hab. Sikhim. 



Expanse, c? $, r7 to TS inch. 



Male. Upperside : both ivings dark brown. Foi-e wing with 

 two or three increasing subapical dots, three increasing discal spots 

 somewhat variable in size and shape ; cilia cinereous. Hind wing 

 unmarked ; cilia cinereous anteriorly, becoming ochrecus towards 

 the anal angle. Underside : both wings paler than above, some- 

 times tinged with ochreoiis. Fore wing with the semitransparent 

 spots as above, a diffused large pale patch in the middle of the sub- 

 median interspace, sometimes divided info two distinct spots one 

 above the other, sometimes obsolete. Hind wing unmarked. — 

 Female : fore iving with all the spots larger, always with an ad- 

 ditional spot in the submedian interspace and touching that nervure 

 about the middle of its length, otten with another smaller spot 

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

 spots sometimes conjoined. Otherwise as in the male. 



Near to P. pagana (supra, p. 465), but always smaller, the dia- 

 phanous spots white instead of yellow, no spot in the cell, and with 

 no ferruginous setae at tbe base of the wings on the upperside. Near 

 to P. austeni, Moore ^, which also occurs commonly in Sikkim, 

 but lacking the two spots in the cell of the fore wing, these 

 spots being present also in P. caliira, Moore*, P.farri, Moore ^ 

 and P. moolata, Moore '^. Nearest of all to P. kumara, Moore ^. 

 From Ceylon specimens of the latter species it differs in the ground- 

 colour of the underside being dull dark brown, sometimes tinged with 

 ochreous, instead of deep ochreous brown. Mr. Wood-Mason has 

 kindly examined a Ceylon male specimen of the latter species, also a 



' Hespeiia narooa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 687, pi. xlv. fig. 4. 



^ Joiiru. A. S. B. vol. It. pt. 2, p. 382. n. 214, pi. xTiii. figs. 5, 5a, cf; pi- svii. 

 7,7 a, 2 (18S7). 



^ Baoris austeni, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 633 ; from tbe Kbasia Hills 

 and Cherrapunji. 



* Hespcria cahira, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 593, pi. Iviii. fig. 8 ; from 

 the South' Andaman Isles. 



5 Hcs2:)cria Jarri, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 688 ; from Calcutta and 

 Cherrapunji. 



^ Hespcria moolata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 843 ; from Upper 

 Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula. 



" Hespcria A-umara, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1878, p. 687; from Ceylon. 

 Canara, Kilgiri Hills, and Mergui Archipelago. 



