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wing longer haired. The black marking of all the wings is more 

 extended, and this is especially noticeable in the marginal area. 



" The black median band of all the wings is at least double as wide 

 as in typical pales and sifanica, but less robust than in arsilache. 



" Ufadersides : Compared with sifanica they are just q.b m eiipales, 

 all the red-brown spots, bands and dots are much extended, espe- 

 cially the basal spots, and the discal band is strongly pronounced. 

 The sub-anal silver spots which are present in sifanica, are much 

 reduced, as in etipales, and commonly absent. Habitat : Ta- 

 Tsien-Lou, Sias-Lou, Setchuan." 

 . Brenthis pales sub. sp. korla. — " Differs from all known pales races 

 by the extraordinary broad wings, which are suffused with an 

 intense violet shimmer. 



" All the black markings are strongly reduced, whencfe horla has a 

 brighter appearance, just as sipora, Moore, has. The black basal 

 region of the hindwing is equally diminished and approaches 

 palina and eupales. 



" By the very bright underside korla again suggests sipora, but it 

 has less black marking than sipora. 



" The sub-discal silver spotting is obsolete, the brown basal spot much 

 darker. The base of the hindwing is well scaled with pale-gray 

 green, and differs thereby from the brightest females from the 

 Engadine, of which I have about a hundred for comparison. 



" The white markings of the hindwings, especially the anal spot, 

 are much brighter and broader than in pales. 



" Korla forms, in this way, a transition between pales and sipora, 

 and on account of the much broader wing is quite the largest 

 form of pales yet known." Habitat: Korla. 



Brenthis palex sub. sp. eupales. — " Together with the grand Par- 

 iiassius imperator var. augustus and Argynnis clara var. manis, my 

 Indian coiTespondent sent me a new Argyiniis, which is obviously 

 a south Thibetan representative of our pales. 



" Eupales ^ upperside differs from pales, to which it is appreciably 

 nearer than to pales Yav. generator, by the much wider black bands 

 and spots and the darker wing-bases. 



"Underside: On the forewings the black bands are likewise more 

 sharply emphasised, and all the reddish markings are darker 

 brown. 



" The hindwings are duller, the bands and spots yellow-brown in 

 pales are dark red-brown and narrower, and much more toothed 

 and notched. This indentation is caused by the restricted, but 

 more sharply curved silver spots. 



" The 2 also shows on the upperside of the forewing wider bands, 

 and the apex bears a distinctly marked bright yellow spot. The 

 apical part of the forewing underside is broad bright yellow, and 

 merges into a short band of a bright red-brown. The marginal 

 area has red-brown markings. 



" Hindwing underside : This is, above all, characterised by a narrow, 

 sharply dentate, almost wholly black discal band, which has a 

 bright, silvery-coloured area in the middle. The brown sub-basal 

 spot is almost triangular, and sends a sharp prolongation into the 

 middle of the wing. The submarginal and sub-anal dots and 

 spots are of a deeper brown, and brighter coloured than in pales 

 2 ."— S. Thibet. 



