THE BUTTERFLIES OF MUSSOORIE. G01 



313. Baoris (Chapra) sinensis, Mabille. 

 Two specimens obtained in the Aglar Valley below Mussoorie at 

 about 3,000 feet elevation in August and September. Mr. Moore 

 described it from the Tonse Valley, 6,000 feet, Garhwal, as Chapra 

 prominens. 



314. Baoris {Chapra) mathias, Fabricius. 

 Very common in Mussoorie in the summer, rains, and autumn, and 

 in the Dun from March to November. 



315. Gegenes karsana, Moore. 

 A single specimen obtained in Mussoorie in September, and another in 

 the Dun in August. Messrs. Elwes and Edwards place this species 

 (p. 286) as a synonym of G. nostrodamus, Fabricius. 

 316. Erynnis dimila, Moore. 



E. dimila-, de Niceville, Journ. A. S. B., vol. lxiii,pt. 2, p. 52, n. 43, pi. i, fig. 7-?waZe(1894). 



Somewhat rare in the Upper Ganges Valley near the Nilung Pass 

 at 16,000 feet elevation in July and August. M. Charles Oberthiir 

 places this species as a synonym of " Hesperia " comma, Linnseus, in 

 "Etudes d'Entomologie, " vol. ss, p. 39 (1896), a common European 

 butterfly. Messrs. Elwes and Edwards give it (p. 287) as a " var." 

 of E. comma^ under a separate heading. 



317. Ismene atapiius, Watson. Plate W, Figs. 29a, 295, larva ; 

 29c, front view of face of larva ; 29d, 29e, pupa ; 29 f front view of head 

 of pupa. 



Occurs in February, August and October commonly in the Dun. 

 The larva feeds on Hiptage madablota, Gsertn., Natural Order Malpi- 

 ghiacece, and is about 1'2 inches long. Head-case black, the sides 

 dull vermilion-red, the red colour produced into three rounded spots 

 on each side joined to the red edging towards the middle of the face ; 

 the body with a broad dorsal black stripe, which is divided equally 

 into three portions by two very fine pale blue lines ; each segment 

 bears laterally a large oval black spot, and posterior to this are two fine 

 narrow black lines ; these three black markings are crowned with rich 

 chrome-yellow ; the second, third and fourth segments each bears just 

 above the legs an additional small rounded black spot ; the underside 

 of the larva is pale greenish- white ; the anal segment above bears two 

 dull vermilion-red spots. Pupa reddish-brown spotted with black, 

 covered with a white powder 3 which powder in figures 29d and 29/ has 



