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25. Pakalasa shallada, Lang. 



Locally common at 9,000 feet below Chitral from June to August. A 

 very dark butterfly with dark inconspicuous patches of a fulvous colour on 

 both wings ; the ocellus on the forewing is small and the iris nearly obsolete. 

 26. Paealasa kalinda, Moore. (?) 



Found rarely in company with the above in July and August. It is a 

 bigger and a lighter-coloured butterfly ; the fulvous patches are larger and 

 lighter, and the ocellus is bigger with a wide yellow iris, 



27. Pakalasa sp. 



Several insects belonging to this genus were caught by us ; they may all 

 belong to one variable species or may be several distinct species. Two, of 

 which one was caught by Major Leslie on the Pamirs in July and one in the 

 Tarben nallah in the same month, are dark velvety brown above, having a 

 small, non-pupilled ocellus, with a yellow iris, placed on a dark conspicuous 

 patch ; the hind wing is quite plain, and the iris is very diffused underneath. 

 Two were caught at 13,000 feet in August above the Shandur Pass ; they 

 are much smaller, of a dark brown, not velvety colour : the ocellus is small, 

 pupilled and with a scarcely perceptible yellow iris ; the patch on the fore- 

 wing is very light fulvous, and occupies half the 'wing ; underneath, the iris 

 is distinctly lighter and fairly wide. Two more, one a small and one a big 

 butterfly were caught with the last two. They are not so dark ; the ocellus 

 is very small with a nearly obsolete pupil and is placed on a light yellow 

 patch with a darker fulvous patch below ; the hindwing is plain. One was 

 caught in much the same locality ; the colour is very like that of the preced- 

 ing variety ; the ocellus is bigger, distinctly pupilled and placed on a very 

 large light yellow patch, occupying half the wing ; the hindwing has a 

 darker fulvous patch. 



Sub-Family— Nymphalin^. 

 28, MELiTiEA balbita, Moore. 



Rare at 9,000—14,000 feet in July and August. 



29. Melit/Ea robertsi, Butler. 



Common at 4,000 — 14,000 feet from April to October. Very variable. 

 30. Melit^a persea, Kollar. (?) 



Found at 8,000—11,000 feet in the nallahs below Chitral from June to 

 August. The male is much redder than Roberts? and with fewer markings. 

 The female has more markings, and the forewing is yellow or brown, not red ; 

 it is bigger than Rohertsi. New to the Indian fauna. 



31. Melit^a sp. 



One specimen caught on the Baroghil Pass in August. It is a brick-red 

 butterfly with a few black spots, half way between the end of the cell and 

 the apex in a straight row perpendicular to the costa and a small spot just 

 above the middle of the inner margin ; the hindwing is unmarked. Below the 

 hindwing has none of the red bands as in Robertsi. Perhaps a new species. 

 32. Melit^a(?) sp. 



Of the same size and with the same style of markings as what we have 



