THE BUTTERFLIES OF CHITRAL. - 677 



is very variable, especially as regards the black and red markings. Some 

 have the wings quite white and others transparent ; the size also varies very 

 considerably. 



FAMILY— HESPERIID^. ; 



Sub-Family — Hesperiin^. 

 125. Carcharodus alce^. 

 Common at 4,000 — 10,000 feet from March to November. 



126. Hesperia SAO, Bergstroemer. 

 Fairly common from 10 — 13,000 feet from July to August. 



127. Hesperia cashmirensis, Moore. ' '"'\ 

 Common from 9 — 13,000 feet from June to August. 



128. Hesperia staudingeri, Speyer. 



Rare ; found in the Utzen and Ashreth nallahs from June to September. 

 Very like C. alcece, only whiter. New to India. 



129. Hesperia sp. 

 Allied to H. alcides, Herrich-Schaffer and H. ahriman, Christoph. from 

 Turkestan. Found rarely in nallah beds at 6 — 8,000 feet from May to Sep- 

 tember, It is a small brown insect with three small elongate white spots 

 between the sub-costal veins and two more between the sub-median veins. 

 Below the markings are the same, the f orewing is slightly, and the hindwing 

 considerably, frosted over with white. Perhaps a new species. 

 130, Hesperia sp. 

 Found in the Utzen valley at 9,000 feet in June and July. Very like the 

 preceding, the difference being in the spots on the f orewing: there is a 

 double white spot at the end of the cell, three elongate spots beyond and 

 four more in the sub-median interspaces. Perhaps a new species. 

 131. Thanaos marloyi, Boisduval. 

 Found rarely from March to August at 5 — 8,000 feet. New to India. 

 Sub- Family — Pamphilin^e. 

 132. Telicota dara, Kollar. 

 Rare in the Utzen and Ashreth nallahs at 7,000 feet from May to Sep- 

 tember. 



133. Parnara mathias, Fabricius. (?) 

 Found rarely at low elevations from May to August, 



134, Parnara guttatus, Bremer and Gray. 

 Very common at low elevations from July to August, 



135. G-EGENES nostrodamus, Fabricius, 

 Fairly common at low elevations in nallah beds from June to August. 



136. Erynnis comma, Linnseus var Dimila. Moore. 

 Common on the Shandur Pass in July and August. 



137. Badamia exclamationis, Fabricius. 

 Rare at low elevations in August and September. 



Since writing the above paper two more species have been discovered in 

 Chitral and may be added to the above list. 



