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Description. — Male. Upper side orange, base narrowly ii-roratecl 

 with black atoms ; a black diamond-shaped spot at apes of cell ; 

 a fuscous marginal band, with a row of pale yellow hastate spots 

 between the nervules. Hind wing orange ; inner margin green, 

 irrorated with black atoms ; a paler spot in cell, and a submarginal 

 row of pale yellow hastate spots ; apex and outer margin fuscous. 

 Under side : fore wing — disk paler tha,n upper side ; apex and costa 

 grass-green, irrorated with black atoms ; a black spot at apex of 

 cell, and a submarginal row of black spots, ill-defined towards the 

 apex, and beyond them a row of pale yellow spots. Hind wing 

 grass-green ; a pale sulphur submarginal fascia, irrorated with 

 dark green atoms ; a silver spot in a reddish area at end of cell. 

 Head, antennae, and cilia pink. 



Female. Upper side : fore wing orange, paling on the costa to 

 yellow ; base and median nervules irrorated with black atoms ; 

 marginal band and spots as in male. Hind wing black; cell 

 yellow, with an orange spot at its apex ; a marginal band of 

 sordid-sulphur lunulate spots. Head, antennee, and cilia as in 

 m.ale. 



The specimens in my possession have been identified by Mr. H. 

 J. Elwes as var. leechi. Herr Friihstorfer erroneously described 

 two of my figures as representing a new species, under the name 

 of C. eogene, subsp. miranda (Insekten Borse, xx. 19. 148, May 

 1903). These figures are introduced into this paper because 

 this variety does not appear to have been figured previously, and 

 with a view to complete the series of forms of Colias from the 

 borders of Sikkim and Thibet. 



Since these notes were written I have seen a paper published 

 by Mr. H. J, Elwes in 'Iris,' 1904 (pp. 388 et seqq!), on the 

 subject of the descriptions and figures above referred to. In this 

 paper Mr. Elwes refers to this species of Colias as '■'■ stoliczkana^'' 

 although he had previously written " leechi " below the figures I 

 submitted to him for identification. The male of this species, 

 however, difiers from the figure of the male of C. stoliczkana 

 in the British Museiim. The var. stoliczkana has hitherto been 

 recorded only from Ladak, Fergana, and Amdo ; while the var. 

 leechi has been recorded only from China. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE IX. 



J. 1. jRagadia simplex Fawcett, p. 135. 



2. Melitcea tibetana Fawcett, p. 135. 



3. Argynnis claudia Fawcett, p. 136. 



4. Lyccena ariana Moore, var. arene Fawcett, p. 137. 



5. Lyccena pheretes Hiibner, y ax. pilaris Fawcett, <?,p. 138. 

 5 a. Ditto, V • 



6. Lycana {Zisera) zera Fawcett, p. 138. 



7. Lyccena {Niphanda) marcia Fawcett, p. 139. 



8. Colias herylla Fawcett, p. 139. 



9. Colias nina Fawcett, p. 140. 



10. Colias eoqene Felder, vai\ leecM Gr.-Gr., $ , p. 140. 

 10 a. Ditto, ?. 



