466 MR. L. DE NICEVILLE ON NEW OR [May 3, 



with the base (all except the costa) black ; the semitransparent spots 

 as above, but the one in the subraedian interspace developed into a 

 large diffused patch. Hind whiff unmarked. Female with the 

 wings a little broader, otherwise exactly as in the male. 



Nearest to P. narooa, Moore \ and P. assamensis, Wood-Mason 

 and de Niceville ", but differing from both in the hind wing being 

 unspotted. 



P. pagana is a common species in Sikkim throughout the year at 

 low elevations. 



Parnara plebeia, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 2, S ■) 



Hab. Sikhim. 



Expanse, c? ?, 1'7 to 1*8 inch. 



Male. Upperside : both ivings dark brown. Fore wing with 

 two or three increasing subapical dots, three increasing discal spots 

 somewhat variable in size and shape ; cilia cinereous. Hind loing 

 unmarked ; cilia cinereous anteriorly, becoming ochrecus towards 

 the anal angle. Underside : both wings paler than above, some- 

 times tinged with ochreoiis. Fore wing with the semitransparent 

 spots as above, a diffused large pale patch in the middle of the sub- 

 median interspace, sometimes divided into two distinct spots one 

 above the other, sometimes obsolete. Hind wing unmarked. — 

 Female : fore wing with all the spots larger, always with an ad- 

 ditional spot in the submedian interspace and touching that nervure 

 about the middle of its length, often with another smaller spot 

 placed above and beyond the first in the same hiterspace, these two 

 spots sometimes conjoined. Otherwise as in the male. 



Near to P. pagana {supra, p. 465), but always smaller, the dia- 

 phanous spots while instead of yellow, no spot in the cell, and with 

 no ferruginous setae at the base of the wings on the upperside. Near 

 to P. austeni, Moore ^ which also occurs commonly in Sikkim, 

 but lacking the two spots in the cell of the fore wing, these 

 spots being present also in P. cahira, Moore*, P.farri, Moore °, 

 and P. moolata, Moore '^. Nearest of all to P. kumara, Moored 

 From Ceylon specimens of the latter species it differs in the ground- 

 colour of the underside being dull dark brown, sometimes tinged with 

 ochrecus, instead of deep ochreous brown. Mr. Wood-Mason has 

 kindly examined a Ceylon male specimen of the latter species, also a 



' Hesperia narooa, Moore, Proc. Zool. See. 1878, p. 687, pi. xlv. fig. 4. 



^ Jouru. A. S. B. vol. It. pt. 2, p. 382. n. 214, pl.xviii. figs. 5, 6a, ^J; pi. xvii. 

 7, 7 a, ? (1887). 



3 Baoris austeni, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 533 ; from the Kbasia Hilla 

 and Cherrapunji. 



* Hesperia cahira, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 693, pi. Iviii. fig. 8 ; from 

 the South' Andaman Isles. 



5 Hes-pcria farri, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 688 ; from Calcutta and 

 Cherrapunji. 



^ Hespcria moolata, Moore, Proo. Zool. Soc. 1S78, p. 843 ; from Upper 

 Tenasserim and the Malay Peninsula. 



■^ Hespcria himara, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 687; from Ceylon. 

 Canara, Nilgiri Hilla, and Mergui Archipelago. 



