33 LEPIDOPTERA IXDICA. 



upperside of a male, and fig, la, the underside of a female, botli figures being taken 

 from Gya specimens kindly lent by Mr. J. H. Leecli. 



PAE(ENEIS SIKKIMENSIS (Plate 101, fig. 2, 2a, <?). 



CEneis Sikkimensis, Staudinger, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 21. 



Chionobas pumilus, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 404, pi. 35, fig. 3 (nee Felder). 



QSneis pumilus, Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 327. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside uniform dark ochreous-brown. Cilia white alter- 

 nated with dark brown. Forewing crossed by a well-defined medial-discal series of 

 small ochreous spots, witli an inward divergent portion extending to the costa from 

 between the radials, where there is also a small intervening blackish spot with a minute 

 white pupil. Eindwing crossed by a well-defined curved discal ochreous narrow 

 broken band, the two portions beyond the cell being somewhat elongate and pointed 

 externally, the other portions being more lunular. Underside paler ochreous-brown. 

 Foreiving with the costa and apex cinereous speckled ; across the cell are some 

 blackish strigge ; the transverse discal series of prominent pale ochreous spots, as on 

 upperside, black edged. Hindioing with the basal area and outer border densely 

 mottled with black strigge and speckles, edged with cinereous; crossed by a pro- 

 minent pale ochreous curved discal irregular band, the inner edge of which is well 

 defined by a black angulated hne, and the outer edge by a lunular line, inwardly 

 bordered with blackish speckles ; all the veins cinereous-white speckled. Body 

 above dark brown, thorax and front of palpi clothed with black-tipt cinerescent hairs ; 

 sides of palpi and legs beneath cinerescent ; legs above ochreous-brown. Antennce 

 above blackish, annulated with white, entire length below reddish ochreous. 



Expanse, .J If to 1|, ? If inch. 



Habitat. — Chumbi, Sikkim-Tibet. 



This species differs from P. pumilus on the upperside in its uniformly darker 

 colour, the macular band on the forewing being very distinctly defined and composed 

 of smaller spots ; the band on the hindwing is also narrower. On the underside it 

 is also very much darker in colour, and the band on both wings much more pro- 

 minently defined. 



Obtained by Mr. H. J. Elwes' native collectors in the Chumbi Valley, Sikkim- 

 Tibet, in 1881 and 1882. 



Allied Species of Pakceneis. — P. Buddha (Oineis Buddha, Gr.-Gr. Hor. Soc. 

 Ent. Ross. 1891, p. 458). Habitat. C. Asia. — P. j^alceardicus (CEneis palsearcticus 

 Staudinger, Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1889, p. 20). Habitat. C. Asia. 



Genus KARANASA. 

 Saiyi'us (part) Auctorum. Hipparchia (part) Auctorum. 



Imago. — Male. Wings somewhat elongated and narrow. Forewing subtri- 



