105 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



Expanse, S ? 2-^q to 2{'^ inches. 



Habitat. — Cliitral, N."\Y. of Kashmir. 



Described from three males in the collection of Mr. H. Grose-Smith. Specimens 

 of both sexes, taken by Capt. G. H. Colomb in July and August, 1891, in the Shishi 

 Kuh Valley, Chitral, at from 9000 to 14,000 feet elevation, are also in the British 

 Museum. 



PARNASSIUS NIRIUS (Plate 407, !ig. 1, S, la, ?). 



Male and Female. — Upperside white ; fringe alternated with black. 



Male. — Forewhuj with the cell bars and discal spots black, the two upper discal 

 spots narrow and very slightly centred witli pale red ; submarginal sinuous baud 

 continuous, the marginal band broad and extending uniformly to the extreme outer 

 edge, as in Jacquemontli, the intervening white lunular spaces being small ; the 

 median veiulets slightly bordered with black scales on the disc. Ilindwing with the 

 basal, costal, and discal spot small, ovate, and centred with pale red ; submarginal 

 lunules narrow ; marginal band broadly diffused. 



Female. — Similar to the male. Forewing. Upper discal spot red centred ; 

 marginal bands broad, the submarginal diffusedly speckled inwardly between the 

 veins, the mai'ginal extending uniformly to the extreme outer edge. Hinclioiiuj with 

 the basal, costal, and discal spot bright red ; the submarginal lunules and diffused 

 marginal band as in the male. 



Expanse, S 2^q, 9 2^0 inches. 



Haisitat. — Ladak. 



The male type specimen (our fig. 1) is in the Fekler Collection in the possession 

 of. the Hon. W. Rothschild, and was taken l)y the late Dr. F. Stoliczka at Ww'i Lumdo, 

 in Karnag, Ladak, at 12,000 to 13,000 feet elevation. This specimen is probably 

 one of the males referred to by Herr Honrath, in his description of P. Ehudius 

 (Stett. Ent. Zeit. 1882, 178), as being in the Coll. Fekler. The female type (fig. la) 

 is from Skoro La, taken by Mr. Leech in July, 1887, and is in the possession of 

 Mr. F. Godman. A female from Karakoram, 18,000 feet, taken in July, 1889, by 

 Capt. McArthur, is in the Leech Collection, now at the British Museum. 



PAENASSIUS IMPDNCTATA. 



Parnassius Jarquemoniii, var. impundata, Austout, Le Naturaliste, 1899, p. 154, ^ . 



Male. — " Size of Far. Belius ; of a very flat pure white, upon which the spots 

 and the powdery scales on the forewings are cut in strongly ; the spots of the 

 premarginal band are reduced, disjointed, especially on the hindwings, where they 

 show a tendency to become effaced; neither of the two costal spots or the internal 

 spot are pupilled with red. There is no carmiue punctuation at the base of the 



