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hindwings, nor the anal spot; the ocelli are very small, of a sombre red, largely 

 circled with black, and without white central pupil ; fringe grey, without intersection ; 

 antennre black, jointed with grey. 

 " Habitat.— Sikkim Alps." ' 



PAENASSIUS EPAPHUS. 



Wet-i;ea>!0?t brood (Plate 407, figs. 2, 2a, cJ ? ). 



Parnamus Jacquemontii, B'ancharJ, Voy. Ind. Ins. ])!. 1, fi;,'. 3, (J {uec fig. 4). 



Faniassius Jacquemontii, Gray, Catal. Lep. Brit. Jfus. Pap. p. 75, pi. 12, fig. 1,2, fj ? (1S."(2). 



Ehves, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1886, p. 36, pi. 2, iig. 1 {pmich). 

 Parnassius Eimpliuf, Obertliiir, Etudes Ent. iv. p. 23 (1879); id. xiv. p. 12, pi. 1, fig. 4, 5, J ? 



(1891). Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1882, p. 399. 



Imago. — Wings narrower and more triangular in shape than in Jacqneinontii ; 

 the apex being more pointed and the exterior margin oblique. 



Male. — Upperside yellowish-white ; fringe of both wings broadly intersected 

 with black at end of the veins. Antennte black, the shaft beino- distinctlv aunulated 

 witli grey. Forewing with the base and costa thickly black scaled ; a black short 

 bar across middle of the cell, a discocellular larger bar, two iip[)er-discal partly 

 connected spots, the npper one being crimson centred, and a black lower cliscal 

 somewhat hastate shaped spot, followed by a eubmargiual greyish-black sinuous 

 band, and a marginal similar band, the outer edge of the latter being excavated 

 between the veins. Eindivhig with the basal area deep black, the anal streak 

 speckled ; a prominent basal, costal, and a discal black-edged crimson-centred spot, 

 followed by a submargiual row of sharply-defined black dentate marks, and a 

 marginal row of black speckled lunnles. Underside pale greyish-white, glossy. 

 Forewing with markings as on upperside, but less-defined, the upper discal spot 

 centred with pinkish-white. Ilhuhring also with less-defined markings; the four 

 basal black-edged spots, the costal and discal, and three anal smaller triangular 

 spots are deep crimson bordered within and centred broadly with pale pink scales, 

 the two lower anal spots with black scales ; between the costal and discal spot is a 

 short black oblique streak. 



Female. — Uj)perside. Foreiving with somewhat darker and broader markings 

 than in the male ; the upper discal connected spots either entirely black or crimson- 

 centred ; below these are some black scales extending to the lower discal black spot. 

 Eindiuing with the basal black portion and the other markings more prominent than 

 in the male ; the crimson spots somewhat larger ; some crimson scales sometimes 

 being present within and below base of the cell, and on the lower anal spot ; below 

 the costal spot extends a narrow black oblique streak, which in some is continued to 

 the costal spot. Underside glossy ; with less-defined markings, as on upperside. 



