110 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



Foreiving with the two upper discal spots either entirely bhick, or dark crimson 

 bordered within and centred with pale pink scales. Hiiidtcing with the basal spots, 

 the costal, discal, and three anal spots as in male ; the blackish oblique streak 

 between the costal and discal spot being also present. Anal pouch similar to that 

 in Jdcquemovfti, but not keeled at the base. 

 Expanse, c? ? 2f*„ to 2{\ inches. 



Dry-season brood (Plate 407, figs. 3, 3a, 3b, ? ). 



I'ania,sstus E/ntphus, var. Caehcmiriensis, Obertliiir, Etudes Ent. xiv. p. 14, p'. 1, fig. 6, 7, (J ? 

 (1891). 



Male and FiiMALE.— Upperside with clearer white tint of colour than in the 

 wet-season form. 



JMali:. — Forewing with the base of the costa less speckled with black scales; 

 cell bars and the two upper discal spots similar, the latter each or the upper one 

 only centred with very pale ochreous or red, or both are black ; the lower discal 

 sjiot small, slender, and entirely black ; the marginal sinuous bands less defined, the 

 siibniarginal very narrow. Hinthring with the basal area less intensely black ; the 

 basal, costal, and discal spot smaller, centred with pale ochreous or red ; the 

 submarginal marks slender, less-defined, lunular or slightly dentate, the marginal 

 indicated by slight speckled linear clusters at end of the veins. 



Female. — Upperside. Forewing with the cell bars and discal spots prominent, 

 the marginal bands well-formed and broader thtm in the male, the submarginal 

 slightly speckled within the median interspaces ; basal, costal, and discal spot larger 

 than in the male, the marginal markings more prominent. 



Expanse, c? ? 21^0 to 2fo inches. 



Habitat. — N.W. Himalayas. 



DiSTRinuTioN. — Specimens of both sexes of this species are in Mr. J. H. Leech's 

 Collection from the Kutie Pass, E. of Dalhonsie, taken at 17,000 feet elevation in 

 September, from the Chonging Valley, 15,000 to 17,000 feet, taken in July and 

 August, the Kardong Pass, 15,000 to 17,000 feet, S. of Leh, and the Bai-alacha Pass, 

 taken in August, by Oapt. McArthur. Also from the Deosai Plains, 13,000 feet, 

 taken in August, and from Skoro La, N. of Skardo, taken in July, by Mr. Leech. 

 Major H. B. Hellard also obtained it in the " Deosai Plains, at 13,000 feet elevation, 

 in July " (MS. Notes). Mr. L. de Niceville records it as " common on the northern 

 side of the Darkot Pass, at about 12,000 feet elevation, and not uncommon on the 

 southern slopes of the Great Pamir, at about 15,000 feet elevation" (Rept. Pamir 

 Boundary Comra. 1808, pp. 16, 43). 



Of our illustrations on Plate 407, figs. 2, 2a are from a male and female, ^cet- 

 scason, typical specimen taken by Major Charlton, which were formerly in the 



