PAENASSIIN.E. Ill 



Saundersian Collection, but now in the possession of Mr. H. Gi'ose-Smitli ; fig. 3 is 

 a dry-seaftou male from Deosai, taken by Major Hallard, fig. 3a of a male from Skoro 

 La, in Mr. W. Rothschild's Collection, and fig. 3b of a female from Skoro La, in 

 Mr. F. Godman's Collection. 



PAENASSIUS SIKKIMENSIS (Plate 407, fig. 4, 4a, cJ ? ). 



Farnassius Epaphns, var. Si/ikimeiisii<, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. LonJ. 1882, p. 399, pi. 25, fig. 4,?, 

 5 J ; id. 188G, p. 37. Alpheiaky, Rom. Mem. v. p. 65 (1899). 



Male and Female. Distinguishable from typical W. Himalayan Eiiaplms by 

 its smaller size; fringe alternately black and white. Upperside. Forewinr/ with 

 the submarginal sinuous black band narrower, marginal band excavated outwardly 

 between the veins, the two upper discal spots and the lower spot centred with very 

 pale red or deep red, in some both, or the second only of the upper pair, is entirely 

 black. Hiiidwing with the basal, costal, and discal black-edged spots smaller, and 

 centred with either paler red or deep red ; the short black streak between the costal 

 and discal spot, present in Epaphns, is absent in both sexes. Underside glossy. 

 Forewing with markings on the upperside. Hlndwing with similar markings as in 

 Epaphns, the short black oblique streak between the costal and discal spot, absent. 



Expanse, c? ? 2 to 2^-0 inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim-Tibet frontier. 



DiSTElBDTiox. — Mr. H. J. Elwes records this species as " occurring at great 

 elevations on the frontier of Sikkim and Tibet. I took it myself on an unnamed 

 Pass which was crossed from the Upper Lachoong Valley, in Sikkim, to the 

 Cholamoo Lake in Tibet, at an elevation of nearly 19,000 feet, in September, 1870" 

 {I.e. p. 37). Specimens of both sexes are in the British Museum from E. Tibet, 

 taken by Capt. F. C. Colomb, during the Sikkim-Tibet Comm. of 1895. 



Onr illustrations on Plate 407, figs. 4, -la are from male and female typical 

 specimens taken by Mr. Elwes. 



PAENASSIUS HARDWICKII. 



i PlH 



Dry-season hrood\ p. 



PlHto 408, fig.s. 1, la, b, c, d, e, c?df. g. ? • 

 te 409, figs. 1, la, b, c, d, e, c?, If, g, ?• 



Farnassius Hardwickii, Gray, Zool. Misc. i. p. 32 (1832) ; id. Lep. Ids. Nepal, p. 7, pi. 4, fig=. 1, la 



(1846) ; id. Catal. Lep. Brit. Mus. Pap. p. 76, pi. 12, figs. 8, 9, 10, 11 (1853). Boisd. Spec. 



Gen. Lep. i. p. 400 (1830). Moore, Proc. Zool. Sjc. Lond. 1865, p. 488. Staudinger, Exot. 



Schmett. i. pi. 14 (1884). Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 18S2, p. 401; id. 1886, p. 38, pi. 2, 



fig. 5 (jwuch.) 

 Farnassius Jacquemontii, Kollar, Iliigel's Kaschrair, iv. Ins. p. 407, pi. 2, figs. 3, 4, (^(1844). 



