FIERI NjE. 145 



Bdtia Shawii, Mooi-p, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 1878, p. 288, ^ ? ; id. Sci. Results Taikand Exp. 

 Lop. p. 3, pi. 1, fig. 5, S (1879). Kirby, Bntom. 189^, p. 100; id. Allen's Nat. Libr. Butt. ii. 

 p. 156 (1896). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside wliite ; base of botli wings densely black scaled. 

 Foren-ing with tlie costal edge ochreous and slightly black speckled ; a black large 

 triangular oblique spot at end of the cell, a short transverse subapical black baud, 

 and a marginal row of black decreasing triangular spots. Eindwing with a very 

 slender slightly black streak at end of the cell, an indistinct curved discal band 

 formed by sparsely speckled minute greyish-black scales. Underside. Forewing 

 with markings as above, the costa and exterior margin being tinged with ochreous. 

 Hindwing sparsely speckled with minute black scales, which are more densely packed 

 at the base, and also form an indistinct narrow curved discal and a marginal 

 macular band ; a slender black-speckled streak at end of the cell. Body black ; 

 palpi ochreous above, fringed with black hairs beneath ; abdomen beneath white ; 

 legs black above, white beneath ; antennae black, the stem white ringed. 



Female. Upperside sparsely speckled with minute black scales. Foretoing 

 with the black cell spot slightly larger, the discal and marginal band being con- 

 tinued across the wing. Iliiidwing with the cell streak broader, the discal black 

 scaled macular band more distinct, these black scales also form an ill-defined 

 macular marginal band. Underside similar to the upper. 



Expanse, S In) to 1m)j ? li*o inch. 



Habitat. — Extreme North-Western Himalayas; Ladak. 



DiSTEiBUTiON. — The type specimen, described by Mr. H. W. Bates, was taken 

 by Mr. R. B. Shaw on the Chang Lung Pass, Ijadak, at 18,000 feet elevation, 

 during the Yarkand Expedition of 1870. A male was taken at Ak Tagh, north of 

 Karakoram Pass, at 15,000 feet, in June, 1874, by Dr. F. Stoliczka. Specimens of 

 both sexes from North Kashmir are in the Collection of Mi-. W. Rothschild and of 

 Mr. H. Grose-Smith. In Mr. J. H. Leech's Collection are several specimens of 

 both sexes from the Karakoram, 18,000 feet, taken in July by Capt. H. McArthur. 



BALTIA BUTLERI (Plate 522, tig. 3, 3a, S, -^b. ? )• 



Synchloe Butlei-i, Moore, Proc. Zool. See. Lond. 1882, p. 256, pi. xi. fig. 6, 6a, ,} . 



Baltia Bidleri, Kirby, Entom. 1894, p. 100 ; id. Allen's Nat. Libr. Butt. ii. p. 156 (1896). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside white ; basal area of both wings deeply black scaled. 

 Foretving with a black narrow bar at end of the cell, a short subapical discal band 

 and an apical-marginal row of more or less distinctly-formed small dentate spots. 

 Hindwing with a black broken streak at end of the cell, a very indistinct sparsely 

 black-scaled curved discal macular fascia and marginal marks — indicating those of 



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