NYMPHALINJS. (Group NYM-pUALIIfA.) 101 



traversed by a fine dusky fulvous line and inwardly bordered by a series of small 

 yellowish dentate spots disposed between the veins. Hinchvlng with the costal base 

 broadly dull greyish-black, the outer margin broadly dull greyish-black anteriorly 

 merging to dark fulvous-brown posteriorly, and traversed by a row of five small 

 yellowish dentate spots ; the costal interspace between the dark basal border and 

 the outer band being grey-speckled ; at the upper end of the cell is a small narrow 

 black spot, and a larger black spot above it between the subcostals. Underside. 

 Both wings pale purpurescent greyish-brown, darkest basally and on outer borders ; 

 numerously covered with transversely disposed fine black strigse, which ai'e most 

 conspicuous across the disc. Forewing also with the discal strigte separated from 

 the dark basal area by an irregular black discal line, and from the outer margin by 

 a narrow black lunular medial fascia speckled with greenish-grey scales, and two 

 upper series of black dentate marks and a lower inner series of similar marks ; 

 from the lower base of the cell extend two oblique fine black looped-lines. Eind- 

 wing also with the discal strigce separated from the basal dark area by a slender 

 black interrupted line, which is bent upward above the anal angle and thence 

 extends angularly up the abdominal margin ; the outer margin traversed by a series 

 of black dentate marks speckled with greenish-grey scales ; at lower end of the cell 

 is a pure white angled-mark like an oblique letter L. Dochj and palpi above 

 olivescent-brown, beneath and legs pale brownish-grey ; palpi externally edged with 

 black ; front and middle legs lined with black above ; antennce black above, ochreous 

 beneath. 



Expanse, f^ 1 j^, ? 2^7, inches. 



Habitat. — Persia?; Beluchistan ; Chitral ; Turkestan. 



The above description and figures are taken from Chitral specimens in the 

 collection of Mr. H. Grose-Smith, and differ from South European and Asia Minor 

 examples of Egea in having the ground-colour of the upperside darker, the markings 

 and marginal bands also being darker. A male, from Turkestan, in Mr. J. H. Leech's 

 collection, agrees perfectly with the above. A female, from Quetta, Beluchistan, 

 takeu at 6500 feet elevation, and described by Mr. de Niceville {I.e. p. 237) is stated 

 to " differ from European examples of Egea in lacking the two round black spots on 

 the disc of the forewing on the upperside, but there are traces of these spots, 

 there being spots in their place of a deeper shade of fulvous than the ground- 

 colour." 



iNDO-MAiiAYAN Species. — PoUjgonia G-aureum (Pap. C-aureum, Linn. Syst. 

 Nat. i. p. 477 (1758). Sijn. Pap. Angelica, Cram. iv. pi. 388, fig. G, H (1782). 

 Habitat, China, Formosa, Japan. — Polygonia Bockii (Grapta Bockii, Rothschild, 

 Nov. Zool. i. p. 535, pi. 9, fig. 7 (1894). Habitat. W. China.— Polygonia Pryeri 

 (Vanessa Pryeri, Jansen, Cist. Ent. ii. p. 269, pi. 5, fig. 2 (1878), Leech, Butt. 



