230 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



Expanse, c? 3 to 8]^^, ? 3 to o^^ inches. 



Habitat. — West Himalayas. 



Distribution. — "Rarer, in the Western Himalayas, than A. 7v7r)Hrt/fr, frequenting 

 grassy slopes near woods, open copses, and gardens at 7000 to 10,000 feet elevation. 

 Flight bold and very fast ; affects Gompositse and Cniciferx " (Capt. A M. Lang, 

 Ent. Mo. Mag. 1864, 132). Major H. B. Hellard took it at " Ooramboo Valley, 

 Kashmir, in June " (MS. Notes). Mr. W. Dolierty obtained it at " Naini Tal, Khati, 

 6000 to 8500 feet, Knmaon " (J. As. Soc. Bang. 1886, 121). Mr. L. de Niceville 

 took it in "Kashmir, Kulu, and Simla; it occurs also in Masuri and Kumaon" 

 (Butt. Ind. ii. 133). " This is the most handsome and has the strongest flight of all 

 the Himalayan Fritillaries. It first appears about June, and worn specimens may 

 still linger on till late in September. It is very partial to thistles, and can be easily 

 taken when busily engaged in sucking up the honey of these flowers " {IJ. Indian 

 Agriculturist, 1880). Mr. P. W. Mackinnon records it as "rare in Masuri, but very 

 numerous in the interior from May to September" (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1898, 372). 



China and Japan Species. — Dryas Phaplioides (Argynnis Phaphoides, Butler, 

 Ann. Nat. Hist. 1881, p. 134. Leech, Butt, of China, i. p. 239, pi. 23, fig. 2 (1893). 

 Eahiiat. China ; Oorea ; Japan. — Dryas Jai)onic,a (Argynnis Japonica, Menetr. 

 Catal. Lep. Acad. Petr. ii. p. 102, pi. 10, fig. 3 (1857). Leech, I.e. p. 237. Hahitat. 

 China; Corea ; Japan. — Drycif! Anadyomene (Argynnis Anadyomene, Felder, Ent. 

 Monats. vi. p. 25 (1861). Pryer, Rhop. Niphon, p. 28, pi. 8, fig. 2 (1889). Leech, 

 I.e. p. 240, pi. 23, fig. 1, S (1893). 8yu. Arg. Ella, Bremer, Lep. Ost. Sib. p. 94, 

 pi. 8, fig. 1 (1864). Arg. Midas. Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. ix. p. 53, 3 (1866). 

 Hcdiitaf. China ; Corea ; Japan. — Dryas Lysijipe (Arg. Lysippe, Janson, Cist. 

 Entom. ii. p. 154 (1877). Leech, I.e. p. 237, pi. 23, fig. 3, 4a, b, S ? (1893). 

 Hahifaf. C. and W. China; Japan. — Dryas Zenobia (Argynnis Zenobia, Leech, 

 Entom. xxiii. p.-lSS (1890) ; Butt, of China, i. p. 2i2, pi. 23, fig. 5, 6 (1893). Syn. 

 Arg. Penelope, Staudiuger, Iris, Dresden, 1891, p. 339. Oberthiir, Etud. Ent. 

 xvi. p. 7, pi 1, fig. 1 (1892). Hahifat. W. China. 



Genus Dainora, Nordm. — D. Sagana (Arg. Sagana, Doubleday, Gen. D. Lep. 

 pi. 24, fig. 1, 3 (1847). Leech, I.e. p. 241. Syn. Damora PauUna, Nordmann, 

 Bull. Mosc. 1851, 2, p. 440, pi. 11, fig. 1, 2, ?. Female is a mimic of Ajjatura JTere, 

 Feld. Hahitdf. China; Japan. 



Genus ACIDALIA. 



Aridalia, Hulmcr, Ytrz. bek. Schmett. p. 31 (1816). Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, ii. p. GO (1881). 

 Argijimiif (part), Auetoium. 



Imago. — Male. Forewing elongatedly-triangular ; costa much arched, apex 

 rounded, exterior margin oblique, sinuous, convex below the apex ; middle and 



