NYMPHALIK^. (Group APGTNKiyi.> 24.3 



darker olivesceut-green ; black markings similar, but broader, and on the forewing, 

 the upper submarginal spots are partly confluent with that portion of the marginal 

 line, and their interspaces forming a series of three or four rounded fulvous spots. 

 Underside as in the male. BoJij above olivescent-f'ulvous ; palpi above fulvous ; bodj' 

 and palpi beneath pale fulvous-yellow ; legs fulvous ; antenna? black, tip red. 



Expanse, <? 2 to 2^%, ? 2^\, to 2^\ inches. 



Habitat. — Western and Eastern Himalayas ; AV. China. 



DiSTRiBUTiox AND Hab£ts. — " This is one of the commonest Himalayan species 

 of Arr/i/nnis, occurring in Simla almost throughout the year. It occurs as far West 

 as Kashmir, thence Eastwards to Sikkim, where, however, it occurs plentifully in 

 native tem-itory only, but has occasionally been taken in the station at Darjiling " 

 (L. de Niceville, Butt. Ind. ii. 138). " There is hardly a month in the year when 

 this hardy and apparently multi-brooded insect is not to be met with, in tlie W. 

 Himalaya?. It seems to have an antipathy to water ; grassy hill tops and sides, 

 particularly where the wild thyme grows seem its favourite grounds " (/'/. Indian 

 Agriculturist, January, 1880). Capt. A. M. Lang says it is "very abundant in the 

 Western Himalayas, from 5000 to 8000 feet elevation. At all seasons of the year, 

 even in winter, when snow lies deep on sheltered slopes, this insect may be seen on 

 open sunny sites " (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, 405). " Common at Murree, in August 

 and September, and found along the Hills as far as Thundiana" (Major J. W. 

 Yerbur}', P. Z. S. 188G, 362). Mr. W. Doherty records this species as "common 

 all over Kumaon, from Bagheswar, 3500 feet, in the Sarju Valley, to the Lepu 

 Lake 16,000 feet elevation. At very high altitudes the specimens are small " (Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 121). Major H. B. Hellard obtained it at Simla, Masuri, 

 Pangi in Busahir: and at Gulmurg, Kashmir, June to October" (MS. Notes). 

 " Very common in Masuri and the adjoining Hills, from the earliest spring to late 

 autumn" (P. W. Mackiunon, J. Bomb. X. H. S. 1898, 372). In Sikkim it is " very 

 common in the interior, and has been taken as low as 5000 feet in the station of 

 Darjiling during the winter. It occurs all along the I'oad from Kalinipong to 

 Pedoug" (L. de Niceville, Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 139). Specimens are in the British 

 Museum Collection from Yalung, Tibet, taken in June, from Col. Bingham. 



Genus BOLORIA. 



Argynnis (patt), Auctorum. 



Brenthis (sect, 2), Felder, Neues Lep. p. 10 (18G1). 



Imago. — Male. FcreiriiKj somewhat triangular ; apex obtusely pointed; exterior 

 margin oblique and slightly convex, even, posterior margin short ; basal area very 

 hairy; first subcostal branch emitted before end of the cell, second branch at about 



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