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darker point. Hiiuhinng with a few black scales at the base ; a large red lower 

 discocellular spot, variable in size ; the cater angle between the lower veins and its 

 adjacent ciha ferruginous-red. Underside pale olivescent-yellow ; the extreme 

 marginal markings paler red ; the discocellular spots being pm-ple-brown with a pale 

 centre. Foreioing basally tinged with pale sulphur-yellow. Hlndnnng with the sub- 

 costal median and submedian vein thickened, and densely clothed with raised modified 

 scales. Body, legs, and palpi, pale yellow ; abdomen above blackish ; thorax above 

 clothed with long silky- white hairs ; antennae reddish. 



Female. Upperside pale olivescent- white ; extreme marginal markings blackish ; 

 discocellular spot paler. Underside pale olivescent-white ; discocellular spot similar ; 

 basal area of forewing white. Hindwing with the subcostal median and submedian 

 vein thickened and scaled as in male. 



Expanse, c? ? 2-| to 2| inches. 



Habitat. — N. W. Himalayas ; Nepal. 



DiSTKiBUTiON. — Capt. A. M. Lang records it as being " abundant in the N, W. 

 Himalayas from 3,000 to 10,000 feet elevation" (P.Z.S. 1865,493). "It is very 

 common in gardens at Kasauli ; also in woods all the way to Kotgarh" {id. MS. 

 Notes). Mr. W. S. Atkinson possessed specimens taken at Pir Pinjal and Wardwun 

 Valley, Kaschmir. Dr. G. B. Longstatf found it very " abundant in October, 

 throughout tlie journey from Simla (7,200 feet) to Fagu (8,200 feet), being 

 especially common at Theog, 7,400 feet elevation (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1905, p. 64). 

 Mr. P. W. Mackinnon found it " Yery common in Masui'i from April to November; 

 the larva feeds on Rliamnus Dahuricus (N.O. Rhamnese) " (J. Bombay N. H. S. 

 1898, 589). Mr. H. Grose-Smith has specimens taken in Gilgit. It was also 

 "taken in Chitral during the Pamir Boundary Mission" (Report, p. 43). Specimens 

 from Narkunda, taken by Capt. H. McArthur, are in Mr. J. H. Leech's 

 Collection. Males from Ladak, and from Shushi Kuh Valley, Chitral, are 

 in the British Museum. Col. J. W. Yerbury found it " common round Campbell- 

 pur in the spring; also in the Chach Plain on the banks of the Indus, at 

 Murree, and Thundiani. Specimens were also taken at Akhor and Chittar Pahar in 

 April, at Hassan Abdal in May, and at Thundiani in August" (Ann. N. H. 1888, 

 199). Mr. W. Doherty obtained it in " Kumaon generally, from 3,000 to 8,000 feet 

 elevation" (Jouru. A. S. Beng. 1886, 136). We possess specimens from Nepal, 

 taken by Gen. G. Ramsay. It is not recorded from Sikkira by Mr. Elwes or by 

 Mr. de Niceville. 



COLIAS ZANEKA. 



Plate 560, fig. 1, la c?, lb, c ? . 

 Gonepteryx Zaneka, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865, p. 493, pi. 31, fig. 18, J'. Doherty, Journ. As. Soc. 

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