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EURYMUS MIEANDA. 

 Plate 604, figs. 4, $ , U, ? . 

 Colias Eogene Miranda, Fruhstorfer, Insectenborse, Vom. 7 Mai, 1903; id. Iris, 1903, p. 48, pi. 1, 



figs. 3, 4, ^ 9 . Verity, Rhop. Palearctica, p. 247, pi. 43, figs. 26, 27 (1909). 

 Colias Stoliczkana, Bingham (part), Fauna of Brit. India, Butt. ii. p. 242 (1907). 



A splendid local form of Colias Eogene, Felder ; the most important characteristic 

 is that in Miranda the black outer border diminishes in the middle, whilst in Eogene 

 it continues equally broad right up to the anal edge. The underside of the wings is a 

 darker green and the black spot on the apex of the cell of the forewing as well as the 

 brownish-red spot of the hindwing are much larger and more acute ; on account of this 

 larger spot Miranda resembles Stoliczkana, from which it differs, however, through the 

 dark gold (instead of faded chrome-gold) ground colour, and through the brilliant 

 unusually broad rose-colour extending to the cilia. Stoliczkana is moreover described 

 from Ladak in North Kashmir, a place many hundred miles from Sikkim. 



The female of Miranda is quite different from the male, and, on account of its 

 clear beautiful colour contrast, is quite the most handsome of any of the known species 

 up to present. The forewings are orange-coloured up to the black sub-marginal 

 border ; the outer border is (especially apically) very broad black, with a row of golden 

 spots ; on the costal edge, two pretty gold spots stand sub-apically ; the hindwings 

 (with the exception of the anal edge) are quite black, with a clear, long, orange-coloured 

 discal spot ; on the black outer edge are some beautiful golden spots, which anally 

 become broader and in some examples meet together ; the underside of the forewing is 

 orange-coloured towards the base, and becomes by degrees golden towards the apex ; 

 the costal edge is dark green, the sub-costal and radial veins are light blue-green ; the 

 hindwings are, above the marginal edge, rich dark green ; the sub-marginal zone, 

 however, has between the veins some dark citron-gold markings ; all the veins are 

 clearly and broadly marked with bluish-green. 



Expanse, $ 1^ to $ l-^^ inches. 



Habitat.— Sikkim, 17,000 to 19,000 feet (Fruhstorfer). We have not seen 

 this form, but it seems to be quite distinct ; the description and figures are copies of 

 those of the Author. 



EURYMUS DUBIA. 

 Plate 604, figs. 6, ^, 6a, ?. 



Colias Dubia, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1906, p. 481, pi. 36, figs. 8, 9, ^ ? . Bingham, Fauna of Brit. 



India, Butt. ii. p. 239 (1907). 

 Colias Eogene, var. Dubia, Verity, Rhop. Palearctica, p. 247, pi. 50, figs. 23, 24 (1909). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside dull orange-ochreous. Forewing with the veins 

 blackish, costa with yellow scales, a dark dense patch of black scales on the lower 



