JOURNAL 



OF THE 



ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL. 



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Part II.— PHYSICAL SCIENCE. 



No. IV.— 1882 



X. — A neio Species of HipparcTiia (Lepidoptera Rhopalocera) from the 

 N. W. Himalayas.— By Major G. F. L. Marshall, R. E. 



[Received 12tli December 1882 ; Read January 3rd, 1883,] 



Si'pparchia digna, sp. n. 



TJppERSiDE brown, with a br.oad well defined submarginal fulvous 

 band bearing a single subapical black spot on the forewing and none on 

 the hindwing ; the band outwardly defined by a dark lunulate line, and 

 further removed from the margin than in any other Indian Hipparchia, 

 leaving a broader brown border to the wing. Understde forewing ful- 

 vous, the band of the upperside outwardly distinctly defined by a dark 

 dentate line, inwardly faintly defined except near the costa, ochreous at 

 the costa and inner margins ; the black subapical spot of the upperside 

 but witli a distinct white pupil ; the inner margin dark brown, the outer 

 and costal margins very pale brown, mottled throughout with dark brown, 

 and on the costa with irregular brown stria), extending into the cell. 

 Hindwing pale whitish brown clouded with brown and mottled throughout 

 with darker brown ; the band of the upperside but inwardly whitish, 

 outwardly clouded with brown, and defined on both sides by dark dentate 

 lines ; also a subbasal dark line between which and the band the ground 

 colour is darker, forming an inner dark band. 



This species was found by Major J. Biddulph on the Shandur plateau 

 in Northern Kashmir and only two specimens were taken, both females. 



This makes the tenth species of the genus known to occur in the 

 N. W. Himalayas ; and strangely enough out of the ten, in four cases 

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