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29. AuLOCERA PADMA, Koll. The female described by Kollar is 

 evidently of tlie same specif as Moore's male type of avatara. Kollar 's 

 description and plate are unmistakeable. There are, however, two 

 allied species now passing under the name of padma. Of the true padma 

 I have both sexes from Narkanda near Simla and from the Galis north 

 of Mari, but in Kumaon I obtained only females, taken in October and 

 November in the Kali Valley, ranging from 7,000 feet at Juti in 

 Chan dans to 2,500 feet at Garjiaghat and even lower. This species 

 is much the larger of the two ; my females are all over four inches 

 spread. The cell of the forewing is covered with long shining hair ; 

 the male mark on the forewing is more distinct, the male lacks the white 

 spots diverging to the costa from the macular band ; in the female 

 these are three in number, and rather blurred. The female has the 

 surface below heavily striated with whitish ; the band is not at all 

 definite outwardly and is nearly white in colour. 



30. AuLOCERA LOHA, n. sp., is the other form of padma. Smaller, 

 cell of male smooth, sex- mark not very plain, male distinguished 

 by the divergent white spots from the median band to the costa, 

 the female by the band of the hindwing below being narrow, well- 

 defined, and ochreous. This insect is darker than the other, the apex 

 of both wings glossed with lilac below, and the base of the hindwing 

 greenish. It may perhaps be only a seasonal form of the preceding 

 species. I am unluckily unable to compare the prehensores, having no 

 drawing of those of padma. I found loha common on Bireg mountain, 

 North- West Kumaon, in August and September, 9 — 12,000 feet, the 

 species thus occurring at the same elevation as hrahminusy the prehensores 

 of which are altogether different. The imdma from Sikkim mentioned 

 (P. Z. S. 1882) by Mr. Elwes are of this species. 



31. AuLOCERA SWAHA, Koll. Found on all the hills of the Pindari 

 district 7 — 10,000 feet, also on the outer ranges, Jagheswar, Takula 

 and the Dhoaj, 5,500 — 9,000 feet, and in Chaudans in East Kumaon, 5 — 

 7,000 feet. A common species. I did not obtain the form which has 

 the band of the forewing bright yellow. 



32. AuLOCERA BRAHMiNUS, Blanch. Pindari District, 10 — 12,000 

 feet, not very common. 



33. AuLOCERA sCTLLA, Butler. Pindari Glacier, and Mount Byeri 

 above Furkya, North- West Kumaon, 12—14,000 feet, Garbyan, 12,000 

 feet, Lepu Lek, 16,000 feet, North-East Kumaon. The prehensores are 

 distinct from those of brahminus. The latter has the uncus, seen from 

 above, longer and its branches more slender. Seen from the side, scylla 

 has the uncus and its branches parallel and nearly in the same horizontal 

 plane, and the top of the uncus is knobbed, while in brahminus it is 



