82 L. de Niceville — On new and liftle-hnotvn Rliopalocera. [Nos. 2 — 4, 



Family PAPILIONID^. 

 Subfamily PlERlN^. 



24. Mancipium deota, n. sp. (Plate IX, fig. 10, $ .) 



Hab. Ladak. 



Expanse: ^, 2*7 inches. 



DESCRiPTioif : Male. TJ^ver^tde, forewing differs from specimens 

 of M. hrassiccB, Linnaeus, from Leh, Ladak, in having the black outer 

 margin continued to the first median nervule ; and in this black margin 

 on the Jiindwing being carried irregularly round the wing to the first median 

 nervule, instead of being confined to a spot on the costa. On the undee- 

 SIDE the apex and outer margin decreasingly to the first median nervule 

 are powdered with fuscous scales, and in addition to the two black spots 

 in the first and third median interspaces present in M. hrassicce, there is a 

 third more diffused spot reaching from just below the subcostal nervure 

 to the costa midway between the end of the cell and the apex. Hindwing 

 thickly irrorated with fuscous scales throughout ; the outer dark marginal 

 border of the upperside showing through indistinctly, and the costa towards 

 the base of the wing not marked- with yellow as in M. hrassicce. 



A single specimen of this species at Gya, Ladak, was captured, on 

 the 11th July, 1879, whilst three others owing to their swift flight 

 escaped me. 



25. Mancipium devta, n. sp. (Plate IX, figs. 9, $ ; 9«, ? .) 



Hab. Ladak. 



Expanse : ^,23; ? , 220 to 235 inches. 



Description : Male. Uppeeside, foreiving pure dead white, the 

 outer margin at the apex to the discoidal nervule marked with black, a 

 similar spot internal to this, and a large roundish spot between the second 

 and third median nervules. Hindwing with a black spot on the costa 

 below the first subcostal branch beyond its middle, otherwise unmarked. 

 Underside, forewing as on the upperside, but the outer margin towards 

 the apex marked with greenish and fuscous irrorated scales. Sindwing 

 with the basal two-thirds irrorated with greenish and fuscous scales, except 

 an oblong patch from the costa to the middle of the cell which is clear of 

 these scales, the outer margin also marked between the nervules with simi- 

 lar irrorations. Female. Upperside, forewing with all the markings 

 larger and clearer, there being two additional black spots on the "outer margin 

 between the third and second, and second and first median nervules ; also 

 a diffused spot joined to the large round spot between the second and third 

 median nervules almost reaching the submedian nervure. Hindwing with 



