KARAJNA.SA. — AULOCEEA. 125 



lines reddish brown. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen brown, 

 paler beneath. 



Exp. S 2 58-62 mm. (2-38-2-45"). 



Hab. N.W. Himalayas ; Baluchistan ; Ladak. 



147. Karanasa digna, Marshall (Hipparchia), J. A. S. B. 1882, 



p. 67 2 ■ M - $ de N - (Hipparchia) Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 189 ; 

 Moore (Kanetisa), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 42, pi. 102, figs. 2, 



2a,d2. 



$ 2 • Resembles K. pimpla, Eelder, but on the upperside both 

 fore and hind wings are crossed by a postdiscal broad orange band 

 which encircles anteriorly the preapical round black spot ; the 

 lower spot is absent. On the underside there is a distinct median 

 sinuous band of dark scales, more or less defined inwardly and 

 outwardly by dark brown lines, and a subterminal zigzag brown 

 line shaded inwardly with dark scales. 



Exp. S 2 60-64 mm. (2-38-2-52"). 



Hab. Kashmir ; Chitral. 



Genus AULOCERA. 



Oreas, Hiibner (nee Desmarest), Tentamen, 1816, p. 1. 

 Aulocera, Butler, Ent. Month. Mag. iv, 1867, p. 121, fig. 1. 



Type, A. brqhminus, from Kashmir. 



Range. The Himalayas ; Tibet ; Western China. 



$ 2 • Wings in the typical form rather narrow, in others 

 comparatively broad. Eore wing : costa arched ; termen convex 

 or straight, never concave; dorsum straight; cell slightly over 

 half length of wing ; upper discocellular minute, middle mode- 

 rately long, straight, lower twice length of middle, angulated 

 obtusely outwards ; vein 4 from lower apex of cell, 5 and 6 apart, 

 subparallel, 10 from just before upper apex of cell ; vein 12 greatly, 

 median vein slightly swollen at base. Hind wing ovate ; termen 

 moderately arched, scalloped; vein 3 from well before, 4 from 

 apex of cell, 5 and 6 well apart, 6 and 7 closely approximate. 

 Antennae under half length of fore wing ; club gradual, slightly 

 flattened; eyes naked; palpi strongly compressed, fringed with 

 long porrect hairs ; intermediate femora longer than tibiae, with 

 long hair at base ; tibiae strongly spinose. 



Key to the forms of Aulocera. 



A. Termen of fore wing convex. 



a. Expanse 64-67 mm. White transverse 



hand across wings narrow, of uneven 

 width, not reaching dorsal margin of 

 hind wing A. brahminus, p. 126. 



b. Expanse 68-75 mm. White transverse 



hand across wings very broad, of even 

 width, reaching dorsal margin of hind 

 wing A. sarasivati, p. 128. 



