128 NTMPHALID^]. 



greyish-white striae very delicate and fine ; these striae tinged 

 with purplish beyond the discal band ; the postdiscal black 

 transverse band broad, consisting of a series of irregular sub- 

 triangular blotches. 



Exp. $ 2 80-87 mm. (3-2-3-45"). 



Hah. Himalayas; Kulu to Sikhim. 



It is with some hesitation I identify A. lolia as only a variety 

 of A. padma, but the points of difference pointed out by 

 Mr. Doherty are eminently variable. Mr. Doherty says : " $ 

 distinguished by the divergent white spots from the median band 

 to the costa ; the £ by the band of the hind wing below being 

 narrow, well-defined, and ochreous. The insect is darker than 

 padma, the apex of both wings glossed with lilac below, and the 

 base of the hind wing greenish." 



Var. cJiumbica, Moore, of which there is a series in the British 

 Museum Collection, is smaller than var. loha, with the band on 

 the hind wing narrower than in loha and still narrower than in 

 typical A. padma. 



151. Aulocera saraswati, Kollar (Satyrus), HilgeVs Kaschmir, iv, 

 1844. 2, p. 445, pi. 14, figs. 3 & 4 $ ; M . $ de ~N. Butt. Lid. i, 

 1883', p. 200 ; Moore, Lep. hid. ii, 1893-96, p. 35, pi. 100, figs. 3, 

 3«, d$- 

 <$ $ . Can he discriminated at a glance from A. hraliminus, 

 swaha, padma, &c, by the proportionately much shorter and 

 broader wings, the fore wing having the costa more strongly 

 arched and the apex and tornus much more rounded. The discal 

 white band is very broad and of nearly even width throughout ; 

 in the $ the white spot on the inner margin of the black pre- 

 apical spot is elongate and large, in the S minute. Underside 

 very strongly washed with ochraceous, and with numerous fine 

 black striae except on the discal and postdiscal bands, the former 

 inwardly margined by a slender dark brown line ; the latter very 

 distinct, black, and somewhat diffuse at the edges, very broad 

 towards the dorsal margin of the fore w T ing. 

 Exp. 6 $ 68-75 mm. (2-75-3"). 

 Hah. Himalayas from Kashmir to Nepal. 



Genus (ENEIS. 



(Eneis, Hilbner, Verz. hek. Schmett. 1816, p. 58. 

 Chionobas, Boisduval, Icones Hist. Lep. i, 1832, p. 182. 

 Paroeneis, Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 36. 



Type, (E. noma, Thunberg, from Northern Europe. 



Range. Palaearctic and Nearctic Eegions. "Within our limits at 

 high elevations in the Himalayas. 



<5 $ . Eore wing triangular, costa widely arched, termen 

 slightly convex, dorsum straight ; apex typically produced, in the 

 Indian forms rounded ; tornus rounded ; discoidal cell well over 



