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half length of wing ; veins 6 and 7 closely approximate, upper 

 discocellular therefore minute, middle strongly concave, lower 

 oblique ; veins 10 and 11 from before apex of cell, 12 very slightly 

 swollen at base. Hind wing oval, costa somewhat straight ; 

 termen very slightly scalloped ; dorsum long ; apex and tornus 

 rounded ; discoidal cell well over half length of wing ; disco- 

 cellulars long, middle discocellular concave in its upper portion ; 

 vein 3 from well before apex of cell, 4 from apex, 6 closer to 7 

 than to 5. Antennae short, less than half length of fore wing ; 

 club gradual, flattened on the underside, blunt at apex, proportion- 

 ately thicker and shorter in the Indian forms ; palpi short, with 

 long hairs to apex ; head and body very hairy ; eyes naked ; inter- 

 mediate femora with long floccus of hair posteriorly. Male sex-mark 

 an oblique broad streak of dark specialized scales below cell in the 

 fore wing. This mark is entirely absent in the Indian forms. 



Key to the forms of (Eneis. 



a. Upperside ochraceous lightly shaded with 



brown (E. pumilus, p. 129. 



b. Upperside ochraceous red deepty overlaid 



with dark brown Race sikhimensis, p. 129. 



152. (Eneis pumilus, Felder (Chionobas), Novara Reise, Lep. Rhop. 

 p. 490, pi. 69, figs. 6, 7, S ', M. 8f de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, 

 p. 238, pi 15, fig. 37 S ; Moore (Parceneis), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893- 

 96, p. 37, pi. 101, figs. 1, ha, <$ $ . 



Race sikhimensis. (PI. Ill, fig. 21.) 



CEneis palaearcticus, var. sikkiniensis, Staudinger, Stettin ent. Zeit. 



1889, p. 21. 

 Parceneis sikkimensis, Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 38, pi. 10] . 



figs. 2,2 a, S. 



$ 5 . Upperside ochraceous, slightly shaded with brown darken- 

 ing towards termen ; fore and hind wings each with a curved discal 

 transverse band of yellow spots in the interspaces, broadening on 

 the fore wing round a preapical dusky spot, on the hind wing the 

 third spot shifted a little inwards. Cilia white, alternated with 

 brown. Underside : fore wing ochraceous, hoary along the costa 

 and on apex, with transverse dark striae which extend into the 

 cell ; discal band as on the upperside, but with dark brownish- 

 orange borders to the spots. Hind wing with the discal band as 

 above but yellowish white, its inner margin zigzag ; a pale sub- 

 basal patch near the costa and the veins hoary ; rest of the wing 

 greyish white, thickly set with dark brown specks and striae. 

 Antennae ochraceous ; head, thorax and abdomen dusky brown. 



Exp. S 2 42-52 mm. (1-68-2-15"). 



Hob. Tibet and, within our limits, high elevations in the 

 Himalayas. 



Race sikhimensis, Staudinger, differs on the upperside by the 

 ground-colour being ochraceous red deeply overlaid with dark 



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