VANESSA. 369 



381. Vanessa van-album, Denis 8? iSchieffermidler (Papilio), Wien. 



Verz. 1776, p. 176; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 236; Moore 

 (Polygonia), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 96, pi. 317, figs. 3, 3 a, <J . 



6 2 • Upperside dark fulvous ; base of wings suffused with 

 brown, extending on the hind wing along dorsum towards 

 tornus. Pore wing : two confluent spots across the cell, a short 

 broad band beyond the discocellulars, another similar, more oblique, 

 slightly sinuous band, followed by a narrow sinuous transverse 

 postdiscal band, margined inwardly by a row of pale yellow spots, 

 and finally two inner and three outer comparatively large discal spots, 

 all black. The apex of the cell and the subcostal space between 

 the two short broad black bands a paler yellow than the ground- 

 colour; a narrow transverse white preapical spot on the inner side 

 of the postdiscal band; the terminal margin beyond the latter dusky 

 black, traversed by a darker sinuous line. Hind wing : two short 

 transverse broad black bands from costa, not extending below 

 interspace 4, the outer band diffuse posteriorly, the space between 

 the two bands white from costa to vein 6 ; a postdiscal transverse 

 incomplete series of pale yellow spots followed by a narrow black 

 band, outwardly sharply defined by a pale yellow line ; the terminal 

 margin beyond this pale brown, traversed by an obscure subterminal 

 dark line. Underside pale brow T n, irrorated with transverse dark 

 brown striae ; basal half of wings darker brown, the outer margin 

 of this colour sharply defined and on the hind wing margined by 

 a slender black line. Pore wing : anterior half of cell pale ochra- 

 ceous, with three elongate oval dark spots, the terminal margin 

 between veins 1 and 5 dark brow r n, traversed by a slender obscure 

 pale line, inwardly bordered by a narrow blue band, denned on 

 either side by dark lines. Hind wing with a very conspicuous 

 white L-shaped mark at apex of cell ; a subterminal narrow brown 

 sinuous transverse band, blue in the middle ; the terminal margin 

 narrowly but evenly of a darker brown than the ground-colour. 

 Pore and hind wings crossed by a transverse postdiscal line of 

 small black dots in the interspaces. 



Exp. <$ 2 64-71 mm. (2-51-2-79"). 



Hob. A Palaearctic form recorded within our limits from 

 Kashmir and Chitral. 



382. Vanessa xanthomelsena, Denis $ Schieffermuller (Papilio), Wien. 



Verz. 1776, p. 176; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 235, pi. 18, 

 fig. 73 <S ; Moore (Eugonia), Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 85, 

 pi. 316, figs. 2, 2 a, tf $ . 



c? 2 • Upperside rich orange-yellow. Pore wing : costal margin 

 dusky black on the basal half flecked with brown ; two oval black 

 spots in cell, a quadrate subcostal black patch just beyond the 

 discocellulars, a second more oblique irregular black patch beyond 

 this, and three large oval discal black spots, with a smaller dusky 

 patch beyond the lowest spot. Hind wing uniform, with a large 

 subcostal black patch. Pore and hind wings with a common 

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