434 



NYMPHALID^E. 



a sinuous discal line of transverse spots in interspaces 4 to 6, 

 followed by a postdiscal series of smaller spots, a subterminal 

 complete series of transverse spots and a narrow band on the 

 terminal margin, the last traversed by an interrupted line of 

 the yellow ground-colour as on the fore wing, only broader and 

 more distinct. Underside fore wing pale ochraceous yellow, 

 apex and postdiscal short subcostal streak in interspace 6 green, 

 the black markings as on the upperside, but the postdiscal trans- 

 verse series of spots reduced to two, the spots in the subterminal 

 series blurred, the upper two white, the terminal black edging 

 replaced by an inner and an outer very slender greenish line. 

 Hind wing metallic green with silvery transverse fasciae and spots 

 as follows : a basal fascia from below precostal nervure to base of 

 interspace 1, a subbasal fascia from costa to lower apex of cell, 

 a series of small irregular discal spots, a postdiscal macular fascia 

 from costa to dorsum, continued obscurely up the dorsal margin 

 to base, and a subterminal similar fascia from costa to tornus, 

 these silvery fasciae and spots margined on one or on both sides 

 by slender black lines ; the space between the postdiscal and sub- 

 terminal fasciae traversed by an obscure series of transverse dark 

 spots outwardly bordered with yellow ; the termen narrowly 

 greenish yellow with an inner and an outer darker green slender 

 transverse line parallel to the margin. Antennae dark brown ; 

 head, thorax and abdomen fulvous, the head and thorax with 

 a mixture of bright green pubescence ; beneath, the palpi, thorax 

 and abdomen ochraceous. Sex-mark : veins 1 and 2 on upperside 

 of fore wing ridged and clothed wdth dark specialized scales. — 

 2 . Upperside similar to that in the S , but the base and inter- 

 space 1 a on the fore wing shaded with greenish brown, the 

 posterior three-fourths of the hind wing with a brighter green ; 

 the ground-colour of the rest of the fore w 7 ing and of the hind 

 wing anteriorly ochraceous ; markings on both fore and hind 

 wings similar to those in the $ but much broader ; on the fore 

 wing the spots of the discal series very large, continuous, formed 

 into a zigzag band, the anterior two spots of the subterminal 

 series white. Underside similar, the markings much broader. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the S • 



Exp. <$ $ 64-68 mm. (2-S3-2-7"). 



Hah. Western Himalayas ; Kashmir to Kumaun. 



432. Argynnis maia, Cramer (Papilio), Pap. Kvot. i, 1775, pi. 25, 

 figs. B, C, 2 5 Moore (Dryas), Lep. lnd. iv, 1899-1900, p. 227. 

 Papilio pandora, Denis ty Schiff. Wien. Vers. 1776, p. 176 ; de N. 

 (Argynnis) Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 133. 



c? . Upperside yellow suffused strongly with green over the base 

 and posteriorly on the fore wing and over the whole of the hind 

 wing ; markings black. Fore wing : cell wdth two medial bands 

 and a broader subapical short sinuous transverse one, the last 

 impinging on a line along the inner side of the discocellulars ; a 



