442 istmphalidjE. 



cell to middle of interspace 4, two small spots below it in inter- 

 spaces 2 and 3 ; an outer discal transverse band attenuated and 

 broken in the middle, broad anteriorly and posteriorly, followed 

 by a transverse curved series of small dark spots with silvery 

 centres, and a subterminal series of large cone-shaped spots with 

 an outer very slender terminal red line. The silvery markings 

 margined on one side or on both by very slender black lines, and 

 bordered with somewhat diffuse ferruginous red. Antennae 

 ochraceous brown ; head, thorax and abdomen fulvous, head and 

 thorax with some bright greenish pubescence ; beneath, palpi, 

 thorax and abdomen pale ochraceous. — § • Similar ; the black 

 markings on the upperside broader, the anterior spots of the sub- 

 terminal series on the upperside of the fore wing coalescent with 

 the inner terminal transverse line ; the basal olivaceous-brown 

 shading at the base of the wings on the upperside darker, more 

 extended. On the underside the markings are similar to but 

 larger than those in the J • 



Exp. S 2 54-65 mm. (2-12-2-57"). 



Bab. The Himalayas, from Chitral to Sikhim ; the Chin Hills, 

 Upper Burma ; extending to "W. China. 



Differs constantly (as pointed out by Mr. Elwes) from the 

 European form, typical latlionia, in the posterior portion of the 

 outer discal transverse band on the underside of the hind wing. 

 This in latlionia is incomplete, the silvery marking not extending 

 beyond vein 2; in race isscea it invariably extends to vein 4. 



437. Argynnis gemmata, Butler, A. M. N. II. (5) vii, 1881, p. 32, 

 pi. 4, figs, 1, 1 a, c? ; de N. Butt. hid. ii, 1886, p. 138; Moore 

 (Boloria), Lep. hid. iv, 1899-1900, p. 249 ; pi. 377, figs. 1, la, 

 l&,c?$. 



<$ . Upperside fulvous, varying from a yellowish to a rich reddish 

 tint ; base of fore wing up to the subbasal mark in the cell, hind 

 wing up to the discal series of spots, deep brownish black, on the 

 hind wing partially obscured by long recumbent fulvous hairs ; 

 the usual black spots and markings are present, but the sub- 

 terminal series on the fore wing is more rounded, not inwardly 

 acute ; on the hind wing lunular ; the black terminal margin on 

 both fore and hind wings narrow, narrower on the fore than on the 

 hind wing; cilia long, fulvous. Underside fore wing bright 

 ochraceous in the reddish-tinted specimens, paler in the yellowish ; 

 the black markings as on the upperside, but not so clearly defined; 

 a transverse cinnabar-red short preapical fascia inclined inwards, 

 bordered on the inner side by one, on the outer side by four 

 elongate silvery spots ; the anterior two or three spots of the 

 postdiscal series superposed on the red area and centred with 

 silvery white. Hind wing cinnabar-red, the dorsal margin set 

 narrowly with long fulvous recumbent hairs ; the bases of the cell, 

 and of interspaces 2, 5 and 6, the costal margin narrowly, a 

 posterior postdiscal band, and the cilia, rich ochraceous ; the costal 



