MELIT^A. 451 



Key to the forms of Melitaea. 



A. Upperside : veins of fore and hind wings dis- 



tinctly black. 

 ((. S 2 • Expanse under 40 mm. 



«'. Upperside : subterminal black markings 

 on fore and bind wings slender, more or 

 less distinct from terminal black edging. M. sindura, p. 451. 

 b'. Upperside : subterminal black markings 



on fore and hind wings broad, coalescing [p. 452. 



with terminal black edging Race sikhimensis, 



b. $ 2 • . Expanse well over 40 mm Race balbita, p. 452. 



B. Upperside : veins of fore and hind wings not 



black. 



a. Upperside fore wing ground-colour in rf 2 



similar. 

 a'. Upperside fore wing ground-colour in 



($ 2 tawny fulvous M. didyma, race per- 



V . Upperside fore wing ground-colour in sea, p. 453. 



c? 2 much paler, a yellowish buff Var. robertsi, p. 454. 



b. Upperside fore wing ground-colour in <$ 2 [p- 454. 



not similar ; <$ orange rufous, 2 dull white. Race chitralensis, 



443. Melitaea sindura, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1865. p. 496, pi. 30, fi<?. 2 ; de 

 N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 25; Moore (Mellicta), Lep^ Ind. v, 

 1901-1903, p. 4, pi. 380, rigs. 3, 3 a, <$ . 

 Melitaea amoenula, Felder, Reise Nov., Lep. ii, 1867, p. 392. 



Race sikhimensis (PI. VII, fig. 51). 



Melitaea sindura, var., Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 336, pi. x, 



figs. 5, 6 (recte 4, 5). 

 Mellicta sikhimensis, Moore, Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 5, pi. 380, 



figs. 4,4 a, S 2- 



Race balbita. 



Melitfea balbita, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 268, pi. 43, fig. 5 S ; 

 de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 26, pi. 18, fig. 71, S 2 ; Moore (Mel- 

 licta), Lep. Ind, v, 1901-1903, p. 3, pi. 380, figs. 2, 2 a-2 c, J 2 • 



$ . Upperside tawny ochraceous, with the following black mark- 

 ings : — Pore wing: an elongate spot near base of interspace 1, two 

 slender short lines across the cell, a broader line along the disco- 

 cellulars, three spots in vertical order below apex of cell, an upper 

 discal very oblique short bar, a postdiscal curved series of spots, 

 and a subterminal lunular narrow band extending along the veins 

 up to a black edging on the termen, thus including a series of 

 slender lunular spots of the ground-colour. Hind wing: some 

 slender transverse lines in cell, an obscure very incomplete post- 

 discal series of spots, and a more slender less distinct subterminal 

 line, series of lunular spots of the ground-colour and black terminal 

 edging as on the fore wing. Base of fore and base and dorsal 

 margin broadly of hind wing suffused with black; cilia white 

 alternated with black. Underside : fore wing paler tawny ochra- 

 ceous, the costa greenish ochraceous ; no suffusion of dusky 

 black at base ; the other markings as on the upperside, but not 

 clearly defined ; the black edging to the termen of the upper- 



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