452 NYMPHALID^E. 



side replaced by greenish ochraceous, bordered inwardly by 

 a series of pale lnnules defined by slender black lines, outwardly 

 by a slender anticiliary black line. Hind wing : ground-colour 

 very pale ochraceous, with the following dull silvery markings 

 margined by slender black lines : a subbasal band of three spots, a 

 spot at apex of cellular area, a postdiscal, curved, very irregular 

 series of spots and a subterininal transverse lunular narrow band ; 

 the silvery spots on the basal area of the wing bordered on either 

 side by dark tawny ochraceous. Antennae black, ringed with 

 white ; head, thorax and abdomen dark brown with fulvous 

 pubesceuce ; beneath, palpi, thorax and abdomen dusky ochraceous. 

 — 2 very similar. Upperside ground-colour paler, the space between 

 the median transverse lines and the discocellulars and anteriorly 

 between the discal and postdiscal markings pale yellow. Under- 

 side similar to that in the 3 • 



Exp. 6 2 35-40 mm. (1-39-1-58"). 



Hab. The Himalayas, Kunawur to Sikhim ; Tibet, over 10,000 

 feet. 



Race sikhimensis, Moore. — Very dark, possibly wet-season, 

 specimens from Chumbi in Native Sikhim have been so named 

 and figured by Moore in the ' Lepidoptera Indica.' These differ 

 from typical sindura from the North-west Himalayas as follows : — 

 Upperside ground-colour fulvous ; markings similar but very much 

 broader, the dusky black at base of fore and at base and along 

 dorsal margin of hind wing more extended. In many specimens 

 only an upper discal patch of the ground-colour is apparent on 

 the hind wing. Underside ground-colour and markings similar to 

 those in sindura, but on the hind wing the space between the 

 postdiscal and subterminal silvery markings rich ochraceous red. 



Exp. S 2 as in the typical form. 



Hab. Recorded only from the Chumbi Valley east of Native 

 Sikhitn and South-eastern Tibet. 



Race balbita, Moore. — Closely resembles typical sindura, but is 

 constantly larger, with the black markings on the upperside in 

 the c? smaller, less prominent. In the $ on the upperside the 

 ground-colour is darker, the base of both wings and the hind wing- 

 posteriorly more broadly irrorated with dusky black scales ; the 

 black terminal edging to the wings broader, the subterminal 

 and terminal black markings coalescing. As a rule the row of 

 lunules of the ground-colour enclosed between these latter series of 

 markings is very prominent on the hind wing. Underside $ 2 

 similar to the underside in typical sindura, but differs as follows : — 

 Fore wing: the subterminal series of lunules much larger, dis- 

 tinctly pale yellow. Hind wing: the markings proportionately 

 much larger, the basal, subbasal and postdiscal bands all ochraceous, 

 the last centred in each interspace with darker ochraceous-red spots 

 in both sexes, and very heavily margined with black in the 2 • 



Exp. <$ 2 44-50 mm. (1-73-1-89"). 



Hab. Seems confined to high elevations in Kashmir. 



