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f. var. napaea, Gr.-Grsh., " Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross.," xxv., p. 453 (1891); Riihl, 

 "Pal. Gross-Schmett.," i., p. 311 (1893-5). — & . Wings above greenish-blue, 

 with broad blackish-fuscous margin and white fringes ; hindwings with the costal 

 area and very large submarginal spots blackish-fuscous; beneath, wings greyish, 

 paler towards the outer margin, bluish-green at the base, all the spots disposed as 

 in Lycaena eros. s 145* 5m in. long. One specimen found in the Boro Choro 

 mountains at the frontier of Ludshan (Grum-Grshimailo). 



In the British Museum coll. are two $ s and three 2 s from 

 Grum-Grshimailo's collection, one $ of which is labelled in Grum's 

 handwriting, " Kitschi Karamuk . . . Alai nor," also one $ of 

 Grum's is labelled " Ferghana." The $ s incline strongly to Jujlas-hlue. 

 The 2 3 placed with them are variable, more violet, with the exception 

 of the one labelled napaea by Grum himself, on which the amount of 

 blue scaling is small, and much more of the g tint ; the two others 

 are also little suffused, the blue not extending beyond the disc on 

 the forewings ; all the 2 s have orange on the hindwing, but very 

 little on the forewing. The underside of the $ is whitish, of the 2 s 

 brownish, rather well spotted, and scaled with blue (<?) or bronze 

 ( 2 ) basally on the hindwings ; the orange on the underside fairly 

 bright. The 2, labelled "certainly belongs to icarus" by Grum, 

 also carries another label " Osch, Fergana," whilst a second bears a 

 similar label, the third carries one " Suzchandarja, Buchara." Two 

 $ s and two 2 s from the " Elwes coll.," labelled " Sary Ob, 

 Sarat'schan, 7000ft. -9000ft., Funke, 1900," certainly are not kashghar- 

 ensis, in spite of their locality (see p. 190), for the $ s are bright blue, 

 not, however, hylas-blue, two 2 s practically without blue, one with 

 orange lunules on all four wings, the other with none ; the underside 

 of the $ s whitish, of the ? s, brown ; the $ s rather weakly, the 2 s 

 well, spotted on the undersurface. The specimens rather incline to the 

 Kandahar form on the underside, but might pass for napaea on the 

 upperside. It is clear from Grum's types that napaea is a form of 

 P. icarus and not a form of P. eros as Staudinger determines (Cat., 

 3rd ed., p. 84). 



7]. var. yarkundensis, Moore, "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.," 5th ser., i., p. 229 

 (1878); de Nicev., " Butts. India," hi., pp. 68, 71, 75 (1890). Kashgharensis, 

 Moore, "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.," 5th ser., i., p. 230 (1878); " Scient. Bes. 2nd 

 Yark. Miss. Lep.," p. 5, no. 19, pi. L, fig. 7 J (1879); de Nicev., " Butts. India," 

 hi., pp. 68,71,75(1890); Grum-Grsh., " Horn. Mem.," iv., pp.75, 399(1890); 

 "Hor. Soc. Ent. Boss.," xxviii., p. 91 (1894); Staucl., "Cat.," 3rd ed., p. 85 

 (1901) (as syn. of icarus, v. Bott.); Gillm., "Int. Ent. Zeits. Gub.," ii., p. 2(1908). 

 Yarkandensis, Moore, " Scient. Bes. 2nd Yarkand Miss. Lep.," p. 6, no. 21, pi. i., 

 fig. 8(1879); Grum-Grsh., "Bom. Mem.," iv., pp.75, 399 (1890); Biihl, " Pal. 

 Gr.-Schmett.," p. 761 (1895); Staud., "Cat.," 3rd ed., p. 85 (1901) (as syn. of 

 icarus, v. Bott.); Gillm., " Jnt. Ent. Zeits. Gub.," ii., p. 2 (1908); Seitz, " Gross- 

 Schmett.," p. 312(1909). Kashgariensis, Biihl, " Pal. Gr.-Schmett.," pp.269, 

 761 (1893-5). Kaschgariensis, Tutt, "Brit. Butts.," p. 177 (1896).— Kashgharensis. 

 - j . 1-25 ins. Allied to P. semiargus. Upperside pale blue with narrow black 

 exterior marginal line, costal edge white; cilia white, with dark inner border. 

 Underside slightly pearly-grey ; base of the wings pale metallic green ; forewing 

 with a whitish-bordered black spot in the middle of the cell, and a curved discal 

 series of five spots; a very indistinct spot at end of the cell, and a less distinct 

 marginal series of spots; hindwing with three subbasal and a curved discal series 

 of six small white-circled black spots, an indistinct spot at end of the cell, and a 

 marginal row of spots with slightly ochreous upper dentate line. Hab. Yongihissar, 

 4320ft., Yarkand (Moore). ? . Yarkundensis. Allied to P. icarus. Expanse 

 1 25ins. Upperside dark blue, anterior and exterior borders dusky brown ; fore- 

 wing with an indistinct streak at end of the cell ; hindwing with a marginal row 

 of rather indistinct, ochreous-bordered black spots. Cilia cinereous-white. Under- 

 side ochreous-grey ; forewing with a white-centred black spot in middle of the cell, 



