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joined to tho black posterior mai'gin. Membrane \nceo\xs. Leg.-ih]a.ck. Thi'jhs, 

 1st pair, spindle-shaped, with a tooth on the under-side near the apex, and a 

 row of shoi-t dark hairs. Tihice, 1st pair on the under-side only, 2nd and 3rd 

 with long, black, spinoMO hairs. 

 Abdomen underneath black, in certain lights with a golden reflection. 



A single specimen taken on the plains of Jordan, in April. 



(To he covMnued.) 



NOTES ON LEPTDOFTERA FROM " GOOLMURG," IN CASlIMEliE. 

 BY CAPT. A. M. LANG. 



Gooliiuirg is a large, open, flowery glade at an altitude of 9000-1't. 

 above sea level, on the north-eastern slopes of the spurs of the " Pir 

 Punjal" range of mountains which shut in and overlook the " Vale of 

 Cashmere " from the south. 



It is surrounded hj thick forests of Finus excelsa, Picea Wehhiana, 

 Pavia indica, Acer, Taxus, &c. 



During the months of July and August, 1867, Dr. T. C. Jerdon 

 was encamped at Goolmurg, and took, as characteristic specimens of 

 the Diurnal Lepidoptera frequenting the place, the following species : 



Papilio Machaon. C(]mmon throughout the north-western Himalaya. 



GojsEPTERYX NiPALENSis. This species has a range along the whole 

 extent of the Himalaya, from Bhootan to Cashmere. 



PiEEis Nabellica. This insect occurs but sparingly in Kunawur, 

 where it has been taken by me at altitudes of about 9000 or 10,000 

 feet in the AVungur, Kazhang, and Buspa valleys. It has a slow, 

 heavy flight, and is fond of pitching on the late umbelliferous 

 plants, which rise above the dense masses of flowers carpeting the 

 glades in these wooded valleys during the rainy months of July 

 and August. The specimens from Cashmere appear to be lighter 

 in colour than those from Kunawur. 



PiEEis Daplidice. Of this wide-spread species, specimens occur in 

 Dr. Jerdon's colleijtion, though taken in the valley of Cashmere, 

 and not at Goolm, irg. These are (contrary to their congener, 

 Nahellica) darker than the individuals of this species taken in the 

 village fields of Spiti and Tibet to the eastward. 



PiERis Gliciria. This is abundant throughout the Himalayas, and 

 does not appear to vary. 



