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Grapta C-album (?). This Orapta, though apparently common at 

 Goolnmrg, occurs but rarely iu Kunawur, where, however, I have 

 taken it at several localities far apart, and of diverse altitudes and 

 climates. Thus one very fine fresh specimen was taken on the 

 bleak Hungrung Pass, at about 15,000 feet altitude ; while others 

 were taken 200 miles away on the lower, well-wooded ranges of 

 the Simla district. The species varies considerably in the colouring 

 of the under surface. 



Vanessa Y-albxim. This species appears to be new to the Indian 

 Fauna : I have never taken it myself, or seen it in any collection 

 made in this country. Two fine specimens were taken by Dr. Jer- 

 don at Goolmurg. 



A^ANESSA XAifTHOMELAS. One specimen of this species appears in 

 this series. It is also taken in the Simla district, where, however, 

 it is not common. 



Vanessa cashmieensis. This insect abounds along the whole range 

 of the Himalaya, and is as common in these mountains as the 

 scarcely distinguishable V. urticce is in Europe. 



Aegtnnis Jainadeva. The Cashmere specimens do not in any way 

 „ Kamala. 3 difi'er from those taken in the Simla, Kuna- 

 wur, and districts. 



Argynnis Jeedoni, sp. nov. This species is represented by only 

 one individual (not in good condition) in Dr. Jerdon's series. 

 I have never myself taken it, or seen it in any other collection. 

 It is a small Fritillary, allied to Semale, and belonging to the 

 second section of the genus Argynnis, as defined in AVestwood's 

 " Genera;" the second subcostal nervule is thrown ofi" beyond the 

 end of the cell. 



Uppek-side — fulvous, markings black. Fore-wing — base, and interior margin, below 

 submedian nervure, dark fuscous ; two spots (first circular, second lunular) 

 •vvitliin, and a streak closing, the cell ; a large spot below the origin of tlic first 

 median nei'vule ; a transverse, curved, discal series of seven spots ; a suffused 

 spot on costa at two-thirds from the base ; a nearly straight, exterior, trans- 

 verse series of seven spots ; a submarginal series of lunules ; and a very slender 

 marginal line, which expands into an angle at the end of each nervule. Hind- 

 iving — the basal half dark fuscous, with a sinuous exterior margin ; an exterior, 

 transverse series of six spots ; a submarginal series of five lunules ; and a 

 very slender marginal line expanding into an angle at end of each nervule. 



Undek-siue — Fore-wing pale fulvous ; markings as above, with the exception of the 



