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hind-wing the colour is clear, unclouded brown ; the basal ferruginous patch is 

 larger, the discal series of cuneiform spots is incomplete and indistinct, formed 

 of smaller, darker spots, and the foui- submarginal ocelli are entirely wanting. 

 Expans. and Hab. as in Ooohnurga. The fore-wing is slightly broader, and has 

 a more rounded apex and more convex exterior margin than in Goohniirga. 



Were these insects ^ and ? they would be indubitably set down 

 as sexes of one species ; but both appear to be $ : they may, however, 

 pertain to oue species, which is variable, and of which a larger series 

 must be obtained before its character can be correctly defined. 



PoLTOMMATUs Aeiana. ) Thcsc (or this ?) species are widely spread 

 „ Naziea. ) through the N. W. Himalaya, and shows 



everywhere a considerable tendency to variation in the colouring 

 of the under surface. The Goolmurg specimens accord with those 

 from Simla and Kunawur. 



PoLYOMMATUs Ntcula. This vcry lovely species is common at G-ool- 

 murg. In the Simla and Kunawur districts it is not widely spread, 

 but appears in some abundance in certain localities. The rich 

 blue appear to far outnumber the dull brown ? , which are 

 easily taken. 



PoLXOMMAxrs sp. ?. Only two specimens (not in good condition) oc- 

 curred in Dr, Jerdon's series. I have seen it nowhere else. 



Chetsophajstjs Kastapa. This beautiful little " copper," though rare 

 in Simla and Kunawur, seems to be very common at Goolmurg. 



This series of twenty-three species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, although 

 it cannot be supposed to comprise all the species which fly at Goolmurg 

 in the months of July and August, may be assumed to represent all 

 but the rare ones, and fully to characterize the Lepidopterous Pauna of 

 the region. It will be seen that there is no tendency to tropical, or to 

 truly Indian, forms ; but that, on the contrary, the collection is entirely 

 suggestive of the European Pauna : in some cases the species being 

 identical with well-known European forms, while the rest are nearly 

 allied Himalayan representatives, closely resembling their European 

 congeners. 



Such collections as this, formed at various points along the Hima- 

 laya, Hindoo Koosh, and ranges westwards to the Caucasus, would be 

 very interesting, as determining exactly where and under what conditions 

 the closely-allied eastern and western congeners first appear, either in 

 contact or in close proximity. 

 Lucknow, 1868. 



