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HESPEEIIDJE. 



Pamphila pulchra. (Plate XL. fig. 20, 6 .) 



Pamphilu pulchra, Leecli, Entomologist, xxxiv., Suppl. p. 59 (June 1891). 

 Carterocephalus ops, Grum-Grshimailo, Horae Soc. Ent. Ross. xxv. p. 460 (1891). 



Male. Fuscous. Primaries have some yellowish scales on the basal and outer marginal areas, and 

 are traversed by two pale yellow macular bands; the initial spot of outer band is somewhat 

 lunular, and is placed inwards on the costa. The secondaries have three pale yellow spots 

 on the central area, but the first of these lies towards outer angle ; there is a smaller yellow 

 spot towards the base of the wing, and some indications of a pale yellow submarginal band. 

 The under surface is brownish ; primaries have the bands as above, but the space between 

 them is clouded with blackish, and the basal half of the wing is washed with pale ochreous ; 

 secondaries are suffused with pale ochreous along the costal area, and have a silvery longi- 

 tudinal central streak, which is interrupted about the middle, and its outer portion expands 

 into an irregular-shaped blotch ; there is a round silvery spot above the blotch, another 

 below it, and a short club-shaped streak before the abdominal margin ; a conspicuous fuscous 

 spot lies above the central streak, and there are three or four silvery spots towards anal 

 angle, representing a submarginal band ; marginal line silvery grey. Fringes of primaries 

 fuscous, faintly chequered with grej'-brown, and preceded by a black line ; those of the 

 secondaries are grey-brown, paler towards extremities. 



Exjjanse 29 millim. 



In the ornamentation of the under surface of secondaries this species is 

 something like Pamphila avanti, de Niceville (Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. Iv. 

 p. 255, pl. xi. fig. 10), but in other respects it is very different, and quite 

 unlike any other species with which I am acquainted. 



Occurs in June and July at Ta-chien-lu and Wa-ssu-kow, Western China, 

 and M. Grum-Grshimailo records it from the Tetung Mountains under the 

 name Carterocei)]ialiis ops. 



Pamphila houangty. 



Carterocephalus houangty, OberthUr, Etud. d'Entoni. xi. [). 27, j)!. v. fig. 5 (1880), 



" Espece voisine du sijlvius, mais d'un jaune plus fonce on dessus. Les tachcs noircs sout plus 

 opaisscs ; cllcs ont cc]icndant a pen pris la memo disposition que dans si/hhts. Les carac- 

 lores diffcroiitiels saillunts se trouvont jirincipalcmont, aux ailos inferiouros en dcssous. 



" J'ai fait representor un male. La fciiiclh! diflVTO du male dc la nionic fac oii (pie clioz xi/Ivins." 

 (Ofierlliur, I. c.) 



Appears to l)e a common species in Western Cliina at 'ra-chien-ln, A\'a-ssu- 

 kow, Ni-tou, Clie-tou, and llow-kow. 



The males arc always more abundant than the females. 



