PAMPIULA. 



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Pamphila abax. 



Carteroceplmlus abax, Obertliiir, Etud. d'Entora. xi, p. 27, pi. v. fig. 27 (1886). 



" Ailes bnm iioir, frangces de jaune d'or, surtout aux infcrieurcs ct marquees de taches jauiie 

 d'or, au iiombre de cinq, sur les supcricurcs, de forme assez rectangulairc ; Tunc d'oUes est 

 joiiite par un trait nervural a la base ; ct au nombre de quatre sur les iiiferieures, de forme 

 assez arrondie, I'une dans I'espace cellulaire et les trois autres alignees en dessous de celle-ci, 

 comprcnant deux grosses ot une petite, cello qui est plus prcs du bord aual. 



" Le dessous diffc're du dessus, parce que les ailes inforieures sont saupoudrees de gris verdatre et 

 de jaunatre. L'abdomen est gris jaunatro en dessous avec I'extremite anale jaune. Les 

 patfes sout jaunes ; les anteimes sont fincraent aiinelc'es do jaune et out la massuo jaune. 



" Mgr. Biet a recueilli trois cxemplaires du Carter ocephalus abax k Ta-Tsien-Lou." (Oherthiir, 

 I. c.) 



Female agrees with the male in colour and pattern. 



The female seems to be exceedingly rare. M. Oberthiir does not mentioti 

 it, and although I have received over a hundred specimens of the species, I 

 have only been able to detect one example of this sex. 



A common species in Western China, occurring at Ta-chien-lu, Omei-shan, 

 Ni-tou, Moupin, and Che-tou. 



Pamphila flavomaculata. 



Carterocephalus flivomaculatus, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Eiitom. xi. p. 27, pi. ii. fig. 9 (1886). 



Fuliginous brown. Primaries have a small subbasal yellow spot, two yellow spots about the centre 

 of the wing, and four towards the yellow-tipped apex; fringes of the ground-colour tinged 

 with yellowish. Secondaries have two yellow central spots, the upper one transversely 

 elongate ; fringes yellowish grey. Under surface olivaceous brown : primaries have a 

 whitish subbasal spot and two yellow-tinged ones in the centre, followed by an ill-defined 

 transverse series of dots ; there are four or five yellow-tinged spots on apical area, which is 

 suffused with yellowish grey, as also is the costa ; marginal spots and fringes yellowish grey : 

 secondaries have some short yellowish-grey streaks on basal and submarginal areas, and nine 

 silvery spots x^laced as follows — one subbasal, five forming a central series, of which the 

 costal pair are confluent and the third transversely elongate, submarginal series represented 

 by a small round spot at anal angle, a larger one below it, and two round ones in the median 

 interspaces ; marginal spots yellowish grey, confluent towards costa ; fringes yellowish grey ; 

 brownish at base. Antenna; black, finely ringed with yellowish, and the underside of the 

 club is also yellowish. Sexes agree in colour and marking. 



Expanse 30-32 millim. 



Occurs at Ta-chien-lu and Wa-ssu-kow. 



This species agrees almost exactly with P. niveomaculata in the shape and 

 position of the markings, but the spots are rather smaller, and together with 

 the fringes of secondaries are yellow instead of white. 



