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" Underside. Fore -wing paler than above: only the costal streak from base present, which 

 reaches to the subcostal dashes corresponding to those existing on the upper surface ; discoidal 

 iiervule bordered, often broadly, with ochreous, along the basal half of its course ; apical 

 portion of hind margin ochreous. Hind wing brown, thickly dusted with ochreous except 

 at anal angle, where is a large brown patch, extending in a narrow streak to the base. 

 Spots as above, but with an additional basal spot above the cell. The transverse band is 

 bounded outwardly by a more or less distinct zizgag brown line. 



" Allied to P. augias, L. 



" This is the species referred to in my former paper as P. dara (?), KoU. Further investigation 

 has convinced me that it is distinct ; nor can I find it described by any other author. It 

 seems to be a common species near Yokohama." {Murray, J. c.) 



This species appears to be common throughout the region dealt with in 

 the present work. 



Confucius of Felder is identical with y^x. flam, and has nothing to do with 

 augias. There are two forms in China which may possibly be seasonal ; one 

 of these is of the confucius=flava form (Plate XL. fig. 13, $ ), and the other 

 is characterized by having more yellow on upper surface and the absence of 

 greenish suffusion on under surface of secondaries (Plate XL. fig. 14, j ). 



According to Elwes (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 451) P. dara is 

 common in Sikkim up to 5000 feet from April to December. He adds : — 

 " After comparing a long series of this species, namely, twelve from the 

 North-west Himalayas (mcesa, Moore) ; eight from Sikkim, one named mcesa 

 by Moore ; four from Khasias taken by myself, three from Japan, and three from 

 China, I believe they are all the same species ; and I see that in Moore's 

 paper on Hocking's Kangra collection he has identified mccsa with dara." 



Staudinger states that Dorries brought specimens from Amurland which do 

 not diff"er from Japanese examples. 



I have not seen the type of Pamphila japonica, Mabille *, but from the 



* Pamphila japonica, Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxvii. p. Ixxiii (1883). 



" Praecedeuti similis [P. hetcTrus, Mab.] ; sedmagis niger. Costa maculam tlavam longiorem habet, 

 et strigam similem in basi ; vitta nigra vix tangit marginis taeniam nigram et vitta flava a 

 costa et apice continua est, lit in P. sunia, Feld. A quo recedit pagina inferiore posticarum 

 alarum,~cju8e lutea est, cum margine abdominali luteo, vix ad angulum infuscato. 



" Cctte espece resemble beaucoup au P. sunias, Feld., et au precedent [P. hetcerus^ La bande noire 

 des ailes superieures n'est pas bifurquee et ne louche pas la bordure au-dessous de I'apex. 

 La cote a un trait jaune a la base et une tache tros allongee. La bandelette fauve du disque 

 est continue, die commence a la cote, fait un coude et revient vers le bord interne. La bande 

 jaune des ailes infcrieures se rejoint au point jaune du bord anterieur, et le dessous des 

 memes ailes est tout entier jaune ; une serie de points noirs indique la bande du dessus, 

 reproduite un peu en clair. Les palpes sont d'un jaune soufre, avec le dernier article aciculairc, 

 long et noiratre. Japon." (JIabiUe, 1. c.) 



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