PARXAEA. 



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Parnara caBrulescens. (Plate XLII. fig. 9, d .) 



Pamphila aerulescens, MabillCj Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr. 1876, p. Iv. 



" Magna, tota nigro-fusca (femina) ; alis anticis ad basim siibolivaceis, cum 7 punctis fcncstrato- 

 albis ; quorum parvum unum in cellula extrema ad costam, tria approximata ante apiceni, 

 tria alia obliqua in disco ; sex ilia angulatam lineam efFormant. Alis postieis immaculatis, 

 fimbria pallido cinerea in mare, nigro-cinerea in femina. Alis anticis subtus concoloribus sed 

 rufosccntibus, et in femina intensius ; postieis rufo-fuscis, sinuatis, margino anali fusco, cum 

 serie diseali sex punctorum in mare pallide, in femina nitide cajruleorum, puncto secuudo 

 extra seriem procedenti ad marginem externum." (Mabille, I. c.) 



The discoidal spot of primaries varies in size and is sometimes entirely 

 absent. A fairly common species in June and July, up to GOOO feet, at 

 Wa-ssu-kow, Chia-kou-ho, Ta-chien-lu, Moupin, \Ya-shan, and Pu-tsu-fong. 

 The type was taken by I'Abbe David. 



Parnara sarala. (Plate XXXYIII. fig. 11, d .) 



Parnara sarala, de Niceville, Bomb. Nat. Hist. Journ. iv. p. 173, pi. B. fig. 6, ? (1889). 



" Female. Upperside, both wings dark bronzy fuscous. Fore wing with a large medially 

 constricted spot at the end of the cell ; an elongated spot at the base of the second median 

 interspace ; a much larger one towards the base of the first median interspace, its outer end 

 concave, its inner end convex, anteriorly and posteriorly touching the second and first median 

 nervules ; a comma-shaped spot in the submedian interspace, touching the middle of tlie 

 submedian nervure — all these spots semitransparent lustrous white ; cilia fuscous. Hind 

 wing with a large oval pale j'ellow patch on the middle of the disc ; and a small patch on 

 the abdominal margin near the base of the wing ; cilia rich chrome-yellow at the anal angle, 

 gradually shading otf into fuscous anteriorly. Underside, both wings distinctly glossed 

 with rich purple. Fore wing with the three discal spots as above, the one in the submedian 

 interspace on the upperside developed into a large outwardly diffused white patch, occupyiug 

 the middle of the inner margin ; a large chrome-yellow quadrate patch above the spot in tlie 

 cell extending from the subcostaL nervure to the costa. Hind wing with the oval pale 

 yellow discal patch of the upperside developed into a broad anteriorly-increasing discal 

 chrome-yellow baud, extending from the abdominal margin to the costa, but with a break 

 between the submedian and internal nervures. Palpi, thorax, and abdomen above and below 

 clothed with bronzy -green iridescent hairs; antennae with shaft black, club broken off. 



" Expanse $ 2-0 inches. Khasi HiEs." {de Niceville, I. c.) 



I received two male specimens from Western China, one was captured at 

 Moupin and the other at Omei-shan — both in July. 



These Chinese male examples differ from the Indian female specimen as 

 figured by de Niceville in the following characters : — the spots on primaries 

 are smaller, and the fascia on upper surface of the secondaries is whiter, 

 narrower, and more widely interrupted. 



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