ISMENE. 



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iu the interspace below it ; in the male these spots are merged in a large patch of the pale 

 ochreons ground-colour from the inner margin. The green markings everywhere more 

 restricted and of a darker shade than in the male." {de Niccville, I. c.) 



As the Chinese specimens differ from the typical form, I describe them as 



Yar. lara, var. nov. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 12, c?-) Male. Differs from the tj pe of the same 

 sex in having the ground-colour of a darker hue and broader internervular streaks of 

 whitish on the primaries: secondaries have a broad bifurcate whitish streak extending from 

 the base almost to the outer margin, and the abdominal area is broadly whitish, slightly 

 tinged with bluish. On the under surface the veins are broadly bordered with greenish 

 black on primaries and dark green on secondaries. Thorax and abdomen pale greyish 

 brown, the latter banded with blackish a ad tipped with yellowish. 



Female. Agrees on the under surface with Sikkim specimens of the same sex in most characters, 

 but the secondaries are more broadly marked with whitish. The under surface is similar to 

 that of the male of the Chinese form. 



Expanse 62-64 millim. 



Occurs in Western China at Moupin, Omei-shan, Wa-shan, and Chia- 

 kou-ho, in June and July. 



The female appears much scarcer than the male, as I have only received 

 one example of the former, taken at Omei-shan. Mr. de Niceville says that 

 he has only seen one Indian example, and Mr. Elwes (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend. 

 1888, p. 439) states that the female is unknown to him, and that the species, 

 which is not common in Sikkim, frequents the valleys up to 3000 feet 

 betw^een May and October. 



Ismene aquilina. 



Ismene aquilina, Speyer, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1879, p. 346. 

 Ismene jankoivskii, Oberthiirj Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 23, pi. i. fig. 2 (1880). 

 Proteides chrysceglia, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 856. 

 Pythauria chrysaglia, Pryer, Rhop. Nihon. p. 33, pi. x. figs. 5 a, b (1889). 



" Alis fuscis, praeter limbum late obscurum ferrugineo ( J ) seu lutescenti ( J ) mixtis, anterioribus 

 maris pone medium supra dilutioribus, subtus pallide maculatis, macula venjc transversae 

 nigra ; feminaj macula media serieque macularum subarcuata utrinque pallidis ; posterioribiis 

 ((55) subtus unicoloribus umbrinis." {Speyer, I. c.) 



" Grande, robuste ; J en dessus, ailes entierement brunes avec le bord des ailes largement plus 

 fonce et le reste plus jaune ; la tete, le corps tout enticr et la base des ailes largement converts 

 de poils assez longs d'un fauve jaunatre; les nervures saillantes; I'extremite de la cellule 

 discoi'dale noire et au dela une serie de petits traits veins, jaunatres, concentriques, intra- 

 nervuraux. 



" En dessous, d'un brun de bois uniforme mat ; le bord inferieur de I'aile superieure et quelques 

 taches intranervurales carrees situees au milieu de cette aile jaunatres. 



