APPENDIX. 



C57 



the 1st of July near tlio \ illa<>e of llouan-tcliin, in the province of Kan-sou. 

 and that it differed from typical examples in the absence of the metallic 

 siibmarginal markings on under surface of secondaries; tliis form, however, 

 he states, occurs occasionally among specimens from Askahabad. 



In 1887 I took a long series of Z. smmidya in Ladak and linltistan, where 

 they were flying among bushes along the river-side. I find tliat all these 

 specimens differ from L. chn'stop/u as figured (/. r.) in the following 

 characters : — The blue coloration of both sexes is much more tinged with 

 violet, and the female much more suffused with black. On the under surface 

 of both sexes the transverse band of black spots on the primaries is not 

 regularly curved as in L. christophi, and terminates in a double spot placed 

 exactly below the one preceding it ; the black spots of secondaries are not 

 so well defined, and many of them are frequently absent. Tliey appear to 

 agree, however, with Staudinger's description, and also with specimens of 

 L. christophi sent me by M. (irum-Grshimailo from Dsliaungaria. 



Distribution. Persia, Pamir, Turkestan, Baltistan, Ladak, Thibet, and 

 Isorthern China. 



Satsuma leechi. 



Thecia leechii, de Niceville, Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. vii, p. 335 (1892). 

 Satsuma niceviUei, Leech, ante, p. 355. 



^'■Female. Upperside : both -wings palo blue. Fore wing with the costa broadl)' black, that 

 colour reaching to the subcost;il nervure ; the apex very broadly aud the outer margin also 

 broadly but decreasingly black. Hind wing with the costa and apex rather broadly, the 

 outer margin narrowly pale fuscous ; a fine black anteciliaiy thread ; the cilia cinereous. 

 Under surface : both wings ferruginous, rather darker on the hind wing. Fore wing witli 

 an irregular darker discal line, commencing on the costa and ending on the first median 

 iiervule, outwardly defined with whitish ; the inner margin broadly pale fuscous. Hitid 

 wing with very indistinct discal and submarginal lines; the abdominal margin and an;il 

 lobe heavily sprinkled with black scales. The upperside of this species agrees with the 

 description of <S'. ihah/beia, but the underside is ferruginous not grey, and the fore wing has 

 no discoidal spot. The markings and ground-colour of the underside are almost exactly as 

 in Japanese males of >S. frh<alds:l-t/i [?/crm(, Bull.] in my collection, but the latter is 

 considerably paler, and the former are far less distinct; whether these are specific or sexual 

 diflPerences I am unable to say." (de Niceville, I. c.) 



Since describing *S'. 7iicevillei I find that M. de Niceville has called his 

 insects from the Khasi hills ' Thecia ' leechii. If on comparison these 

 specimens should prove to be identical with examples from Western China 

 the synonymy of the species will be as above. 



