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hind-wing the colour is clear, unclouded brown ; the basal ferruginous patch is 
larger, the discal series of cuneiform spots is incomplete and indistinct, formed 
of smaller, darker spots, and the foui* submarginal ocelli are entirely wanting. 
Expans. and Hab. as in Goolmurga. The fore-wing is slightly broader, and has 
a more rounded apex and more convex exterior margin than in Goohmirga. 
"Were these insects ^J and ? they would be indubitably set down 
as sexes of one species ; but both appear to be $ : the}'' may, however, 
pertain to one species, which is variable, and of which a larger series 
must be obtained before its character can be correctly defined. 
PoLTOMMATUs Abiana. "> These (or this ?) species are widely spread 
„ Naziea. ) through the N". ~W. Himalaya, and shows 
everywhere a considerable tendency to variation in the colouring 
of the under surface. The Goolmurg specimens accord with those 
from Simla and Kunawur. 
PoLTOMMATUS Ntcula. This very lovely species is common at Gool- 
murg. In the Simla and Kunawur districts it is not widely spread, 
but appears in some abundance in certain localities. The rich 
blue (^ appear to far outnumber the dull brown ? , which are 
easily taken. 
PoLTOMMATUs SP. ?. Only two specimens (not in good condition) oc- 
curred in Dr. Jerdon's series. I have seen it nowhere else. 
Chrtsophakus Kastapa. This beautiful little " copper," though rare 
in Simla and Kunawur, seems to be very common at Goolmurg. 
This series of twenty-three species of Diurnal Lepidoptera, although 
it cannot be supposed to comprise all the species which fly at Goolmurg 
in the months of July and August, may be assumed to represent all 
but the rare ones, and fully to characterize the Lepidopterous Fauna of 
the region. It will be seen that there is no tendency to tropical, or to 
truly Indian, forms ; but that, on the contrary, the collection is entirely 
suggestive of the European Pauna : in some cases the species being 
identical with well-known European forms, while the rest are nearly 
allied Himalayau representatives, closely resembling their European 
congeners. 
Such collections as this, formed at various points along the Hima- 
laya, Hindoo Koosh, and ranges westwards to the Caucasus, would be 
very interesting, as determining exactly where and under what conditions 
the closely-allied eastern and western congeners first appear, either in 
contact or in close proximity. 
Lucknow, 1868. 
