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the anteuurc, the cliaractcr of the markings, aud the longer fringe to tlie 
Avings." {Butler, I. c.) 
Aulocera padma. 
Satyrus padma, Kollar, Hiigcl's Kaschmir, iv. pt. 2, p. 445, pi. xv. figs. 1, 2 (1848), ? . 
Satijrus avatara, Moore, Cat. Lcp. E. I. C. i. p. 229 (1857), J. 
Aulocera padma, Marshall & de Niceville, Butt. Ind. i. p. 196 (1882). 
Male. Sooty black ; the transverse band of primaries is composed of seven distinct ■white spots : 
there is a small linear spot on the costa, and in some specimens there is an obscure whitish 
spot between it and the third spot of the transverse baud. On the secondaries the white 
transverse band is intersected by the nervules and tapers slightly to the abdominal margin, 
where it terminates in a detached oval spot ; the inner edge of this hand is slightly undu- 
lated, and the outer edge is geutly curved, and there ai-e short projections from it along the 
median nervules. The under surface of primaries is fuliginous brown mottled with black, 
and striated with white along the costa and in the discoidal cell ; the transverse white band 
is wider than above, aud the spots of which it is composed are closer together ; there is a 
white oblique dush from the third spot to the costa, and a white-pupilled black spot lies 
between the dash and second spot of the band : the secondaries are black mottled with 
brownish and white, finely on the basal half of the wing, and more coarsely on the outer 
area ; the band is rather narrower than above, and its outer edge less clearly defined. 
Female. Larger and paler in colour ; the linear spot on costa of primaries is double, and there are 
two distinct white spots between it and the third spot of band ; the outer edge of band on 
secondaries is not so .sharply defined ; on the under surface the band of primaries is much 
broader, and all the wings are more striated and mottled with white. 
Expanse, S 90 millim., $ 98-104 millim. 
Compared with Indian examples of A. padma the Chinese specimens are 
larger and the under sui-face of all the Avings more variegated. 
Locally common in Western China ; occurring from June to August, and 
found at elevations ranging from 6000 to 7000 feet. 
Aulocera loha. 
Aulocera loha, Dohcrty, Jouni. Asiat. See. Beng. 1886, p. 118. 
Satyrus loha, Elwes, Trans. Eut. Soc. Lond. 1888, p. 323, pi. ix. fig. 6. 
In distinguishing A. loha from A. 'padma the most certain characters are the 
obscurity of the sexual mark of the male — the narroAver band on secondaries, 
which is of nearly uniform width throughout, has the edges clearly defined 
and is pale ochreous beneath — and the outward elongation of the fourth and 
fifth spots of the band. The presence or absence of the subcostal white spot 
on the upper surface of primaries is not always a trustworthy character. One 
