PAMPHILA. 587 
Pamphila abax. 
Carterocephalus abax, Obertliiir, Etud. d'Entom. xi. p. 27, pi. v. fig. 27 (1886). 
" Ailes brun noir, frangees de jauue d'or, surtout aux inferieurcs et marquees de taches jaune 
d'or, au uorabre de cinq, sur les superieures, de forme assez rectangulaire ; Tune d'elles est 
jointe par un trait nerviiral a la base ; et au nombre de quatre sur les iiiferieures, de forme 
assez arrondie, I'une dans I'espace eellulaire et les trois autres alignoes en dessous de celle-ci, 
comprenant deux grosses et une petite, celle qui est plus pros du bord anal. 
" Le dessous difftTC du dessus, parce que les ailes inferieures sont saupoudrOes de gris verdatre et 
de jaunatre. L' abdomen est gris jaunatre en dessous avec I'extremite anale jaune. Les 
pattes sont jaunes ; les autennes sont finement annelees de jaune et ont la massuo jaune. 
" ilgr. Biet a recueilli trois cxemplaires du Carterocephalus ahax a, Ta-Tsien-Lou." {Oherilmr, 
I. c.) 
Female agrees with the male in colour and pattern. 
The female seems to be exceedingly rare. M. Oberthiir does not mention 
it, and although I have received over a hundred specimens of the species, I 
have only been able to detect one example of this sex. 
A common species in Western China, occurring at Ta-chieu-lu, Omei-shan, 
Ni-tou, Moupin, and Che-tou. 
Pamphila flavomaculata. 
Carterocephalus flivomricii/atiis, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Entom. xi. p. 27, pi. ii. fig. 9 (188G). 
Fuliginous brown. Primaries have a small subbasal yellow spot, two yellow spots about the centre 
of the wing, and four towards the yellow-tipped apex; fringes of the ground-colour tinged 
with yellowish. Secondaries have two yellow central spots, the upper one transversely 
elongate ; fringes yellowish grey. Under surface olivaceous brown : primaries have a 
whitish subbasal spot and two yellow-tinged ones in the centre, followed by an ill-defined 
transverse series of dots ; there are four or five yellow-tinged spots on apical area, which is 
suffused with yellowish grey, as also is the costa ; marginal spots and fringes yellowish grey : 
secondaries have some short yellowish-grey streaks on basal and submarginal areas, and nine 
silvery spots placed as follows — one subbasal, five forming a central series, of which the 
costal pair are confluent and the third transversely elongate, submarginal series represented 
by a small round spot at anal angle, a larger one below it, and two round ones in the median 
interspaces ; marginal spots yellowish grey, confluent towards costa ; fringes yellowish grey ; 
brownish at base. Antennas black, finely ringed with yellowish, and the underside of the 
club is also yellowish. Sexes agree in colour and marking. 
Expanse 30-32 millim. 
Occurs at Ta-chien-lu and Wa-ssu-kow. 
This species agrees almost exactly with P. nimomaculata in tlic shape and 
])osition of the markings, but the spots are rather smaller, and together with 
the fringes of secondaries are yellow instead of white. 
