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in the interspace below it ; in the male these spots are merged in a large patch of the pale 
ochreous ground-colour from the inner margin. The green markings everj'where more 
restricted and of a darker shade than in the male." (de Niceville, I. e.) 
As the Chinese specimens differ from the typical form, I describe them as 
Var. lara, var. nov. (Plate XXXIX. fig. 12, d •) Male. Differs from the typo 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 and 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-shau, and Cliia- 
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. Elvves (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 
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 
between May and October. 
Ismene aquilina. 
Ismene aquilina, Speyer, Stett. ent. Zeit. 1879, p. 34G. 
Jsmene jankowskii, Oberthiir, Etud. d'Entom. v. p. 23, pi. i. fig. 2 (1880). 
Proteides chrysceglia, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1881, p. 856. 
Pythauria chrysceglia, Pryer, Rhop. Nihon. p. 33, pi. x. figs. 5 a, b (1889). 
" Alis fuscis, prseter limbum late obscurum ferrugineo ( c? ) sen lutescenti ( $ ) mixtis, anterioribus 
maris pone medium supra dUutioribus, subtus pallide maculatis, macula vena3 transversfe 
nigra ; feminae macula media seriequo macularum subarcuata utrinque pallidis ; posterioribus 
( d ? ) subtus unicoloribus umbrinis." {Speyer, I. c.) 
" Grande, robuste ; iS en dessus, ailes enticrement brunes avec lo bord des ailes largement plus 
fence et le rests plus jaune ; la teto, lo corps tout enticr et la base des ailes largement converts 
de polls 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 Tailc supcrieurc et quelques 
taches intrancrvuralcs carrees situees au milieu de cette aile jaunatres. 
