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lehanus, whilst the black clot marking is precisely like the latter. — subsp. arcaseia Fruhst. from Kambajong area vein. 
in Thibet has paler blue S3 than name type form, about in the colouration of L. hylas Esp. (Vol. 1, pi. 80 i) 
but with not such a strong lustre and with a faintly greenish hue. The black margin is almost as wide as in 
L. tithonus O. (Vol. 1, p. 311) and the fringes are unusually long. Ground colour of hindwings is strikingly pale: 
forewings whitish with black streak at end of cell with a white nebula. Between end of cell and apex of wings 
there are 3 round whitish spots. Hindwings resemble those of L. galathea Blch. (Vol. 9, p. 929) from Kashmir, 
but without metallic gloss. Basal area more extensive and lighter green than in asiatica Elw., the white spots 
just like same. — subsp. tatsienluica Oberth. from Yunnan and Thibet generally has a greenish or yellowish taUienluica 
white underside to hindwings, with which the usual pheretes markings only slightly contrast. — amphirrhoe amphirrhoe 
Oberth. (16 c) also from the neighbourhood of Ta-tsien-lu is of same size as name type. Both sexes have unicol¬ 
oured brown upperside with whitish discoidal lunule and long white fringes. Underside whitish with yellowish 
tinge. Basal %rds of forewing pale ochre brown.with a few patches of same shade as ground colour. Hindwings 
have an ochreous band in the middle which is interrupted by patches of ground colour. Near the costa and 
base are 2 ochreous spots; basal and inner area of wings inclined to be grey with 2 round patches of ground 
colour, amphirrhoe Was described as a new species, but without a doubt it can be classified to the pheretes group. 
L. janigena Riley (16 c) occurs at great altitudes in the Mount Everest territory at around 15 000 feet. It janiyenu. 
closely resembles artenita Fruhst. (Vol. 9, pi. 153 m) but the whitish streaks on underside of fore wings are larger 
and more pronounced and the spots at base and the ocelli are diffuse forming streaks and nebulae. Upperside 
reminds one of pheretulus Stgr. (79 h) and is not easily distinguishable on upperside, even though the middle 
spot of disc is usually fainter in S and scarcely perceptible in $. — morsheadi Evans occurs similarly at great morsheadi. 
altitudes around 15 000 feet in Tasarn and near Phusa, even at 16 000 feet altitude in the Mt. Everest territory. 
Originally the $ which is dark brown with slight dark blue dusting was described as the S- It is closely related 
to the previous janigena Riley. $ measures 23 mm, S 19 mm. Margin of $ very narrow, dark, no white cell 
end spot. Underside of forewings lead grey with large diffuse discoidal lunule, white ocelli of arcuate row with 
black pupils, fringes white with brown checks at the extremity of each vein. Underside chocolate brown, but 
with so many white markings that not much is left of ground colour. S is deep purple blue on upperside with 
coarse silky lustre, almost like pharis Fawc. (Vol. 9, pi. 153 m) and is scarcely distinguishable from same on 
upperside. Both have the same narrow black margin on forewings and wide margin on hindwings. morsheadi 
is distinguishable from janigena by the less rounded wings and the narrower margin, as well as by the much 
larger white markings of underside. 
L. berezowskii Gr.-Grshm. from Sungpang in Szechuan, according to the author is closely related to berezoivskii 
pheretes and the 3 S3 captured have violet upperside with wide brown margin. Fringes are white, brown at 
extremities of veins and the latter similarly brown. Probably also a race of pheretes and perhaps identical with 
one of those already described. 
L. omphisa Mr. { = metallica Fldr.) (Vol. 1, p. 308, pi. 79 i and Vol. 9, pi. 153 m). — subsp. chitralensis omphisa- 
Tytler is a pretty race. The 3 differs from name type by the 2 x / 2 mm wide dark margin and the blue of the chitralenms 
upperside which has a purple sheen without any greenish hue. The $$ are sometimes quite brown on upperside 
and sometimes they show a little blue dusting at base. Underside of both sexes is green with a wide white ^ 
submarginal band. It occurs in S. Chitral. — subsp. gilgitica Tytler (16 e) from Shandur and Baroghil Pass gilgitica. 
in Chitral and from Gilgit and Astor, is closely related. The 3 has a still wider, but somewhat paler margin 
than chitralensis , the blue of upperside is rather a lilac blue, appearing a purer light blue towards the base. 
Underside of hindwings is quite green with faint yellowish tone and a few white spots. The $ has a quite brown 
upperside. 
L. galathea Blanch. (Vol. 9, p. 929) looks extremely like omphisa Mr. and is widely distributed from galathea. 
Kashmir to Kumaon. The S is intensively metallic dark blue on upperside. On underside apex of wings and 
hindwings are bright blue green. On hindwings only at end of cell a white streak with a sinuate chain of same 
in middle from cell end spot to the margin through the disc of hindwings. — subsp. ehitralica Evans from Chitral, cfiitralica. 
the S with a 1 mm wide dark margin; the $ brown with large orange spots at anal angle of forewings and hind¬ 
wings. On underside the discoidal lunules are sometimes white. 
L. felicis Oberth. (Vol. 1, p. 308, pi. 79 i). The species described by Elwes as younghusbandi from Gyantse felicis. 
in Thibet, can scarcely be differentiated from felicis. The markings of underside show only the smallest youny ^^- 
variation. Only the upperside of S is slightly less dark grey-black, it is almost lead colour and the margin is 
scarcely perceptible. The absence of the cliscal spot on both wings in S and ? is characteristic, as well as the 
more or less metallic spots visible at anal angle. Compare Vol. 9, p. 928. 
