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Show 466 MR. L. DE NICEVILLE ON N E W OR [May 3, with the base (all except the costa) black ; the semitransparent as above, but the one in the submedian interspace developed into a large diffused patch. Hind wing unmarked. F E M A L E with the wings a little broader, otherwise exactly as in the male. Nearest to P. narooa, Moore \ and P. assamensis, Wood-Mason and de Niceville 2, but differing from both in the hind wing being unspotted. P. pagana is a common species in Sikkim throughout the year at low elevations. PARNARA PLEBEIA, n. sp. (Plate XL. fig. 2, 3 •) Hab. Sikhim. Expanse. 3 $, 1*7 to 1*8 inch. M A L E . U P P E R S I D E : both wings dark brown. Fore wing with two or three increasing subapical dots, three increasing discal spots somewhat variable in size and shape; cilia cinereous. Hind wing unmarked ; cilia cinereous anteriorly, becoming ochreous towards the anal angle. U N D E R S I D E : both wings paler than above, sometimes tinged with ochreous. Fore wing with the semitransparent spots as above, a diffused large pale patch in the middle of the sub-median interspace, sometimes divided info two distinct spots one above the other, sometimes obsolete. Hind wing unmarked.- F E M A L E : fore wing with all the spots larger, always with an additional spot in the submedian interspace and touching that nervure about the middle of its length, often with another smaller spot placed above and beyond the first in the same interspace, these two spots sometimes conjoined. Otherwise as in the male. Near to P. pagana (supra, p. 465), but always smaller, the diaphanous spots white instead of yellow, no spot in the cell, and with no ferruginous setae at the base of the wings on the upperside. Near to P. austeni, Moore3, which also occurs commonly in Sikkim, but lacking the two spots in the cell of the fore wing, these spots being present also in P. cahira, Moore4, P.farri, Moore5, and P. moolata, Moore6. Nearest of all to P. kumara, Moore 7. From Ceylon specimens of the latter species it differs in the groundcolour of the underside being dull dark brown, sometimes tinged with ochreous, instead of deep ochreous brown. Mr. Wood-Mason has kindly examined a Ceylon male specimen of the latter species, also a 1 Hesperia narooa, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 687, pl. xiv. fig. 4. 2 Journ. A. S. B. vol. Iv. pt. 2, p. 382. n. 214, pl. xviii. figs. 5, 5 a, 3; pl. xvii. 7,7 a, 2 (1887). 3 Baoris austeni, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883, p. 533; from the Khasia Hills and Cherrapunji. 4 Hesperia cahira, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 593, pl. lviii. fig. 8 ; from the South Andaman Isles. 5 Hesperia farri, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 688; from Calcutta and Cherrapunji. 6 Hesperia moolata, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 843; from Upper Tenassei-im and the Malay Peninsula. 7 Hesperia kumara, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1878, p. 687; from Ceylon. Canara, Nilgiri Hills, and Mergui Archipelago. |
