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Show 262 MR. F. MOORE ON LEPIDOPTERA [Feb. 21, wing with four yellow semidiaphanous contiguous spots. Underside paler ; spots on fore wing as above, the brand showing as a diffused yellow patch from its outer edge; the series of spots on hind wing more prominently white, with a fifth spot at the upper end, and one also at the upper end of the cell. Expanse l£ inch. , , Hab. N.W. Himalaya: Tonse valley, 6000 feet; Gurwhal (Lang) ; Kussowlee; Kangra. In coll. F. Moore, Major Lang, and and British Museum. A n allied species to this, from Shanghai, N . China, has recently been described by Mons. Mabille as Gegenes sinensis (Bull. Soc. Zool. de France, 1877, p. 232), from which the above differs in its somewhat broader wings and larger size of the markings on the fore wing. PADRAONA DARA. Hesperia dara, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 455 (1844). Pamphila masa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 509, pl. 30. f. 9. AMPITTIA MARO. Hesperia maro, Fabr. (Butler, Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. M. p. 279, pl. 2. f. 12, cS). TARACTROCERA SAGARA. Pamphila sagara, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 792. THANAOS STIGMATA. Thanaos stigmata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 694. ISOTEINON MASURIENSIS. lsoteinon masuriensis, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 693, pl. 45. f. 3. HYAEOTIS ADRASTUS. Hesperia adrastus, Cram. Pap. Exot. iv. pl 319, f. F, G (1780). Plesioneura praba, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 790. Hesp. phanicis, Hewits. Ex. Butt. Hesp. pl. 4. f. 36, 37 (1869). TAGIADES MENAKA. Pterygospidea menaka, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 778. SARANGESA PURENDRA. Pyrgus purendra, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 250. Upperside greyer than in S. dasahara, with paler mottled markings : fore wing with a semidiaphanous white continuous streak across the cell near its end, a continuous small spot above it, three small conjoined spots before the apex, and three on the disk, the middle discal spot large and quadrate. Cilia alternated with grey. Underside paler: fore wing marked as above, and with an additional small white lower spot on the disk, and a basal streak below the cell: hind wing with a small whitish spot in middle of the cell, and a less distinct discal curved series. Expanse 1| inch. |