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Show 1882.J FROM THE N.W. HIMALAYA. 255 COLIAS ERATE ?. 1 Papilio erate, Esper, Ausl. Schmett. i. 2. pl. 119. f. 3. Male. Clear yellow : fore wing with the marginal band of a similar form to that in G. edusa and C. fieldi, unspotted, of a cuprescent-brown colour, and of the same width except at the apex, where it is broader owing to the more pointed form of wing ; the band also has tbe curvature of its inner border as in those species, and its upper end with distinct streaks extending for a short distance along the anterior veins : hind wing with the band and discal spots similar to those in European C. erate. Underside paler than in C. erate; discal spots less distinct, the discoidal spot on fore wing entirely black, that on hind wing large with whitish centre and lobate red border. Expanse 2 inches. This has the apex of the fore wing more prolonged than in European C. erate, the angle more acute, and the exterior margin more oblique. COLIAS LATIVITTA, n. sp. Male. Yellow : fore wing with a broad unspotted blackish band, the inner border of which is angulated inward at the upper median vein ; the band very sparsely yellow-speckled on the anterior veins ; discocellular spot large, black : hind wing with a broad blackish crenulated band and a large orange-yellow discocellular spot. Underside olivaceous yellow : fore wing with a black discocellular spot and a distinct discal row of spots : hind wing with a moderate-sized dull pearly-white red-bordered discocellular spot. Female. Yellow, or white ; the band on fore wing broader than in male, and with not very prominent upper and lower yellow spots; the discocellular spot distinct: hind wing darker, with broad marginal band traversed inwardly by large ill-defined yellow spots; discocellular spot brighter red. Expanse If to 2-f inches. Hab. Nepal (type) ; Kunawar ; Kangra (Hocking). Cashmere (Hellard). In coll. F. Moore and British Museum. The colour in this species is of a deeper yellow, and the bands on both wings are conspicuously broader than in the preceding (C. pallida) or S.-Russian specimens of C. erate. HUPHINA PHRYNE. Papilio phryne, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 473 (1/75). Papilio evagete, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pl. 221. f. F, G. BELENOIS MESENTINA. Papilio mesentina, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. pl. 270. f. A, B (1782). SYNCHLOE DAPLIDICE. Papilio daplidice, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 2, p. 760 (1767). |
