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Show 1874.] LEPIDOPTERA OF CASHMERE. 265 Capt. Reed says, in litt. :-"I was on the whole much disappointed with Cashmere as a field for the entomologist; by Cashmere I mean the valley itself, where the only butterflies seen are of the commonest species. My best hunting-grounds were the ranges of hills crossed en route from the plains to the valley, viz. the Pir Punjal range (11400 feet), the Ruttun Pir (8200 ft.) ; and Soona-murg, a beautiful plateau on the Ladak road, and some 7000 feet high, afforded good sport." Fam. NYMPHALIDJE. Subfam. DANAIN^E. 1. D A N A I S AGLEA, Cram. Pap. Exot. t. 377. f. E. 2. DANAIS LIMNIAC^E, Cram. 1. c. t. 377. f. C, D. 3. DANAIS CHRYSIPPUS, Linn.; Cram. I. c. t. 118. f. B, C. 4. DANAIS PLEXIPPUS, Linn. ; Cram. 1. c. t. 206. f. C, D. 5. EUPLCEA CORE, Cram. 1. c. t. 266. f. E, F. Subfam. SATYRIN^E. 6. L E T H E DYRTA, Feld. Reise Novara, Lep. iii. p. 497. 7. AMECERA SCHAKRA, Kollar, Hiigel's Kasch. iv. p. 446, t. 15. f. 3, 4. 8. EPINEPHILE MAIZA, Lang, Ent. Monthly Mag. 1868, p. 36, $ . (Plate XLIII. fig. 6, 6 ). Male. Upperside dark brown : fore wing with a small, scarcely perceptible ocellus. Underside ferruginous brown : fore wing with the discal portion clear ferruginous, traversed by the dark veins and crossed by an angular discal band ; a small subapical ocellus, distinct, iris yellow, white-pupilled: hind wing with a small subbasal ferruginous patch, and an irregular transverse discal series of yellowish spots. Female differs only in having two small distinct ocelli on upperside of fore wing, each with bright yellow iris, but without white pupil. Exp. I\ inch. Hab. Goolmurg ; common. 9. EPINEPHILE NEOZA, Lang, I. c. p. 35. Hab. Goolmurg. 10. PARARGE CASHMIRENSIS, n. sp. (Plate XLIII. fig. 3.) Male. Upperside ochreous yellow, brownish at the base ; cilia yellowish white, spotted with black : fore wing with a black dentate discocellular streak and a dark ochreous-black exterior border,, the inner margin of which commences one third before the apex and curves half round a subapical white-pupilled black spot, and thence attenuates to posterior angle: hind wing with a broad ochreous PROC. ZOOL. Soc-1874, No. XVIII. 18 |