LIST OF THE T.EPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IX KASHMIR BY ])!{. W. I.. ABBOTT. By W. J. Holland, Ph. 1). The small collectiou of lepidoptera transmitted to me for determination by the authorities of the United States National Museum is interesting- mainly because it adds slightly to our knowledge of the range of two or three species, which, while belonging- to the region of which Kashmir forms a part, have not been hitherto distinctly recorded as found there. SiilxirdLf RHOPALOCEKA. Siiblamily D^'^IST^VUsT.JH;. Genus DANAIS. Latreille. DANAIS CHRYSIPPUS, Linnaeus. Four typical specimens. Below r),000 feet. DANAIS LIMNIACE, Cramer. Two examples. Below.">,()()(> feet. Genus MANIOLA, Schrank. MANIOLA KASHMIRICA, Moore. Maniohi Jcashiniricu, Mooim:. Lt'p. ImL, II, p. 51. pi. 104, tig. 2. One mutilated si)ecimen. Genus CALLEREBIA, Butler. CALLEREBIA DAKSHA, Moore. CaUcrebla dalcsha, Moore, Proc. Zool. «oc. Loud., 1874, p. 266, pi. xi.iii, fig. 1; Lep. Tiid., II, pi. 117, figs. 2, 2a. Three specimens. Proceedings ol'tlie tjifited States National Museum, Vol. X-'III No. lugo. 275
276 LEPIDOPTERA FROM KASHMIR HOLLAND. VOL. XVIIl. Family NYMPHALIK^E. Genus MELIT^^A, Fabricius. MELITiEA BALBITA, Moore. Melitaa halbita, Mooke, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, p, 268, pi. XLlii, fig. 5. One broken specimen. Genus ARGYNNIS, Fabricius. ARGYNNIS CHILDRENI, Gray. One specimen taken below 5,000 feet. ARGYNNIS KAMALA, Moore. Two specimens. ARGYNNIS JAINADEVA, Moore. A male and a female. ARGYNNIS JERDONI, Lang. Nine specimens. Genus PYRAMEIS, Hubner. PYRAMEIS CARDUI, Linnaeus. Three examples. 5,000-10,000 feet. Genus VANESSA, Fabricius. VANESSA KASCHMIRENSIS, KoUar. Five examples. One specimen. VANESSA CANACE, Linnaeus. Above 5,000 feet. S\al:>fainily IjIB YXH^^EIlSr^^:. Genus LIBYTHEA, Fabricius. LIBYTHEA LEPITA, Moore. Three specimens. Family LYC^NID.E. Genus LYCv^NA, Fabricius. LYCiENA MEDON, Hubner. One example, female. Over 5,000 feet. LYCiENA ARIANA, Moore. A male and a female. 5,000-10,000 feet.
1895. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 211 l^ycmna OMPHISSA, Moore. There are two examples, a male and apparently a female, which I refer with some doubt to this species. They appear to correspond in most particulars with the description given by Moore, and with what is recorded in reference to the species b}^ De Niceville in his work upon the Butterflies of India.' LYCiENA GALATHEA, Blanchard. Four males and one female. Genus CYANIRIS, Dalman. CYANIRIS COELESTINA, Kollar. Two examples. 5,000-10,000 feet. Genus THECLA, Fabricius. THECLA SASSANIDES, Kollar. Six s])ecimeus. Genus CHRYSOPHANUS, Hubner. CHRYSOPHANUS PHLyEAS, Linnaeus. One specimen. Subfamily FIERIIST^^:. Genus PIER IS, Sehi^ank. PIERIS DAPLIDICE, Linnaeus. Seven sj>ecimens. From below 5,000-10,000 feet. PIERIS BRASSICiE, Linnaeus. Four specimens. From below 5,000-10,000 feet. PIERIS CANIDIA, Sparrmann. Nine examples. Genus COLIAS, Fabricius. COLIAS EDUSA, var. MYRMIDONE, Esper. There are two luales and two females in the lot sent me for determination. They were mixed with the specimens of the following species by the curator of the Museum, who evidently regarded them as belonging to the same. Below 5,000-10,000 feet. 'Vol. III.
278 LEPIDOPTEEA FROM KASHMIR HOLLAND. vol. xvni. COLIAS HYALE, Linnaeus. There are one male and four females in the lot sent me. From 5,000-10,000 feet. Eighteen specimens of Colias were sent home by Dr. Abbott. Genus GONEPTERYX, Leach. GONEPTERYX NEPALENSIS, Doubleday. One male specimen. SiabfaiTiily PAPII^IOiNIN^gE. Genus PAPILIO, Linnaeus. PAPILIO MACHAON, Linnaeus. Two examples and a fragment of another. PAPILIO PARIS, Linnaeus. Six specimens. ' Suborder HETEROCERA. Family SPHINGIDJE. Genus CEPHENODES, Hllbner. CEPHENODES HYLAS, Linnaeus. Three specimens. Family ARCTIID^. Genus ARCTIA, Schrank. ARCTIA PERORNATA, Moore. One damaged specimen. Below 5.000 feet. Genus CALLIMORPHA, Latreille. CALLIMORPHA PRINCIPALIS, Kollar. Three specimens. 5,000-10,000 feet. Family GEOMETEID.E. Genus URAPTERYX, Leach. URAPTERYX EBULEATA, Guenee.. One example. Over 5,000 feet. Group PYRALES. Genus NOTARCHA, Meyinck. NOTARCHA AURANTIACALIS, Fischer von Roslerstamm. One specimen. Over 5,000 feet.
Fig. 1. Acrf^a abbottii, Holland. EXPLANATION OF PLATES, Plate VII. 2. Argyiniis lianuiugtoiii, Elwes. 3. Acriea pliarsalioides, Holland. 4. Clirysophanus abbottii, Holland. 5. Tcrias niandarinuliis, Holland. 6. Hepialns keniii', Holland. 7. Lycipna perpnlchra, Holland. 8. Dnoniitns kilimanjarensis, Holland. 9. Gorgopio abbottii, Holland. 10. Alpenns tvifasciata, Holland. 11. Cosuma marginata, Holland. 12. Teracotoua clara, Holland. 13. Ogovia tavetensis, Holland. 14. Soznza stevensii, Holland. 1. Couservula minor, Holland. Tlatr VIII. 2. Calliodes pretiosissima, Holland. 3. Metarctia incoiispicna, Holland. 4. Gonodela kilimanjarensis, Holland. 5. Gonodela rbabdophora, Holland. 6. En])l(ra mitra, Moore. 7. Teracolns aldabrensis, Holland, male. 8. Teracolns aldabrensis, Holland, female. 9. Callosnue evanthides, Holland, male. 10. Acha^a seychellarnm, Holland. 11. Atella seychellarnm. Holland. 279
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. XVIII PL. VII 'V% 14 East African Lepidoptera Reduced one-ten'th For explanation of plate see page 279
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS. VOL. XVIll PL. VII East African Lepidoptera Reduced one-'tenth For explanation of plate see page 279