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wider tlian in bharata, bnt not so broad as in the extreme March examples from 

 Sikkim ; the name ma}-, however, stand for the broods witli the widest band. 



cJ ? . Cell-bar of forewing below ver}^ oblique, pointing towards nppfir angle of 

 cell or to discocellnlar spot ; two dots in cell, one of them sometimes absent in 

 f. temp, kamasta ; red postdiscal spot C — SC- of hindwing below obliquely reniform, 

 or regularly arched ; posterior white snbmarginal spot of hindwing above not, or 

 only a little, larger than the anterior ones ; second tail in S longer than, or as long, 

 as, in ? shorter than, the first tail. Femora black, oversprinkled with white scales. 



a}. E. athamas athamas f. tomji. athamas (Nov. Zool. V. t. X. f. 4, ? . 5, eJ). 



J. Forewing from 30 to 35 mm. long in North India, sometimes shorter in 

 Burma, Tenasserim, and the Malay Peninsula ; our smallest individnal, from the 

 Shan States, has the wing 2" mm. long ; snbmarginal spot SC» — R' mostly present, 

 in the large as well as in the small specimens, sometimes very faint (in examples 

 from all localities), less often quite absent (in examples from all localities) ; band, 



at SM", about as wide as the black basal area. Hindwing : band biconcave 



outwardly ; its inner edge entering cell close to, or at, origin of R' ; subanal 

 abdominal pale patch very variable in distinctness, often almost absent ; white 

 snbmarginal dots also very variable, often very minute ; the ochraceous or tawny 

 admarginal spots sometimes clearly marked, bnt in most individuals rather obscure, 

 the upper ones often absent, anal one somewhat paler than the others, seldom so 

 pale as in South Indian examples of agrarius f. (temp. ?) nmdeus. 



Underside. -Forewing : cell with two heavy spots ; upper end of cell-bar 



sometimes nearly joining bar D : interspace R^ — M- between band and discal bars 



either rufous-brown or black, variable in width. Hindwing : outer edge of band 



crossing R' between the base and the bent of that vein ; bars sharply marked ; 

 interspace between submedian and median lines of bars, as on forewing, bright in 

 colour ; red postdiscal spots heavy, spot R^ — M' deeply incurved ; median bars 

 SM' — SM' well marked, varying in position. 



?. Forewing 3.5 to 42 mm. long ; band paler than in S, at leasts wider than 

 basal black area at SM-, white snbmarginal spots all very prominent ; snbmarginal 

 dot of forewing always (?) present. 



i'. E. athamas athamas f. temp, bharata (Nov. Zool. V. t. X. f. 9, c?). 



cJ. Of the same size as the preceding form, hindwing sometimes a little more 

 triangular ; band of forewing one third as wide again, or twice as wide as, black 

 basal area at SM- ; discal spot R' — R- at least 4 mm. long ; on hindwing the outer 

 edge of the band crosses R' at the bent of this vein. 



Underside pale ; the black markings in the basal half of the wings are some- 

 times less heavy than in f. temp, athamas, the second spot in the cell of the 

 forewing occasionally absent, the post<liscal red spots thinner than in f. temp. 

 athamas, more regularly curved. 



? . Band of forewing twice the width of basal black area at SM-. 



Mr. Watson records {l.c.) a peculiar form from Tilin Yaw, Burma, caught by 

 him in February. The band is not wider than in f temp, athamas, but the wings 

 are more elongate, the red spots of the underside are thin, the underside is paler, 

 the cell of the forewing has only one spot ; the outer edge of the band of the 



