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August, at Sileuri, also two males from Shillong, taken by Dr. Johnson, a male from 
Jorehat, taken by Mr. J. L. Sherwill, and a male from Sibsagar, taken by Mr. 8. E. 
Peal. 
Of our illustrations of H. Athamas, on Plate 184, fig. 1 is from Mr. 8. N. Ward’s 
drawing of larva reared in Kanara ; fig. la is from the Ceylon larva; fig. 1b, ¢, is 
from a Sikkim male, and fig. 1d,a female from Shillong, Assam. Fig. le is the 
variety from the Khasia Hills. 
EULEPIS HAMASTA (Plate 185, figs. 1, la, ¢ oD): 
Eulepis Hamasta, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond, 1882, p. 238. 
Charaxes Athamas (part), de Nicéville, Butt. of India, ete. ii. p. 275 (1886). 
Imaco.—Male. Both wings with broad olivescent-yellow discal band, broader 
than in L. Athamas, the black outer border, consequently, being narrower. Forewing 
with a quadrate larger lower subapical spot, and a small apical spot. Hindwing 
with prominent submarginal white lunate spots and ochreous marginal lunules. 
Underside paler; with the band inwardly-bordering the broad discal band paler 
olivescent-ochreous, and the outer marginal lunular marks narrower. 
Female. Upperside with broad discal band. Forewing with large quadrate 
subapical spot and two small superposed apical spots. Hindwing with very pro- 
minent yellowish-white submarginal spots, the four upper small and ovate, the 
lower large and broadly lunate ; the marginal ochreous lunules indistinct, the lowest 
edged with bluish-grey. Underside as in the male. 
Hxpanse, d 2,5, to 3, 2 3,2, to 3,4, inches. 
Hasirar.— Western and Eastern Himalayas; CO. India. 
Distrisution.—The type specimens were taken by the Rev. J. H. Hocking at 
**Dharmsala, 6200 feet,in March and June” (P. Z. S. 1882, 238). The late Captain 
R. Bayne Reed records ‘‘ Athamas” in his list of butterflies taken in Kashmir in 
1872. Colonel A. M. Lang also obtained it in the Tonse Valley, Gurhwal, at 6000 
feet, and Mr. W. Doherty captured it in the “ Sarju, Kali, and Gori Valleys, 2000 
to 4000 feet, in Kumaon, in September”’ (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 124). Males, 
taken in Sikkim, March, 1887 and 1888, by Mr. O. Moller, are in the collection of 
Mr. Walter Rothschild, and I possess specimens which were also taken in Sikkim 
by Mr. G. C. Dudgeon. Specimens, labelled Buxa, are in Mr. H. Druce’s collection, 
and a male and female from Deesa, Central India, are in Colonel Swinhoe’s 
collection. 
Hanrs.—This is ‘fan insect of extremely rapid flight, flashing like lightning 
