NYMPHALID^.-NYMPPIALIN^. 



APATURA. I. 



I.— APATURA FASCIOLA. i . Figs. 1, 2. 



Jputiira Faaciola, Leech, "Entomologist," vol. 23, p. 33 (1890). 



Exp. 3 inches. 



Male. Upperside brown, with a tawny band, more or less macular on 

 the anterior wings, extending from beyond the middle of the costa of the 

 anterior wings to the middle of the inner margin on the posterior wings ; all 

 the wings with a narrow tawny border, which is preceded by a series of long 

 submarginal spots, except on the upper part of the anterior wings. On the 

 anterior wings the central band consists of seven spots, the two first and three 

 last nearer the base than the others ; the third, fourth, and fifth the longest, but 

 the fifth widely interrupted on its outer half; subcostal nervure edged with 

 tawny above ; near the apex is a triangular white spot, with a very small dot 

 below it ; a black dot near the anal angle of the posterior wings represents the 

 ocellus of the underside. 



Underside silvery-grey, shading into tawny towards the margin ; anterior 

 wings with two tawny stripes across the cell, the outermost most distinct ; a 

 tawny line, much interrupted on the upper part of the anterior wings, crosses 

 all the wings, following the course of the inner boundary of the tawny band of 

 the upper surface; on the posterior wings it is bordered outside with brown. 

 Near the apex of the anterior wings the white triangular spot is larger than 

 above, and is followed by three white dots placed obliquely ; on the posterior 

 wings there is a more regular series of five bluish-white s})ots, followed by a 

 black eye with a bluish-white pupil, and yellow^ish iris, sm-rounded by a narrower 

 brown ring. 



Body dark brown above, mostly white beneath ; orbits white, palpi white, 

 lined and tipped with black ; antennae black above, yellow beneath, except the 

 club. Anterior wings with the hind margin rather deeply emarginate ; posterior 

 wings regularly roimded and scalloped. 



Hab. Chang Yang, Omei Shan. 



In the Collections of Messrs. J. H. Leec-h and H. G-rose Smith. 



Mr. Leech's specimens were taken at Chang Yang in July and August. He does not 

 allude to any difference between the sexes, except in dimensions, which he gives as follows: — 

 g . 74 mm. ; J . 82 mm. 



VOL. I., .JANUABY, 1892. 3 P 



