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thence shading to dirty -white. The outHne at the division of the thoracical with the 

 abdominal region is marked by a fine straight white hne, thrown off, as it were, on 

 either side of the keel, at the waist obliquely forward. Abdomen marked with a 

 narrow white interrupted line below the spiracles, and a series of oblique short 

 dirty-whitish latei'al streaks above, those on the powdery region being the largest, 

 powdery in appearance, and apparently on a slightly raised surface. The spiracles 

 are but faintly seen. The anal segment ends in a broad spear-shaped tail, furnished 

 with claspers ; edging of tail similar to keel ; tips of claspers furnished with a fringe 

 of short dark red-brown bristly hairs. Outline of wings distinctly defined by a 

 narrow ochreous-white ridge, slightly irregular in width, being narrowest about 

 midway from costa to apex, with an interruption at base, where there is a small 

 spinous projection ; nervules finely marked. Antennas reach to apex of wings, 

 slightly raised and evenly notched, pale ochreous in colour. A smooth semicircular 

 bit over the eyes ; lower portion of eyes very warty. Between the horns — a 

 projection from the head — in front are a series of warty spots, pale whitish in colour 

 and arranged exactly in the shape of a coronet, with a well-marked drop-shaped, raised, 

 pale ochreous spot on each side in front of the eyes " (Major H. C. Harford, MS. Notes). 



Habitat. — Western Himalayas. 



Distribution. — " This butterfly appears to be confined to the Western 

 Himalayas. I have taken it commonly at Simla flying round and settling on the 

 oak throughout the summer, also at Kujiah, near Dalhousie, in June. The Indian 

 Museum, Calcutta, possesses specimens from the Kulu Valley, collected by Mr. A. 

 Graham Young, and from Masuri. Major Marshall has specimens taken at Chumba 

 in May, and at Murree in June " (de Niceville, Butt. lud. ii. 47). The late W. S. 

 Atkinson possessed specimens from Almora and Gurhwal. Col. A. M. Lang (Ent. 

 Mo. Mag. 1864-5, 181) records that " it is partial to ripe fruit, and has seen it in 

 open woods in the interior of the Himalaya, pitching on the sprays of tall shrubs, 

 making rapid flights and returning to the same spot." We possess males from 

 Kashmir, taken bythe late Oapt. Bayne Reed in 1872, a female taken by Capt. Beckett 

 beyond Ramgurh and Almora at 5500 feet elevation, in November, and a female 

 from Murree, taken in August. Mr. A. Grote possessed it from Masuri and Naini 

 Tal. Capt. A. M. Lang, in his MS. Notes also records its capture at Kotghur in 

 July and October. Major H. B. Hellard took it at " Simla at the end of June, and 

 at BarunguUa in Kashmir at end of September " (MS. Notes). Major J. W. Yerbury 

 (P.Z.S. 1886, 360) says it is " not common at Murree ; some half-dozen specimens 

 taken on August 9th and 11th on the trunk of the same tree — a species of willow. 

 Two or three also seen on the wing ; the flight appears to be particularly rapid." 

 Mr. W. Doherty (J. A. Soc. Beng. 1886, 124) took it at " Loharkhet, N.W. Kumaon, 

 and at Askot, East Kumaon. Much darker than Kulu or Simla specimens, the 



