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Note OH the Genus Hestina. — Westwood (Gen. D. Lep. 281) in his short diagnosis 

 of this genus evidently took Nama as his typical species, for he says " second 

 subcostal nervule of forewing arising close to the origin of the upper discocellular 

 nervule." This characteristic of the genus occurs only in Nama, and this species, 

 moreover, is the one that is figured on the plate, and must therefore be taken as the 

 type. In all the other species cited by "Westwood under Hestina, the second 

 subcostal is emitted beyond the upper end of the cell. 



MiMiCRr. — The species of Hestina are admirable mimics of the Limnaine genus 

 Caduga, i.e. G. Tytia (see Plate 15, Vol. I.), etc. 



HESTINA NAMA (Plate 200, tig. 1, la, b, c? ?). 



Diadema Nama, Doubleday, Annals of Nat. Hist. 1845, p. 232 ; Doubleday and Hewitson, Gen. of 

 D. Lep. pi. 39, fig. 2 (1850). 



HesHna Nama, Westwood, Gen. of D. Lep. p. 281 (1850). Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. L Company, 

 i. p. 162 (1857). de Niccville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 56, pi. 12, fig. 99, ? (1886). Distant, 

 Ehop. Malayana, p. 446, pi. 43, fig. 9, ^ (1886). Leech, Butt, of China, etc., p. 142 (1892). 



Imago. — Male. Forewing purpurescent blue-black, with bluish-white markings, 

 consisting of a longitudinal streak extending along lower base of the cell, followed 

 by (and sometimes partly coalescent with) a short angulate bar across the middle of 

 the cell, and then by a triangular discocellular spot ; above the two former are 

 also two very small spots, and above the latter a small shoi't narrow streak ; across 

 the inner discal area is a series of elongated outwardly-bifid streaks, the one between 

 the median and submedian being cleft to near its base ; beyond these is a recurved 

 proximate series of lunate spots, followed by a submarginal and a marginal row of 

 lunules, of which the anteriorly disposed are the shortest, small, and are more or 

 less ovate ; the inner margin from the base to near the outer angle is thickly 

 speckled with grey scales. Hiiidiving deep bright or dusky chestnut-red, the outer 

 marginal area being the darkest; the veins black ; a bluish-white streak extending 

 from the base to the disc between the veins from the costa to the abdominal margin, 

 the median streaks shortest and bifid at their end, beyond which is a recurved 

 submarginal row of small rounded spots and then a marginal row of moi'e or less 

 obscurely-defined lunate points. Cilia of both wings alternately edged with white. 

 Underside. Forewing with the basal and posterior area bluish-black, the apex dull 

 chestnut-red, with all the markings as on upperside, but more clearly defined. 

 Hindwiiig bright chestnut-red, deepest along exterior boi'der ; marked as on the 

 upperside ; the discal streaks being more or less irrorated with red scales, the upper 

 discal spots larger and the marginal lunate points well defined. Bodi/ black, grey 

 streaked above and white spotted beneath ; collar and front white spotted ; palpi 

 black, each joint with a white spot below ; forelegs white above, black beneath ; 

 middle and hind legs black above and white beneath ; antennae black ; eyes reddish. 



