﻿NYMPHALINjE. (Uroap eutbaliixa.) 61 



Expanse, c? 2i^o to 3i^o, ? Of*, to 3i*^, inclies. 



Habitat, — Assam; Silhet ; Khasia Hills; Arakan. 



Distribution. — Numerous specimens in Indian Museum, Calcutta, from Silliet. 

 It was taken by Dr. A. Watt on the " Barak River in the ascent to Manipur from 

 Cachar in December" (Ann. N. H. 1885, 305). " Shillong ; common" (Swinhoe, 

 Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 284). Mr. de Niceville (J. A. S. Bengal, 1894, 17) records it 

 from the Arakan Hills. Major C. H. E. Adamson (List, p. 17, 1889) says, "I have 

 only caught two specimens of this insect in Arakan in the cold season." 



BASSARONA TEUTOIDES (Plate 210, figs. 2, 2a, b, (? ? ). 



Symphtedra TeiUoides, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 586. de Nici'ville, Butt, of India, ii. p. 188 



(1886). 

 Euthalia (Bophla) Teutoides, de Niceville, J. As. Soc. Bengal, 1894, p. 17. 



Imago. — Male. Similar to B. Teuta. Upperside diflfering in the macular band 

 on the forewing being slightly more erect, owing to the three anterior spots being 

 shorter ; the band on the hindwing is also slightly straighter and more evenly 

 bordered on its inner edge and more sinuously on its outer edge. Underside 

 similar to Teuta, but the ground-colour paler and of an olivescent tint ; the red- 

 centred cell marks on forewing less defined. Female. Ujjperside somewhat paler 

 than in Teuta ; the transverse white band less interrupted and broader anteriorly, 

 on the forewing, the band on the hindwing is also more evenly edged within and 

 regularly sinuous without ; the sub marginal black fascia is narrower and more 

 sinuous. Underside much paler than in Teuta, and suffused with hlac externally, 

 the red-centred cell marks on forewing less defined. 



Expanse, <S 2^q, ? 'i^^ to 3/|, inches. 



Habitat. — South Andamans. 



Distribhtion. — " This seems to be a fairly common species in the S. Andaman 

 Isles " (de Niceville, I.e.). 



BASSARONA IRA (Plate 211, figs. 1, la, S)- 



Imago. — Male. Nearest to B. Teuta. Smaller. Upperside with the transverse 

 discal yellow macular band composed of small narrower spots, of similar shape, but 

 with the lower four of the spots on the forewing having an even inner edge, and the 

 entire series on the hindwing also having an even inner edge. Underside of a 

 uniform pale purpurescent-ochreous, the baud on both wings narrower than in 

 B. Teuta, and with even inner edge. 



Expanse, <S 2^^ inches. 



