﻿124 LEPIDOFTEEA INBICA. 



diffused fascia, and a broad cobalt-blue posterior band, which latter widens from 

 middle of exterior margin to above anal angle, the outer border of this band being 

 white and the extreme marginal edge lined with black. Underside paler brown ; 

 basal black-lined marks prominent. Foreioing witt the upper discal white streaks 

 and subapical spots more distinct than on upperside, and accompanied beneath, 

 between the middle median and submedian veinlet, by less-defined whitish spots; a 

 subm arginal black lunular fascia and the outer marginal border washed with pale 

 purpurescent-blue. Ilindioing with a less-defined blackish discal and submarginal 

 fascia, tte outer marginal border being washed with purpurescent-blue and the edge 

 white ; abdominal maigin washed with grey. Body and palpi above dark brown ; 

 palpi and legs beneath brownish- white ; legs above brown ; antennee black, tipt with 

 red. 



Female. Upperside of the same dark brown colour as in the male ; the trans- 

 verse blackish fasciee less defined, the basal black -lined marks distinct. Forewing 

 also with a prominent outwardly-oblique discal white macular band extending from 

 middle of the costa to the lower median above the posterior angle, the upper portions 

 of the band composed of rather elongated broad quadrate spots and the lower 

 outwardly indented, the lowest extending in a prolonged posterior portion to near 

 the outer margin ; beyond the band are two, sometimes three, very small white 

 obliquely-superposed subapical spots. Underside with the ground-colour, basal 

 marks, and transverse blackish fasciae as in the male ; the outer borders being 

 washed with purplish-grey. Forewing also with the oblique discal white band and 

 subapical spots as on the upperside. Hiiidwing also with an obscurely-defined sub- 

 marginal blackish-speckled dentated fascia. 



Expanse, c? 21^0 to 2 1^0, ? 3 to d^o inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim ; Bhotau ; Assam ; Silhet ; Cachar ; Khasia and Naga Hills ; 

 Burma ; Siam ; Malay Peninsula ; Hong Kong. 



Distribution. — " A common species in Sikkim, up to 3000 to 4000 feet elevation, 

 from April to December" (Elwes, Tr. Bnt. Soc. 1888, 359). Specimens taken in 

 Sikkim, in March, May and November by Mr. Otto MoUer, are in Mr. "Walter 

 Eothschild's collection. " Not uncommon in Sikkim at low elevations from April 

 to December" (de Niceville, Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 144). "It occurs eastward as far 

 as Sibsagar in Upper Assam, but seems to be nowhere common " (de Niceville, Butt. 

 Ind. ii. 219). Mr. G. C. Dudgeon obtained it in Bhotan. Colonel C. Swinhoe 

 records it as " common in the Khasia Hills." Mr. Wood-Mason took " one female 

 in Irangmara, Cachar" (J. A. S. Beng. 1887,361). Major C. H. B. Adamson 

 obtained " one specimen only in the Arakan Hills, in December" (List. p. 18). A 

 male from the Malay Peninsula is in the collection of Mr. Walter Rothschild. 



Mons. G. A. Poujade records it from "Laos, Siam" (No a v. Arch, du Mus. 



