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but shorter yellowisli costal patch also precedes the latter, the extreme costal border 

 alsobeiagpaleolivescent-yellovv; basal black-lined marks slender. Underside olivescent- 

 yellow ; basal marks slender but very prominent; transverse fasciae as above, those 

 on the forewing being most prominent ; the upper discal row of rounded spots 

 and posterior intervening space being more defined and paler yellow ; on the 

 hindwing the discal fascia is composed of narrow pale yt^Uow lunular spots with 

 diffused blackish borders, the costal patches being absent. Body and palpi above 

 dark olive-green, body below and legs pale olivescent-yellow ; antennse dark 

 brown above and tipb with red, beneath reddish. 



Female. Upperside darker and of a more golden-bronzy sap-green, the apical 

 area of both wings being blue tinged ; the transverse fascia blacker ; basal marks 

 black-lined. Forewing also with a prominent white oblique discal macular band 

 extending from the middle of the costa to near the lower median veinlet, the four 

 upper spots being elongate, the next broadly somewhat cordate, and the last obliquely 

 elongated, narrow, and slightly recurved ; the two small subapical spots are distinct 

 and white. Hindwing also with a sullied-white upper discal costal spot, and one, 

 or sometimes two, very small wider contiguous spots. Underside. Forewing 

 greyish olive-green, the hindwing being of a more greenish-grey colour ; basal 

 marks slender. Foreiving also with the black fascia posteriorly diffused and violes- 

 cent-tinted, the white macular band and subapical spots black-edged. Hindwing 

 with a discal continuous macular white band composed of six slightly blackish- 

 edged spots, the four upper being quadro-lunate, the two lower ovate. 



Expanse, i 2i~o to 3, ? Sj^q to S^-o inches. 



Habitat. — Nepal ; Sikkim ; Naga Hills. 



Distribution. — We possess males of this species from Nepal, taken by the late 

 General Gr. Ramsay. " It is very rare in Sikkim, and is probably found only in the 

 heavy forests. It is less rare east of the Tista River, where it occurs in July and 

 September at 6000 feet elevation" (L. de Niceville, Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, 143). 

 Also recorded from "Sikkim ; Buxa, Bhotan, in July and August ; Khasias, 4000 feet, 

 in September; and Naga Hills " (de Niceville, Proc. As. Soc. Bengal, 1892, 145). 

 In Mr. W. Rothschild's collection are females taken by Mr. Otto MoUer in Sikkim, in 

 August, 1888, and in Mr. F. Godman's collection are males taken in the Naga Hills, 

 8000 to 9000 feet, in July and August, by Mr. W. Doherty. 



Chinese Allied Species. — Limbusa Omeia (Euthalia Omeia, Leech, Ent. 1891, 

 p. 29, (?. Grose-Smith and Kirby, Rhop. Exot. Euth. pi. 3, fig. 3 S (1891). Sijii. Euth. 

 consobrina, Leech, Ent. 1891, Suppl. p. 29. G. -Smith and Kirby, id. Euth. pi. 3, 

 fig. 5, 6, ?. Habitat. "W. China.- — Limhusa Strephon (Euthalia Strcphon, Grose- 

 Smith, Ann. N. H. 1893, p. 216. Leech, Butt. China, p. 653. Habitat. N.W. China 

 Limbusa Sinica. Male. Upperside. Colour similar to male L. Nara. Foreiring 



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