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Expanse, S 2j*o, ? "2.^^ inches. 



Habitat. — Burma. 



Allied to, but distiuguisliable from the S. China species P. Snlpitia, and also 

 from the allied P. Ningpoana. Described from specimens taken by Colonel C. H. E. 

 Adamson, who states (I.e. p. 23) that it was " caught frequently near Bbamo during 

 October and November." 



Chinese Species. — Parathyma Sulpitia (Pap. Sulpitia, Cram. Pap. Exot. iii. 

 pi. 214, fig. E. P. ? (1779). Herbst, Pap. pi. 240, fig. 3, 4 (1798). Athyma 

 sulpitia. Walker, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1895, p. 456. Syn. Nymph. Strophia, 

 Godart, Encyc. Meth. ix. p. 431 (1823). Habitat. S.E. China; Hong Kong.— 

 Parathyma Ningpoana (Athyma Ningpoana, Felder, Wien. Entom. Monats. 1862, 

 p. 27 ; Leech, Butt, of China, etc., p. 174, pi. 17, fig. 5 (?). Habitat. Ningpo, N.E. 

 China. — Parathyma Pryeri (Athyma Pryeri, Moore, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1877, p. 47 ; 

 Leech, Butt, of China, etc., p. 184, pi. 17, fig. 8, c?. Habitat. Ohekiang, N.E. 

 China. — Parathyma Homeyeri (Liraenitis Homeyeri, Tancre, Entom. Nachr. 1881, 

 p. 120. Habitat. Amur Land. — Paratliyma venata (Athyma venata. Leech, Butt. 

 China, etc., p. 183, pi. 17, fig. 6 (1892). Habitat. W. China. — Parathyma disjuncta 

 (Athyma disjuncta. Leech, Entom. 1890, p. 33; id. Butt. China, etc., p. 175, pi. 17, 

 fig, 3, (? (1892). Habitat. W. and C. China. — Parathyma recurva (Athyma recurva. 

 Leech, I.e. p. 176, pi. 17, fig. 9, c? (1892). Habitat. Moupin, W. China.— Para- 

 thyma Aviphyssa (Limenitis Amphyssa, Menetr. Sckrenck's Reise Amur Lande, p. 30, 

 pi. 3, fig. 1 (1859) ; Leech, Butt. China, etc., p. 182. Habitat. Amur Laud. — 

 Parathyma Hehnanni (Lim. Helmanni, Lederer, Verh. Z, B. Ver. iii. p. 356, pi. 1, 

 fig. 4 (1853). Habitat. Amur Land. — Parathyma Doerriesi (Lim. Doerriesi, Stau- 

 dinger, Rom. Mem. vi. p. 173, pi. 14, fig. 1. Habitat. W. China. — Parathyma duplicata 

 (Lim. duplicata, Staudinger, Rom. Mem. 1892, p. 172). Habitat. Amur Land. 



Genus TACOR.^A. 



Athyma (sect. 1, part), de Nici'ville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 166 (1866). 



Imago. — Male. Forewing triangular ; costa regularly arched, apex obtusely 

 pointed, exterior margin oblique, concave in the middle, scalloped ; first subcostal 

 branch emitted at fully two-fifths before end of the cell, second at one-eighth before 

 the end ; discocellulars outwardly oblique, upper very short, second discocellular 

 obliquely concave ; cell open. Hindiving short, triangularly ovate; exterior margin 

 convex, scalloped, anal angle obtusely pointed; cell open. Body robust; palpi com- 

 pactly clothed, apex pointed ; eyes naked. Sexes alike. 



TrPE. — T. Asura. 



