﻿204 LEPIDOPTERA IXDICA. 



diseoidal streak of forewing obscure ochreous-red, the portion at end of cell being- 

 sometimes whitisb. Underside duller and paler brownish-ocbreous than in 

 wet-season examples, all the markings being less prominent. 



Female. Upperside with the ground colour and markings as in the wet-season 

 brood ; the discal bands being slightly broader. Underside paler ochreous-red and 

 less prominently defined markings than in wet-season examples, the discal bands 

 broader, as on upperside. 



Expanse, S 2^^^ to 2^^, ? 2/, to 3 inches. 



Caterpillar. — " Very like that of 7».rt/V7, but the dorsal patch is much smaller, 

 and tliere are some white spots on the sides. Feeds on Ad in a cordifolia (Rubiacea?) " 

 (Davidson and Aitken, J. Bombay N. H. S. 1896, p. 254). 



Chrysalis. — " Distinguished from that of Inara by slight differences in the 

 shape of the grotesque processes on the head and thorax " {id.). 



Habitat. — Western and Eastern Himalayas ; Assam ; Cachar ; Silhet ; 

 Manipur ; Upper Burma; S. Tndia. 



Distribution. — Kollar records the type specimen from Masuri. Mr. W. 

 Doherty obtained it in the " Kali and Gori Valleys, E. Kumaon, at 2000 to 8000 

 feet elevation " (J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 125). We possess specimens of the sexes of 

 both wet and dry-season forms from Nepal, taken by the late Gen. G. Ramsey ; 

 others also from Sikkim, and Buxa in Bhotan. "It is common in Sikkim and 

 Eastwai'ds to Upper Assam, and specimens were taken by Dr. J. Anderson, during 

 the Yunan Expedition. It also occurs in Manipur, Cacliar, and Silhet " (L. de 

 Niceville, I.e. 177). Mr. H.J. Elwes says it is "a common species in Sikkim from 

 1000 to 3000 or 4000 feet, from March to December. Males common, female rare " 

 (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 355). Col. Swinboe has i"eceived numerous specimens from 

 the Khasia Hills. Mr. J. W. Mason records " three males taken in forests near 

 Silcuri, Cachar, in July " (J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 359). A male from Lushai is in 

 Mr. P. Crowley's collection. Capt. E. Y. Watson obtained " numerous males and 

 females at Tilin from October to March, during the Chiu-Lushai Expedition of 

 1889-90" (J. Bombay N". H. S. 1891, 40). Col. C. H. E. Adamson records it as 

 occurring "on the low ranges of hills throughout Burma" (List, p. 23). Both 

 Mr. W. Doherty and Signor L. Fea obtained it in the Karen Hills, East Pegu. 

 Specimens of both forms from the Shan States are in Mr. W. Rothschild's collection. 

 Mr. Moti Ram took it in Tavoy (J. A. S. Beng. 1887, 423). Dr. N. Manders 

 records it as abundant in the Shan States, Upper Burma (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1890, 523). 



In South India it has been taken in the Wynaad. Mr. J. Davidson took it in 

 the " North Kanara District from August onwards, but it is comparatively scarce ; 

 the males basking on the tops of the Hills, but the females haunt the forest-clad 

 sides and are seldom seen. The larva was found feeding on Adina cordifolia " 



