260 HORAGA; CHLIARIA. Ry Dr. A. Slitz. 



The genus, in tlie most restricted sense, contains l)ut the forms of the rpijarbcw group, which are bright red 

 above and are distributed over a large part of India, being plentrful ainK)st in every district of Soutiiern Asia. 



epijiirbas. D. epijarbas M>ore (72b). Above similar to liap. inehnnpm, i)ut tlie hindwing with a broad semi- 



circular black costal border. The underside very characteristic, greyish brown, with sevei'al rows of numerous 

 white comma-spots and undulate lines on the hindwing; the anal area with a bright metallic blue-green 

 gloss, particularly in the cf. — On Palaearctic territory only in Kashmir, more plentiful at low altitudes 

 than at greater heights; ])esides, almost thi'Oughoi>t India to the Malayan islands. Larva flat, with retractile 

 head and distinctly sejjarated segments, bearing rather long bristles all over the sides: on the back rows 

 of shallow grooves; ochreous brown, spotted with leaden grey, the spots on the two anterior segments paler and 

 more uniform in colour, the last segments are hard dorsally, forming a kind of shield with which the larva 

 breaks the skin of the pomegranate, on which it feeds. Pupa rounded anteriorly, smooth beneath, above 

 clothed with white bristles, carinate in front, with pointed abdomen, red-brown, irrorated with black. The 

 butterflies occur all through the summer, being found on bushes at roadsides in the mountains: but in such 

 situations only cTcf are met with, the ?? occurring higher up in the neighbourhood of orchards. Both sexes 

 have a very fast flight, but always settle on the tips of branches, where they are easily taken with the net. 

 One of the commonest s|)ecies of Tlti-dini. 



arota. D. arata Brem. (= ichnogiaphia Btlr.) (72b). Above sooty black-brown, both wings of the cf witii 



a feeble violet siieen, the forewing shiny metallic blue at the base below the cell, On the anal lobe of the 

 hindwing usually an orange-yellow spot of variable size. On the underside of both wings there are wedge- 

 shaiied dark shadowy jjands parallel with the distal margin, one close to the margin, the other near 

 tiie cell; in the anal area black dots on a golden yellow ground. In Amurland, nearly throughout China, Corea 

 and Japan. Fjxse.h mentions from (lorea a form which has the red discal spot on the forewing occurring also in 

 liiniger. the other species, and may be named ah. luniger iiJ). nor. The smaller ah. tyrianlhina Bf/r. has the ground- 

 tyrianthina. colour of the underside darker and the black-brown wedge-shaped bands are partly confluent : among the 

 nymotypical form. — The butterflies are not plentiful in most districts, occurring from May until July, 

 particularly on road-sides and the edges of woods. This insect, hitherto placed in Jiapa/a, belongs to Dcit- 

 (Idfiv on account of the absent of the scent-tuft in the & and of the facies as well as markings, as has 

 kindly lieen ]iointed out to me by Monsieur ( Ioitrvoisifk. 



4. (Temis: Uoraga Moore. 



This genus comprises a number of very similar and pretty, small butterflies which are distributed 

 over India and touch the Palaearctic Region only in Kashmir. Head small, frons narrow, black. Palpi long, 

 porrect. Antennae short, hardlj' reaching to the centre of the costal margin. Forewing much less elongate 

 and pointed than in the j)revious genera; the hindwing with 3 tails, which are very rarely preserved, some 

 being missing also in our figure. The wings above sky-blue, with a white discal spot on the forewingti 

 underside brown, with a broad complete median band on both wings. 



ony.K. H. onyx Moore (72c). Forewing glossy sky-blue, the costal and outer margins black, the white 



discal spot large and lobate. The white median band of the underside narrow at the costa, becoming soon 

 broader, being constricted near the apex of the cell of the hindwing: the anal area of the hindwing beneath 

 is surrounded by magnificent blue glossy elongate spots. In our figure two of the three tails are in- 

 complete in the cf and one in the ?. In Kashmir, more in the southern plains than in the high mountains ; 

 Kulu. Also distributed over a large portion of India, where it is plentiful in many localities. The butterflies 

 flutter with a hopping flight slowly up and down the vines hanging down from the trees and settle with 

 tightly closed wings on the leaves of low bushes, where they are easily caught. Thej^ are on the wing 

 from April until October, in tropical India all through the year. Whereas the thin anal tails of Dcudorix 

 ejiiJ(irlt(iH are nearly always intact, it is extremelj' difficult to obtain with the net a specimen of Horaga 

 without breaking some of the six thin tails. 



viola. H. viola Moore, which occurs likewise in the north-western Himalaj'as, is very similar to the preced- 



ing, but in the cf the white discal spot of the forewing is much smaller and the upperside more violet- 

 brown. — Appears to be rare; I obtained this species onl\' once in the Nilgiri Hills in South India above 

 Metupalayan, in April. 



5. (Teniis: Cllllaria Moore. 



Small delicate butterflies, with the upperside usually of a magnificent metallic blue and the under- 

 side white with thin markings. Head small, antennae rather long, thorax strong, relatively broad, abdomen 

 slender and pointed. Forewing brnnd and rather obtuse, the hindmargin being perfectly straight; the hind- 



