492 LYCANIDA. LIPHYRA. 
‘“ FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, o/h wings reddish-ochraceous. Forewing with a large spot 
occupying the apical two-thirds of the cell and extending beyond it ; two large spots beneath 
the apex of the cell divided by the second median nervule, the apex and outer margin broadly 
and the inner margin narrowly for half its length fuscous or black ; extreme outer margin 
castaneous. Hindwing with five discal spots, one inside and twojust beyond the cell, and 
two divided by the second median nervule, and the posterior margin broadly and inwardly 
sinuate, fuscous or black ; extreme outer margin castaneous ; abdominal margin somewhat 
darker. UNDERSIDE, doth wings paler. Forewing with the discal black spots present, but 
the apex and outer margin only mottled with brownish. Hindwivg with the posterior two- 
thirds and the costal margin mottled with brownish, the black discal spots obsolete. Body 
and /egs more or less concolorous with the wings, eyes black, anfenne brownish. MALE. 
UPPERSIDE, doth wings with the black markings larger and more distinct. Forewing with 
the black markings occupying the whole of the inner margin.” (Distant, |. c.) 
Mr. Otto MGller possesses three Sikkim specimens, a male taken in August and two 
females, one of which was taken in July. The MALE onthe UPPERSIDE of the forewing is 
black, witha small orange spot beyond the end of the cell, a large orange patch from the 
base occupying the lower third of the cell, the whole of the submedian interspace as far as 
the middle of the first median nervule, then descending obliquely to the inner margin, orange. 
Hindwing black, the costa broadly ochreous, the disc of the wing orange, bearing a large 
black patch almost filling the cell, two oblong ones beyond it divided by the discoidal 
nervule, and two others divided by the second median nervule; abdominal margin pale. 
FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings orange. Forewing with an elongated black cell-streak 
touching the subcostal nervure, extending beyond the cell, narrow at the base, widening out 
and occupying the whole of the outer end of the narrow cell ; below this streak is an irregularly 
oval-shaped black spot divided by the second median nervule, the outer margin broadly 
black, the black colour ascending a short distance up the veins, the inner margin also outwardly 
black. Hindwing with the outer margin coarsely sprinkled with black scales, a small 
black spot at the middle of the outer end of the broad cell, and four spots outside the cell 
much as in the male but smaller. The specimens figured by Felder and Distant are both 
females, the latter has the black markings on the upperside of the hindwing considerably re- 
duced, and is altogether much paler than the Gilolo specimen. There is something altogether 
outré and peculiar about this species ; it is not unlikely that its life-history when known will be 
as remarkable as is the structure and general appearance of the imago. 
The figure shows the upper and undersides of a female specimen from Sikkim in the 
collection of Mr. Otto Moller. 
