NYMPH ALID^. NYMPHALIN^. HERONA 6i 



scarcely tufted in front. Eyes, of moderate size, but very prominent. Palpi, scaly, porrected 

 obliquely, the tip not reaching much higher than the middle of the eyes, extending in front 

 of the head to about its length ; the insides parallel, but the outsides oblique ; terminating in 

 a pomt formed by the small terminal joint. Antenn<t, nearly straight, slender, about half 

 [fully two-thirds] the length of the forevving ; terminated by a slender club, channeled beneath, 

 with the tip slightly curved. Thorax, robust, woolly, elongate-ovate. Abdomen, elongate 

 and rather slender. Forewing, elongate-triangular. Costal margin slightly curved ; apex rather 

 obtuse ; outer margin about three-fifths of the length of the costa, slightly scalloped, obtusely 

 subangulated below the apex, below which the margin is emarginate ; inner maroin nearly 

 straight, and two-thirds the length of the costal margin. Veins not strong. Subeo'^stal nervnr' 

 with Its first branch arising before the anterior extremity of the discoidal cell, at about one- 

 fourth of the length of the wing ; the second branch arising close to, but at a very little distance 

 before, the extremity of the cell, at one-third of the length of the wing ; third branch 

 arising near the middle of the length of the wing ; and the fourth at a little more than three- 

 fourths of its length. Upper disco-cellular Ttervule very minute and transverse, emitted from the 

 subcostal nervure at the distance of one-third of the length of the wing from the base ; middle 

 curved, short, forming the base of the lower discoidal nervule ; lower obsolete, so that the 

 discoidal cell is open. Hindwing, subovate-triangular ; costal margin straight, except at the 

 arched base ; outer margin deeply scalloped. Pmcostal 7iervure sixvdght, excep't at the tip which 

 is turned outwards. Subcostal nervure branching at about one-fourth from the base of the wine 

 Disco-celhilar nervule arising almost close to the branch, and being almost straight so as to 

 form portion of the discoidal nervule ; loiver disco-cellular nervule obsolete, so that the 'discoidal 

 f^// IS open. Forelegs, of the ;;w/^ small, pectoral, clothed with white downy hairs- the 

 tibia rather shorter than the femur ; and the tarsits nearly as long as the tibia, exarticulate' Of 

 the female about the same length as those of the male, sleiuler, and clothed with fine white 

 scales ; iht femur and tibia of nearly equal length j the tarsus rather more than half the length 

 of the tibia, obliquely truncate at the tip ; the truncated portion armed with four pairs of 

 minute spines, indicating the articulations, which are very short. Middle and hindlegs 



rather slender, moderately long, scaly ; the middle pair longer than the hind ones. Tibial 



spurs short ; tibicE and tarsi furnished beneath with several rows of very short spines'. Cla-ws 



short, very much curved ; /(j;wiy<;/;/a small, bifid." QVestwooJ, \. c.) 



Ilerona, until quite recently when two new species were described, contained but a sin<Tle 



species. The three known species are all very closely allied, the males are black above wUh 



tawny bands, these bands being paler and whiter in the females ; they are found in the 



Eastern Himalayas, Assam, Upper Tenasserim and the Andaman Isles. 



All the species of Herona have an obsolescent ocellular dark spot on the tawny discal 



band of the hindwing placed in the lower median interspace. 



Eey to the species of Eerona. 



A. The maculated bands wide ; the discal oblique band beyond the cell of the forewing straight, entire. 



340. H. MARATHus, Sikkim, Khasi Hills, Assam. 



B. The maculated bands narrow, especially on the hiadwing ; the discal oblique maculated band beyond 



the cell of the forewing broken up into spots, which are outwardly pointed, 



a. Female with the bands on the upperside white. 



341. H, ANDAMANA, Andaman Isles. 



b. Female with the bands on the upperside ochreous. 



342. H. ANGUSTATA, Upper Tenasserim. 



340. Horona marathUS, Doubleday, Hewitson. 

 H. ?iinraihiis, Doubleday, Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep., vol. ii, p. 294, n. i, pi. xli, fig. 3 ( 1850). 

 Habitat : Sikkim, Khasi Hills, Assam. 

 Expanse : <?, 27 to 3-2 ; ? , 3-5 inches. 



