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also the ground-colour of Ihe undeksiue, where all the markings are clearer and better 

 defined. 



5'. hippoclus is the widest spread species of the genus and the most abundant in indivi- 

 duals where met with. It occurs in India throughout the Himalayas and Assam to Upper 

 Tenasserim, and again in the Eastern Ghats (Dohcrly). It is very variable, a not un- 

 common form with the fulvous bands on the upperside greatly widened and coalescing 

 throughout, much reducing the black ground-colour thereby, has been described as a 

 separate species as below* under the name of S. daruka. This form appears to occur 

 casually wherever 5. hippoclus is met with, and as it is extremely inconstant, some of my 

 specimens being even more erratically marked than the typical 6". daruka^ I have no hesita- 

 tion in considering them as all belonging to one variable species. 



533- SynHirentliia klxasiana, Moore. 



S. khasiana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1874, p. 569. 



Habitat : Khasi Hills. 

 Expanse: $, 175; ?, 2-12 inches. 



Description: "Male and female. Allied to .S". hyppoda, but differs from N.-W. 

 Himalayan specimens on the upperside in having the orange-red bands somewhat narrower, 

 and in the submarginal band on the hiftdwinq being dotted with black. On the underside 

 the interlacings and other markings are prominent." (Moore, 1. c.) 



I have never seen a specimen of this species. As stated above 6". hippoclus is extremely 

 variable in the breadth of the bands on the upperside, the dotting of the submarginal band 

 on the hindwing with black may, however, be sufficient to distinguish S. khasiana. 



534- Symbrentliia lilssa, Hewitson. 



Laogona Ulcea, Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lend., third series, vol. ii, p. 246, n. 4, pi. .\v, figs. 5, 6 (1864). 

 Habitat: East India. 

 Expanse : i 8 inches. 



Description: "Male. Upperside dark brown- Fommng with a band from the 

 base to beyond the middle, a minute spot at the apex, two spots below it (one nearly 

 bipartite), a lunular spot (near the end of the first band), and a bifid band between it and 

 the inner margin, all rufous-orange. Hitidzmng with a spot before the middle and two spots 

 on the ventral fold rufous. Underside ochreous-yellow, clouded with rufous-brown. Both 

 wings crossed beyond the middle by a common rufous band. Hindwing crossed near the base 

 by a band of brown ; tinted with lilac from the middle to the anal angle." (^Hraiitson, I. c.) 



I have seen no Symbrcnthia agreeing with the description above or with Hewitson's 

 figure. I feel sure, however, that S. lilcca is only a melanoid aberration of 5- hippoclus, 

 a common form in which the yellow colour prevails being the S daruka, Moore. 



All the species that follow are distinguished from the foregoing by having the underside 

 marked with black tesselations, 



535- Symbrentliia hypselis, Godart. 



Vanessa hyfiselis, Godart, Enc. M^th., vol. ix, Suppl., p. 818(1823); Laagona hypselis, Boisdiival, Sp. G^n., 

 vol. i, pi. X, fig. 3 fi836); id., Doubleday, Hewitson, Gen. Diurn. Lep., vol. i, p. igi, u. 2, pi. x.xv, fig. i (1847). 



Habitat : Eastern Kumaon, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Naga Hills, Cachar, Java 

 {_Godart). 



Expanse : 2*0 to 2*3 inches. 



Description : Male. Upperside, both wings black, with dark fulvous markings. 



^ Symbrenthia daruka, Moore, Proc. Zool Soc. Lond., 1S74, p 570, pi. I.wi, fig. 10. Habitat: N. India 

 Expanse: 1-75 inches. Desckution : "Male. Allied to .y. /y'//otVa ; dilTcrs on the lti-ekside in h.iving the 

 orange-red Ijands very broad, whicli are incgular-ni.irgined and confiuent, leaving but little black intervening 

 spaces. On the undeksiue the colour is paler and the interlacings much less prominently defined." (Moore, 1. c.) 



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