242 NYMniALID/E. NYMl'IIAIJN.^. SYMnRENiril^l. 



Fortnving with a discoidal slic.tk, a short subapical streak divided into two portions by tlie 

 lower discoidal nervule, sometimes with a third spot placed above it in the next interspace, 

 sometimes witli a fourth spot placed outwardly against it in the lower discoidal interspace, 

 tlie streak however never reaching the costa ; a discal oblique band from the middle of the 

 first median interspace to the inner margin, sometin-jes touching the second median nervule. 

 Hindwiiig with a pale yellow costal streak, a discal band in continuation of that on the 

 forewing, sometin^es bounded by the median nervure, in other specimens continued broadly 

 and diffusedly on to the abdominal margin ; a broader submargirral band attenuated towards 

 the apex, sometimes with a fine disconnected marginal line, The widtlv-and extent of the 

 markings on the upperside are very variable, some Sikkim examples have them fully twice 

 as broad as in others from the same locality. Underside, both wings very pale yellow, 

 with a marginal and submarginal very fine black line, the black ground-colour above more 

 or less represented by black tesselations ; the fulvous bands of the upperside replaced by 

 diffused whitish bands on the underside. Fo reicin^ Wiih. the lower portion of the cell marked 

 with two fulvous marks, some patches of the same colour on the disc below the third 

 raedian nervule. Hindioing with a submarginal series of five more or less heart-shaped or 

 conical black spots profusely powdered with metallic green and surrounded by a fine black line, 

 a lunulated black line on the margin, these lunules from the anal angle to the discoidal 

 nervule broad and also powdered with metallic green, a single similar lunule on the abdo- 

 minal margin at the termination of the internal nervure. Thorax above black thickly 

 clothed with ferruginous scales, abdomen ferruginous above streaked with black, palpi, body 

 and legs beneath pale yellow, the abdomen spotted with black in three rows. Female. 

 \3???.vs\xyz, both wings altogether much paler, all the markings much broader, the subapical 

 band on the foreimng very large and continued broadly to the costa, a narrow streak 

 beyond. The marginal line on the hindimng prominent. Underside paler, marked as in the 

 male, but the black tesselations larger and more prominent. 



Next to .9. hippoclus this species occurs most commonly. In India its distrilnition is 

 much more limited, it is met with only in the hilly portions of the North-East of our 

 Empire, from Eastern Kumaon to Upper Assam and Cachar. Mr. W, Doherty found it 

 abundant in the Kali Valley in Eastern Kumaon at from two to four thousand feet 

 elevation ; it occurs in Sikkim at low elevations almost throughout the year, and in Major 

 Marshall's collection are specimens taken by Dr. E. K. Johnson at Shillong in July. 



536. SymTjrenthia cotanda, Moore. 



S, cotanda, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud., 1S74, p. 569, pi. l.wi, fijj. 9, inale. 



Habitat : Darjiling. 

 Expanse: $, i '87 ;$, 2*00 inches. 



Description. " Male. Allied to .S". kypsclis (figured by Boisduval and Doubleday), 

 but is smaller; bands orange-red, very broad ; the band from base oi forewing with irregular 

 sinuous margins and confluent with cloudy red patches below the cell ; uarrovsr marginal 

 line on /i/Wzy/w? distinct and extending to near anterior angle. Unders[de white, clouded 

 with dark yellow; tesselations similar; submarginal series of metallic-green conical spots 

 and caudal lunules prominent. Female differs from the male only in having paler bands, and 

 in the oblique subapical spot being irregularly lengthened and extending from the costa to 

 near edge of exterior margin, above which is a small recurved streak." {Moore, 1. c.) 



I possess specimens of .S. hypselis from Sikkim which approach the figure of S. cotanda 

 very closely, but do not quite agree with it. S. cotanda has all the markings very broad, but 

 as pointed out in the description of S. hypselis this feature is a very variable one. In the 

 broadest- marked male specimens of 5. hypselisWyc subapical streak on the forewing is formed 

 of three or four portions ; in 5". cotanda it is formed of two only as in typical S. hypselis. This 

 slight character is the only one I can find to separate these two species, and I consider them to 

 be very doubtfully distinct. 



