NYMPHALID.E. NYMPHALIN^. PROTHOE. 293 



in having the/.;-«./«,o move acuminate, much more obscure [darker], the median whitish 

 fascia more slender, inwardly not at all defmed with black between the med.an branches 

 outwardly very irregular; the discal spots more frequently wanting. ^^''''^'"["^^1''^ }^]l 

 black discal fascia almost twice as broad, inwardly more regular, not at all dotted with white 

 Differs on the underside by having the wings more silky ; the median fascia more whitish, 

 the virgula of the /orezaino beyond the cell very narrow ; the line defining the basal area ess 

 Ir^gular ; the submarginatocluaceo.us area broader." (Bu^er, 1. c.) «' Female Uppeusid« 

 as in the male [of C. hierax\ but the forewing darker at the base, the discal streak much 

 better defined, the space between it and the border beyond the lowest median fold whitish 

 this Ithe border] divided with four whitish spots hindwardly and a subapical whitish spot, 

 ^l^' «. with the costal border a little beyond the first subcostal branch between the 

 ^^iZL patch diffusedly whitish, a diffused ferruginous streak before the margin 

 UNDERSIDE much more variegated with violascent-ashy, the anterior space between the basal 

 strifiie and the broad cinctures of the discal ochraceous-whitish." {Felder, 1. c ) 



"This species may at once be distinguished from C. //m/.a««^, Felder, by its daiker 

 colouring narrower white band, the straight inner edge of the broader discal band of the 

 hindw g and the obsolescent character of all the discal white spots." ^Butler 1 c. lu 

 I eo E?; As figured by Mr. Butler, this species in the male has the broad outer black border 

 of the forewing on the upperside entirely unspotted ; in C. pUistoanax and C. Masta.us it 

 bears a auved series of five or six whitish spots. Mr. S. E. Peal has sent male specimens 

 from Sibsagar in Upper Assam agreeing very closely with the figure. 



589. Clxarazes khasianus, Butler. 



C. I'hasianus, Butler. Lep. Ex., p 98. n. 3. pl- ^"vii, fig. C. male 2X.& female (1872). 

 Habitat : N.-E. Bengal, Khasi Hills. 

 Expanse : ^, 375 ; ?. 400 inches. 



DESCRIPTION : " Male and female. Allied to C. phisloanax, Felder. Differs on the 

 UPPERSIDE in having the basal area paler outwardly, to the least degree bluish ; the whitish 

 med-an fascia broader ; the black virguloe more slender ; the virgula of the interno-med.an 

 •ntersp-ice of ih^formino obsolete in the male ; the black external area narrower, the discal 

 snots minute, tinted with fulvous in the male ; the black fascia of the hindtmng m^xdx broader 

 at the apex • the external area brighter, broader, the tail longer, in the female broader. 

 Underside, both zdn^s rufescent, the median fascia much narrower, pale ochraceous, not at 

 all whitish ; all the black lines very irregular, the curves of the discal line elongated." 



•• Also allied to C. pleistoanax, from which it may be easily separated by the paler basal 

 area of the wings, which exhibits externally a bluish shade peculiar to this species ; also by 

 the broader white band, which in the female is carried across the hindwing to the abdominal 

 marain • tl e slenderness of the transverse black lines and the peculiar reddish tint of the 

 underside" iButler, 1. c.) I possess a male from Jorehat, Assam, and two females from 

 Skkimwkich agree very well with Mr. Butler's figures and description of this species. The 

 ditrwl^e band on the upperside is broader than in any other species, extending on the 

 forewing within the discal fine black lines (virgulce) towards the base. 



Genus 88.-PR0TH0E, HUbner. (Frontispiece). 



, ^ c »,.„.ff vM ;: fiS?2-26)- id., Westwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep., vol ii, p. 266 



p. „o I.883I. hindwing slightly Uiled ; f'ti »PP'i=<l 



, ■ T'tT HBAD »fbro,d."ne't|,o,ax, clothed with short h.-,irs, and tkst.tute of 

 :Toirt«r-." aVa rntuld ; «,..,»; very ,«arly half the length of the forewing 

 a frontal tult , e)es, ^ slender, and gradually-formed club, slightly 



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