of the Genus Adolias. 79 



with a row of broadly separated small round greenish-white spots, 

 curving from middle of costal margin to middle of the wing ; also 

 black marks within discoidal cell. Underside deep greenish- 

 grey, dusky about the anterior half, and blackish along the pos- 

 terior margin ; markings as above, but the spots on the hind-wing 

 extending nearly to abdominal margin. Shape of wings as in 

 A. Epiona. 



Expanse 4 inches. 



Hab. Darjeeling. 



In Museum East India Company. 



37. Adolias Epmm, G. R. Gray. 



Aconlhea Epiona, G. R. Gray, Lep. Nepal, p. l3 (1833). 

 Adolias Doubledayii, Boisduval, MS. ; E. Doubleday, List Lep. 



Brit. Mus. pt. i. p. 104 (1844); G. R. Gray, List. Lep, 



Nepal, p. 13 ; Westwood, in Doubleday and Hevvitson's 



Diurnal Lep. p. 291, n. 15. 

 Adolias Patala, KoUar in Hiigel's Kaschmir, iv. pt. ii. p. 435. 



(1844). 

 Hab. N. India. 

 In most Collections. 



Adolias Epiona. — Upperside pale olive-green ; with two obscure 

 darker narrow lines crossing the disc of both wings : fore-wing 

 with oblique row of yellowish-white spots from iTiiddle of costal 

 margin to beyond middle of the wing, opposite posterior angle ; 

 also two smaller spots on costal margin near the apex : hind-wing 

 with two yellowish-white spots on costal margin nearer the angle. 

 Blackish marks at the base of both wings. Underside pale 

 yellowish-green : fore-wing with oblique row of spots as above, 

 but less defined, and having two additional very small spots on 

 the lower part of the disc ; on the hind-wing the spots extend by 

 the addition of small ones to the middle of the wing. Sexes 

 alike. 



Expanse of male 3|, female 4 inches. 



38. Adolias Confucius, Westwood. 



J Adolias Confucius, Westwood, in Doubleday and Hewitson's 



Diurnal Lep. p. 291, n. 16 (1850). 

 Hab. China. 

 In the Collection of J. O. Westwood, Esq. 



Adolias Confucius is closely allied to, but differs from, A. Epiona 

 in being larger, and having on the upperside the oblique band and 



