130 Mr. H. Eltringham's Monograph of the 



margin, the eif^hth nearer base, and the ninth which is very 

 small (in la) rather nearer base. A spot in 8 near precostal. A 

 subbasal spot in 7, two spots in cell and one on discocellulars, a 

 Bubbasal spot in Ic, lb, and la, the middle one nearer to margin. 

 Some irregular basal black where wing joins thorax. Fringes 

 whitish and prominent. Head and thorax with reddish brown 

 hairs. Abdomen black above for about two-thirds of length, with 

 orange lateral spots. Remainder orange. Claws unequal. 



9 . Expanse 50-60 mm. Ground-colour varies from slightly 

 paler than the ^ to ochreous or ochreous grey. Markings as 

 in (^ . The variation in colour of the 5 is probably seasonal, 

 but I have not before me a sufficiently long series of dated 

 specimens to be certain on this point. 



A. nohara halali, subsp. 



This subspecies may be distinguished from the typical form 

 by its smaller size, by the marked reduction in the size of the 

 spots, the invariable absence of the submarginal spot in f.-w. lb, 

 the extremely narrow black margin in h.-w., and the almost 

 invariable absence of the third and fifth discal spots. 



Marshall describes the wet season (^ as bright brick red and 

 the dry season ^ as dull ochreous, a difference not easily ob- 

 served in cabinet specimens owing to the rapidity with which the 

 more brilliant colour fades. The $ is dull pale grey in wet 

 season forms, and dull ochreous in the dry season. 



The species is peculiar in having larger black spots in the dry 

 than in the wet season. 



When Marshall wrote of this form in 1896 (/. c.) he was 

 of opinion that it was a distinct species. I cannot how- 

 ever find in the genitalia any ditiference from those of 

 nohara. Colour and pattern are most untrustworthy- 

 evidences of specific distinction. From such considera- 

 tions it might reasonably be argued that if halali be 

 the same species as nohara then the "nohara chambezi" 

 of Neave must also be the same, but the latter is certainly 

 a distinct species though some examples so closely resemble 

 nohara halali. 



A. nohara pseudatohnis, subsp. n. PI. I, f. 6 ( ^J ). 



There are three (J examples of this curious form in the Oxford 

 collection. They were taken on the Mahakata R. in 1905 by Mar- 

 shall. They are smaller than the halali form (about 41 mm. 

 expanse). The submarginal spot in lb of f.-w. is well developed. 

 The fourth discal spot is linear and lies nearly at right angles to 



