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interspaces 1, 3 and 6, the uppermost spot yellow, with one obscure 

 spot on the inner and another on the outer side of it, the three 

 placed obliquely across apical area. Hind wing : basal two-thirds 

 white tinged with yellow chiefly around the base ; outer third 

 dusky black that broadens considerably posteriorly to the dorsal 

 margin and anteriorly encloses in interspace 6, sometimes also in 

 7, an irregular white spot. Underside, fore wing : extreme base and 

 lower basal half of cell yellowish green, rest of cell black ; above 

 the cell a narrow, yellowish, curved band along the subcostal vein 

 that terminates just beyond the discocellulars in two white elon-> 

 gate spots ; a black band along the costa that widens as it crosses 

 the wing postdiscally and spreads downwards to the tornus and for 

 a short distance inwards along the dorsum ; enclosed within the 

 black band is a white spot on the tornal angle and another tri- 

 angular one iu interspace 3 ; apex pearly white tinted with rich 

 purple. Hind wing: uniform, pearly, purplish white. Antennas 

 in both sexes black spotted sparsely with white ; head and thorax 

 with tufted greenish-yellow hairs, abdomen fuscous ; beneath : 

 head, thorax and abdomen yellowish white. 



Dry-season brood. $ . Uppersi'le: similar to the wet-season form 

 but the black markings smaller and more restricted. Underside : 

 with similarly restricted black markings ; the apex of the fore and 

 the whole area of the hind wing with the ochraceous yellow of a 

 duller tint than in the wet-season form. Antennae, head, thorax 

 and abdomen more or less similar to those of the wet-season form. 

 $ . Upperside : very similar to that of the J of the wet-season form. 

 Underside : the black markings resemble those on the underside of 

 the d" of the wet-season form ; the upper half of cell of fore wing 

 however, is yellowish green, the apex lilacine-brown irrorated with 

 black scales. Hind wing : uniform lilacine-brown densely irrorated 

 with black scales which have a tendency to form a broad transverse 

 patch across the middle area of the wing. Antennae, head, thorax 

 and abdomen in both sexes much as in the wet-season form. 



Exp. c? $ 68-82 mm. (270-3-24"). 



Hab. The Himalayas: Mussoorie to Sikhim and Bhutan, from 

 4000 to 10,000 feet ; the hill-ranges of Assam, Burma, and the 

 Shan States ; rare in Lower Burma. It extends eastwards to 

 China. 



Race lagela, Moore. d 1 . Upperside : resembles somewhat the 

 upperside of the wet-season form of A. lalage $ , but differs as 

 follows: Fore wing : upper portion of cell trorn base to apex 

 blat-k, the black ill-defined and posteriorly diffuse but extended to 

 the large discocellular black spot and thence in a broad stripe to 

 the black on the terminal margin ; thus it encloses besides the 

 subterminal white spots a curved, white, obliquely- placed streak 

 bevond the cell. Hind wing : the black border on the terminal 

 margin continuous, not macular but inwardly diffuse. Underside: 

 only differs in the cell of the fore wing which is anteriony shaded 

 with dusky black. $ . Similar to the wet-season $ of lalage but 



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