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of cell, sometimes showing on the upperside, sometimes forming an 

 almost complete band across the wing ; hind wing with a pink spot 

 on the costa, sometimes forming a complete band by being con- 

 nected with the white spots beyond the cell and the, pink streak at 

 anal angle; the marginal spots more or less complete,as on upperside. 



$ with the fore wing broader ; the hind wing scarcely or not 

 at all shot with blue ; the crimson spot on the costa of each wing 

 below sometimes absent. 



In the forms maculata, lidderdali, and diphilcea the hind wing 

 is quadrate and not produced into a tail at veins 6 and 7, the 

 white spots on the hind wing being small in the 1st, large in 

 the 2nd, and long streaks in the 3rd. In caudata the hind 

 wing is produced into a tail at veins 6 and 7, and in all the 

 above forms the crimson spots along outer margin are small. In 



Fig. 55. Epicopia polydora, <$ . f . 



the forms philoxenoea, polydora, and excisa the hind wing is pro- 

 duced into a tail and the crimson spots form four ring-spots, those 

 towards anal angle being sometimes the largest, sometimes the 

 smallest ; in the 1st the excisions between anal angle and tail are 

 slight, more developed in the 2nd, and four in number and deep 

 in the 3rd, but all the forms grade into each other. 



Larva covered with scales of white waxy efflorescence excreted 

 from the cuticle and often one inch in length ; when full fed it 

 descends from its food-plant by a silken thread and spins a slight 

 cocoon. 



Hob. Mussooree ; Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Khasis ; Nagas. Exp., <$ 

 112-120, $ 114 millim. 



3018. Epicopia philenora, Westw. Arc. Ent. i, p. 19, pi. 5, fig. 2 ; 



C. $ S. no. 356. 

 Epicopeia varunpea, Moore, P. Z. S. 1865, p. 799 ; C. 8f 8. no. 359. 



Differs from polydora in the hind wing being without the while 

 band and spots on upper and under sides ; the crimson spots 



