E R Y C T N 1 D iE. 



DODONA AND SOSPITA. 



DODONA ADONIRA. 1, 2. 



Upperside. ]\Iale, dark brown, paler near the base. Anterior wing crossed trans- 

 versely by three parallel equidistant rufous bands ; posterior wing lobcd at the anal 

 angle : crossed obliquely by four narrower bands of the same colour ; the anal lobe 

 mai'ked by two spots of black : rufous above the lobe and spotted with black. 



Underside orange-yeUow with the outer margins dark browii ; both wings 

 crossed I)y five narrow dark brown bands, broken where the wings meet ; anterior 

 wing with a sixth short band beyond the third : posterior wing with a sixth and 

 seventh baud near the inner margin : orans-e near the anal lobe and marked with 

 several black spots. 



Kxpan. 1^ inch. Hab. East India (Darjeeling). 



In the Collection of W. C. Hewitson. 



DODONA DIPOEA. 3 



Upperside. Male, dark Ijrown ; anterior wing with macular bands and spots 

 rufous and white ; posterior wing with a short rufous band near the middle and two 

 submarginal bands of the same colom". 



Underside rufous-brown ; anterior wing as above ; posterior wing crossed 

 near the base and inner margin by thi'ce bands of paler colom-, the third silvery near 

 its base : a silver spot on the middle of the costal margin, a band of pale brown below 

 it which curves upwards towards the inner margin and bordered inwardly with black : 

 beyond the middle a short bandof white also bordered inwardly with black, and below 

 it a band of black which bends upwards to the inner margin when it reaches the anal 

 lobe : two black spots bordered above and below with white and a submarginal band 

 of brown bordered on each side with white : the lobe black bordered with white. 



Expan. 1-1% inch. Hab. East India (Darjeeling). 



In the Collection of Mr. Atkinson of Calcutta. 



I have hesitated before describing this as a species distinct from D. Egeon ; they are alike on 

 the upperside, but whilst the underside of the posterior wing of D. Egeon is crossed by broad bands of 

 silvery white without any margin, this species has narrow bands of white margined by black. 



