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outer straight, followed by a transverse series of spots as on the upperside ; 

 a common subterminal, transverse, lunular, narrow band and a straight, 

 narrow border to the termen, the latter two of darker ochraceous than the 

 ground colour. Basal area of both wings with some dark ochraceous, 

 transverse, sinuous, short lines ; the subterminal lunular line on hindwing 

 bordered inwardly and outwardly by obscure, broad, pinkish white lunules ; 

 a distinct shade on middle of terminal half of both fore and hindwings, 

 darker than rest of ground colour. Antennse brown ; head, thorax and 

 abdomen fulvous brown ; beneath, the palpi white, the thorax and abdomen 

 ochraceous. 



Female upperside has the ground colour a rich, bright yellow. Forewing : 

 apex and terminal margin somewhat narrowly black ; a subterminal black, 

 zigzag line ; a broad, bright yellow, discal, transverse band with somewhat 

 irregular, sinuous margins defined by obsolescent blackish lines and 

 medially traversed throughout its length by a narrower brown band bearing 

 a transverse superposed row of obscure, diffuse, dark spots ; beyond the 

 discal band is a transverse series of broad, light, lunular markings. Hind- 

 wing : differs little from the forewing in markings. Underside ochraceous 

 drab ; the discal band as in the male but lilacine white, inwardly bordered 

 by a sinuous, pale brown, narrow band, a transverse, sinuous, narrow, 

 subbasal pale, brown band and short, similar bands defining the apices of 

 the cell areas in both wings ; beyond the discal band the transverse series 

 of spots and the subterminal and terminal markings similar to those in the 

 male but the latter much paler. Exp. 63-83 mm. 



The transformations of the species have not been chronicled, but they will 

 probably not differ much from those of the next, C. thais. The habits are 

 not known either. The distribution is " Sikhim ; Behar ; Assam ; Burma ; 

 Tenasserim ; the Andamans ; Malayan Subregion to Java." 



69. Cirrhochroa thais, Fabr. Wet-season form. — The male has the upperside 

 rich tawny with the following black markings : — Forewing : a narrow band 

 along the discocellulars ; three transverse spots in the interspaces beyond ; 

 a spot at the base of interspace 3, short transverse, slender lines in continu- 

 ation of it in spaces 1 and 2 ; the three spots beyond the apex of cell in 

 echelon forward of the last-mentioned three markings ; a postdiscal 

 transverse series of lunules inwardly diffuse in spaces 5 and 6, obsolescent 

 in space 1 ; the apex and termen broadly black, the latter coalescing with 

 an obscure, transverse, subterminal, lunular line and enclosing a series of 

 detached obscure lunules of tawny ground-colour sometimes completely 

 wanting. Hindwing : the markings dusky black, very similar to those on 

 the hindwing of C. mithila ; the white, subcostal patch on the outer 

 margin of the discal line as in that form, but more prominent ; the costal 

 margin beyond it to apex fuliginous grey. Underside dark ochraceous 

 tawny suffused with purplish ; basal area with some short, slender, traos- 



