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yeUow bands on the sides separated by a diffuse band of black. The- 

 upper band, especially in adults, is clouded with ochreous approxi- 

 mating to red in some specimens. 



Legs black with a yellow annule at the base of the femora and 

 a bright yellow stripe in the length of the extensor surface of the 

 tibiae. 



Abdomen, ground colour white or creamy, marked broadly with 

 black. The latter obscures most of the ground colouring on the 

 dorsum and sides but small basal spots are left on the 2nd to 7th 

 segments and the ventrum and middle portion of the sides are 

 yellowish. There is a very fine, middorsal, ochreous line on the 2nd 

 to 4th and sometimes 5th segments. 



Wings hyaline ; stigma pale-brown. The nervure ah is vestigial in 

 all specimens and Cir is only 3 cells in length. 



Anal appendages robust black and not differing from the generic 

 type. 



The teneral male approximates to the colouring of the female. The 

 humeral and lateral bands are creamy instead of red or ochreous. 

 The white colouring on the abdomen is more in evidence and there- 

 is a broad, creamy white stripe on the vertex of the head replacing 

 the obscure reddish one. The black on the thorax has not the deep 

 velvety appearance of the adult. The superior anal appendages are 

 white. 



Female : Length 35"5 mm., abdomen 30 mm., hindwing 20 mm., 

 post nodal nervures, forewing 13/15, hindwing constant 12. 



Markings very similar to those of the male but no other colouring 

 save ivory white and black. The labrum dirty white or brownish. 

 The humeral line white and broader than in the male. The basal 

 spots on the abdominal segments are larger and form almost com- 

 plete, basal annules. The black encloses an obscure, white spot at 

 the side of the apex of each segment and there is a creamy white, 

 middorsal stripe on segments 8, 9 and 10. The apical borders of the 

 10th segment and the anal appendages are white. A fine, middorsal 

 pale broAvn stripe on all segments from 2 to 7. 



Hab. Settled on ferns, grasses or twigs along the whole length of 

 the stream from its origin to Lingmala. Females keep to the jungle 

 in the near neighbourhood. 

 Chloroneura quadrimaculata, Ramb. Common around lake ; generally 

 keeping to the shelter afforded by the stone walls. Found also in 

 various sections of the river where it passes through ravines. A good 

 number were seen at Lingmala. Mr. F. H. Gravely has found this 

 insect in the Yenna Valley so that it apparently has a continuous 

 distribution from Mahableshwar 4,500 ft. to Satara, ca 2,500 ft. I 

 have traced its distribution from Satara to Khandala at the top 

 of the ghat overlooking the Bombay plains from which latter however 

 it is absent. 2,000 ft. I believe is about its lower limit. 



