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form. Elwes was right when he considered khasiana to be a synonym of 

 arinandii, although he did not obtain the two seasonal forms from the same 

 locality, he obtained two specimens of the d. s. f. == khasiana from the 

 Naga Hills and a single iv. s.f. = armandii from Bernardmyo, Burma, 

 taken by Doherty. These according to Mr. Elwes only differed from one 

 another in the i..olour of the hindwing and agreed exactly with typical 

 armandii from China in Leech's collection, in which both forms from the 

 same locality were represented. 



On the upperside the wet-season form has all the markings uniformly pale 

 yellow and the ground colour of the outer half of the hindwing is 

 concolorous with the basal half ; whereas in the dry-season form it is 

 nearly entirely bright yellow. On the forewing of the dry-season form 

 the spot beyond the cell in interspace 3 and the apical spots have a 

 tendency to become white, the former in the male being small and narrowly 

 oval in shape, whereas in the wet-season form it is much rounder and 

 larger. Underside : the dry-season form has all the white markings broader 

 and on the hindwing the outer half is ochraceous, whereas in the wet-season 

 form it is pure light brown. The dry-season forms of armandii and bhadra 

 are somewhat alike above, but below the markings are very diflFerent. Both 

 seasonal forms of armandii can at once be distinguished from those of 

 hhadra by the characteristic markings in the cell on the underside of the 

 forewing ; in hhadra the central pale band in the cell is more or less straight, 

 whereas in armandii it is sharply bent back at its middle at light angles to 

 base of vein 2. Again in «r??iawd!zY the ground colour underneath is pure 

 brown, whereas in bhadra it is more or less washed with lilac. • 



Rare in Manipur where only a few specimens of the wet-season form 

 were obtained below KabruPeak at about 7,500 feet in May. Fairly common 

 in the Naga Hills where numerous specimens of the wet-season form were 

 obtained at Jakama, Kohima, Takabama and Kirbari at 6,000-7,500 feet 

 during August and September. In September the dry-season form emerges 

 and eleven males were taken during that month at Kirbari. A single 

 fresh dry-season female was obtained at the sam.e place in June. There are 

 therefore two broods for certain : (1) a summer brood of the wet-season 

 form flying from May to September, an occasional worn specimen 

 struggling on till October ; (2) an autumn brood of the dry-season form 

 emerging in September and probably flying into October and November. 

 The occurrence of the dry-season female taken in Juneis difficult to explain. 

 The females are exceedingly rare, and only three were obtained. 



Mycalesis adamsonii, Watson. 



The dry-season form only appears to have been described. Both Watson 

 and Bingham mention that there are five ocelli on the forewing underneath. 

 In the numerous specimens of the d. s.f. that I have examined, I have 

 only come across one with all five complete, the ocellus in interspace 3 

 being generally wanting. The ocelli on the hindwing are not always 

 perfectly formed, the inner ones being often merely indicated by white 

 specks. 



The wet-season form diff'ers considerably on the underside. The outer pale 

 area is not nearly so conspicuous and is washed with lilac brown. The 

 forewing has three perfect ocelli in interspaces 2, 5 and 6, those in interspaces 

 3 and 4 being completely wanting. On the hindwing all seven ocelli are 

 perfectly formed and larger. 



This species has hitherto been considered to be very rare, but it is common 

 in the Manipur Valley, at the foot of the Range Hills, where I took numer- 

 ous specimens of both seasonal forms. In other parts of Manipur it is much 

 rarer and only a few specimens were occasionally <5btained at Kanglatombi 

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