NOTES ON SOME BUTTERFLIES FROM MANIPUR. 229 



Typical euthymiui< is tlie palest form, the male of which lacks the straight 

 black bar near the base of interspaces 2 and 3. 



Var. tessellata S is darker with heavier black markings and with a 

 straight black bar near the base of interspace 2 and 3 on upper forewing ; 

 the basal half of both wings is also somewhat darker than the outer half. 



Var. mekena is still a very much darker form ; the ground colour is a 

 richer red on the outer half of both wings and a deep red-brown on basal 

 half. The black markings are very much heavier, forming on the forewing 

 a broad black terminal band on which is a row of quadrate spots of the 

 ground colour not touching one another. The black band near base of 

 interspaces 2 and 3 as in tessellata, but broader and carried into the middle 

 of interspace 1. Underneath also rather darker. 



From the dates of capture given, it will be seen that all three forms occur 

 both in the dry and ^oet seasons and, therefore, the intensity of the markings 

 is not due to seasonal causes. 



DiSGOPHORA DEO, de N. 



A single male taken at Nichuguard, Naga Hills, in April. 



{To he continued.) 



