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subterminal narrow dark band from costa to middle of interspace 2 and a 

 similar terminal band broad at the apex and ending in a point at the 

 tornus. Hindwing : a conspicuous curved pale yellow band commencing in 

 interspace 7, broadening out in interspaces 6 and 5 and ending in a point in 

 interspace 3, inwardly sharply defined and outwardly difl'used ; a dusky 

 black subterminal line, broadest at the costal end, between which and the 

 discal yellow band the colour is much brighter than the basal half ; termen 

 bordered with dusky black and separated from the subterminal dark band 

 by a narrow band of the ground colour, except near the costa where it joins 

 it. Underside : olive green ; the base of forewing and nearly the whole of 

 the hindwing tinted with blue. Forewing : markings in cell as on upperside : 

 a short streak below base of vein 2 ; a tranvserse series of white spots as on 

 upperside, inwardly bordered with black ; preapical spots and subterminal 

 dark line as on upperside, but the latter narrower and better defined and 

 ending in a large dark purplish black spot in interspace 1 ; the middle of 

 interspace 2 and outer two-thirds of interspace 1 dusky purple. Hindwing : 

 a circular black mark at base of interspace 7 ; a short curved streak at base 

 of interspace 6, another straight black mark at base of interspace 5 ; twO' 

 narrow black lines across the cell and two more on either side of the dis- 

 cocellulars ; a curved discal band as on upperside but paler and narrower and 

 continued into interspace 2 ; both edges defined sharply with olive green ; 

 a subterminal olive green narrow line, sometimes forming detached linear 

 spots in the male. 



Antennte black. Eyes dark brown. Palpi pale olive brown above, 

 whitish below. Hanstellum pale green. Body dark bronzy green above, 

 bluish grey below, somewhat darker in the male. 



Expanse: S6 3-1— 3-2" ; 9$ 3-4— 3-57". Five males and three females 

 of this rare butterfly were taken in August and September, during the past 

 three years, at Yakama and Phesima in the Naga Hills at about 7,000' — 

 8,000' and a single male on Kabur Peak, Manipur, 8,400' in August. 



This very distinct species can be at once distinguished from its nearest 

 allies D. nara and D. sahadeva by the conspicuous and continuous curved 

 band on the hindwing. 



Capt. Evans in vol. xxii. of the Journal, p. 282, mentions a DopMa, 

 secured by Mr. Ollenbach in the Khasi Hills, as referable to this species. 

 I have not seen the specimen he refers to but I doubt this being so ; the 

 forewing of D. curvifascia is certainly very like that of D. sahadeva, but 

 besides the spots being smaller, the spots in interspace 2 is very diffuse and 

 not clearly defined as in D. sahadeva. The hindwing however is very 

 different to Z>. duda § , The colour is bronzy green, whereas in duda j 

 it is very dark olive green; the discal band in (^MtZff is white outwardly 

 bordered with blue ; in curvifascia it is yellow and not bordered with blue 

 and has the edge of the band on underside showing through. The band is 

 moreover of a different shape being much hollowed out in the middle ; in 

 duda it is only slightly curved. 



DOPHLA SAHADEVA, MoOre. 



There are two well marked forms of the female which do not seem to- 

 intergrade : — 



{a) A pale form with three spots on hindwing ; this is the prevailing 



form. 

 (6) A larger and darker form ; forewing rather more outwardly pro- 

 duced at apex ; spots more elongated and slightly tinged with 

 very pale blue. Hindwing : Upperside : only tiuo spots near 

 costa. Underside: discal spots distinctly bluish; the termen 

 also is squarer at vein 4. 



