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Nbpxis namba, n. sp. (PI. Ill, Fig. 20 (5 ) . 



Very near to N. ananta from the Naga Hills but differs constantly, in 

 ■both sexes, in being much darker above and beloio. 



Female. Upperside : all the markings conspicuously broader and darker 

 than in $ ananta for the Naga Hills. Underside : darker, otherwise similar. 



Expanse: J c?2-3o— 2-7"; $2-8." 



This form is readily distinguished from N. anantahj its much darker 

 yellow bands on the upperside and by its richer brown red on the under- 

 side. It flies at the foot of the Hills ; whereas N. ananta flies at a much 

 higher altitude ; in the rains N. ananta is found at 5,000 — 7,000 ft. and in 

 the cold weather it descends to about 2,600 ft. 



Many males and one female were taken by my Native collectors at Mi- 

 chuguard in the Naga Hills and on the Burma and Cachar Roads in Mani- 

 pur from March to October. Two males were also received from Mr. Antram 

 taken near Silchar. The seasonal forms do not apprecially dift'er. 



In my notes on Naga Hills butterflies, J. B. N. H. S., vol. xxi, p. 61, 

 I erroneously recorded this species as the wet-season form of N. ananta ; 

 it is, however, perfectly distinct. 



Rahinda paona, n. sp. (PI. Ill, Fig. 23 c?). 



Male and female. Ufpevside : — black with rather pale yellow markings. 

 Forewing : a yellow streak in cell broadening out at apex, almost reaching the 

 base of vein 6 and bordered by that vein for some distance and ending in a 

 point on vein 4 ; base of interspace 3 filled with yellow ; a preapical row of 

 contiguous spots in interspaces 5, 6, 8 and 9, the upper one minute and 

 sometimes wanting ; two subterminal yellow spots in interspaces 1 and 2, 

 well separated from one another ; the lower one small extending into 

 interspace 1-a and reaching the dorsum ; the upper one large extending 

 across the interspace and just entering interspace 3. Hindwing : a broad 

 yellow discal band from dorsum to vein 7 ; a narrow subterminal band of 

 the same colour irrorated with fuscous scales, obsolescent towards costa. 

 Underside : Forewing : dull black slightly tinged with brown red ; yeUow 

 markings as on upperside but rather larger ; costa at base, apical area and 

 terminal area towards tornus yellowish; a subterminal chestnut line commen- 

 cing at the costa well before the apex and ending at vein 1 . Hindwing : costal 

 interspace yellow at basal half ; a broad antemedian yellowish green band 

 streaked with chestnut and outwardly bordered with black towards the 

 dorsum ; a yellow discal band broadening out towards the costa ; its outer 

 edge broadly bordered with black ; a broad postmedian greenish yellow 

 band divided by a narrow chocolate line of detached streaks ; a narrow 

 pale yellow subterminal line violet towards the apex and outwardly bordered 

 by a narrow dark chestnut line ; a greenish yellow terminal band outwardly 

 edged towards the apex by a narrow anteciliary purplish line. 



Expanse : c? 6 1-82— 1-88"; $ $ 1-97— 2-22". 



Two males and two females were obtained by my Native collectors at 

 Kirbari, Naga Hills, at about 7,000' in June and July. 



Chbbsgn-esia rahria eahrioides, Moore. 



A few males obtained at the foot of the Naga Hills, near Nichuguard, in 

 October and November. A few males and a female obtained at Sebong, 

 Manipur, in October and April, and a female on the Irang River, Cachar 

 Road, Manipur, in February. The males taken in October show great 

 variation in size and depth of colour. Bingham places this form as a race 

 of C. visa, Doubleday, but I think there is no doubt that it is a perfectly 

 distinct species. 



