ACH^A. 537 



Avhite band from vein 6 beyond the cell to tornus, strongly con- 

 stricted at snbmedian fold and with black suffusion before and 

 beyond it ; hind wing with minutely waved postmedial and sub- 

 terminal lines, the latter with a blackish patch before it above 

 tornus. 



Ab. 1. Fore wing with the lines black, the medial and terminal 

 areas suffused with lilacine grey, the costal patch beyond the 

 postmedial line lilacine grey and defined by black. 



Ab. 2. Fore wing nearly uniformly suffused with dark red- 

 brown. 



Ab. 3. argilla. Head, thorax, abdomen, and fore wing brownish 

 white, the last with the markings almost obsolete ; hind wing with 

 the basal area whitish. — S. & W. Australia. 



Hab. Persian Gulf, Ormara {Cumming), 1 S ; Punjab, Kulu, 

 Sultanpur {G. Young), 1 J , 2 5 , Dharmsala (RocJcing), 3 J , 6 $ , 

 Campbellpur ( Yerhury), 1 $ , Jubbulpur {F. Butler), 2 5 , Allah- 

 abad, 2 c? ; SiKHiM, 1 5 ; Assam {Badgley), 1 c? , 1 $ , Khasis 

 (Watson), 1 St Silhet (Stamsforth), 1 5, Cachar (Grant), 1 $; 

 Bengal, Durbunga (Maries), 1 $ , Calcutta, 2 $ , Ganjam, 1 ^ '■> 

 Bombay, 1 5, Mhow (SivitiJioe), 1 d, Kanara (Ward), 1 $ ; 

 Madras, 2 c? , 1 5 , Shevaroys (Morris), 1 5, Nilgiris (Hampson), 



1 S ; Ceylon (Templetoii), 2 §; Burma, Moulmein (ClerJc), 1 cJ , 



2 § ; Andamans, 1 5 ; Singapore (Ridley), 2 2 ; Sumatra, 

 Ludeking, 1 $ ; Philippines, Luzon, San Fernando (McGregor), 

 1 S ; Formosa, Takow (Uohson), 1 5 ; Java (Horsfield), 2 (5' , 5 $ ; 

 Christmas I. (Andrews), 2 $ ; Cocos-Keeling I. (Wood-Jones), 



1 c? , 3 $ ; Timor (Matheiv), 1 $ ; Br. N. Guinea, Ekeikei (Pratt), 



2 $ ; N. Australia, Cartier I. (J. J. Walker), 1 $ , Port Darwin 

 (Buchland), 3 ^ , Alexandra (Stalker), 2 2 ; Queensland, Moreton 

 Bay (Biggies), 1 5 , Brisbane (Turner, Lyell), 3 5 ; W. Australia, 

 Towranna Plains ; S. Austealia, Adelaide (J. J. Walker), 1 i^ ; 

 N. Zealand ; Makshall Is. (Matheiv), 1 S , 1 $ ; Gilbert Is. 

 (Woodford), 1 5 , Apia (de la Garde), 1 $ ; Ellice Is. (Whitmee), 



1 $ ; ISTew Hebrides (Matheiv), 1 $ ; Friendly Is., Vavau (Eclijjse 

 Ex'p.), 2 2 ; Union Is., Fakaala (Lister), 5 $ ; Tahiti (Matliew), 



2 $ ; Marquesas (J. J. Walker), 2 c? , 2 5 , Nuka-hiva I. (J. J. 

 Walker), 1 $ , 2 J , Tongatabu (Lister), 1 $ . Exp. 52-70 millim. 

 Type t ekeikei in Coll. Bethune-Baker. 



Larva. Bluish grey speckled with blue-black or black-brown ; 

 lateral and sublateral yellowish stripes with a blue-grey line 

 between them ; a dorsal black stripe edged Avith reddish white 

 spots between 4th and 5th somites ; a pair of dorsal red tubercles 

 on anal somite ; spiracles and fore legs red ; head striped with 

 black ; the 1st pair of claspers aborted. Food-plant, Bicinus 

 communis. 



Pupa rolled in a leaf. 



