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HARILRA KAHRITBA (Plate 171, figs. 1, la, b, c, <? ? ). 



Imaqo. — Male. Upperside bright fulvous, as in H. Marmax, with similarly- 

 disposed markings. Foreioing differing in the comparatively broader black 

 marginal band, and in the much more sharply-defined submarginal sinuous line, 

 which latter line is also narrower at its costal end, thus giving the intervening 

 broad lunular marks a more prominent shape throughout their extent. Hindwlng 

 with the medial costal sinuous streak distinct, and the submarginal black 

 spots somewhat larger and more irregularly-oval in shape, the central dot 

 ochreous-white. Underside with the ground-colour pale Indian yellow, the 

 transverse sinuous lines more sinuously disposed than in Marmax, but very sharply 

 defined, their bordering shades, and the submarginal dentate fascia, and also 

 the interspace between the two medial discal sinuous lines, being dark ochreous- 

 brown. 



Female. Upperside uniformly paler than in male. Forewing with the markings 

 less defined. Hindwing with the submarginal row of black spots also less defined, 

 but each with a central dentate mark. Underside as in the male. 



Expanse, c? 3f to 4, ? 4 J to 4-^ inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim ; Sylhet; Cachar; Khasia Hills ; Burma. 



DiSTEiBUTiON. — Presuming this to be the species referred to by Mr. de Niceville 

 as Lunawara, " it is much rarer than Marmax in Sikkim, but occurs at the same 

 seasons and elevations " (Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, 148). Specimens from Sikkim 

 taken in July, August, and November, by Mr. Otto MoUer, are in Mr. W. 

 Rothschild's collection. We have it from Sylhet, Cachar, and Colonel Swinhoe 

 has it from the Khasia Hills. We have also identified specimens from the 

 Arakan Hills, taken in November by Major C. H. E. Adamson, in the Thoungyeen 

 forests, Upper Tenasserim, and in September, by Captain Bingham ; and also 

 specimens from East Pegu. 



HARIDRA DESA (Plate 172, figs. 1, la, b, c, <? ? ).] 



Charaxes Desa, Moore, Proc. Zool. So& Lend. 1878, p. 832, J- de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc. 

 ii. p. 283 (1856). 



Imago. — Male, Nearest allied to E. Arhtogiton. Forewing differs in the inner 

 edge of the black marginal band being bent inward from the costa to the upper 

 radial, whereas, in Aristogiton, the edge is more even, and comparatively nearer the 

 subcostal streak ; and the submarginal lunules are comparatively broader. Hindwing 

 with similar black macular band. Underside simUar. 



Female. Upperside paler than in male ; similarly marked as the same sex of 

 Marmax. Forewing with the discocellular duplex streak and the subcostal streak 



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