250 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



yellow irregular band, decreasing posteriorly ; a submarginal row of small, yellow 

 lunules, and a marginal row of small geminate spots, those at the anal angle being 

 greenish-grey. Underside lilac-grey, of a more or less pale or darker tint, but 

 dullest at the base, and purplish-tinted externally. Both wings with white trans- 

 verse discal markings as on upperside, but each inwardly-edged by a black line ; the 

 basal area crossed by irregular black slender lines. Forewing also with three basal 

 black spots in the cell, a submarginal row of ochreous-yellow spots with posteriorly- 

 increasing black borders, and a marginal lower row of indistinct purplish-white 

 lunules. Hindicing also with a discal more or less defined irregular row of black- 

 edged purplish-white lunules, and a submarginal row of ochreous-yellow spots with 

 blackish outer borders, followed by a marginal row of small, more or less ochreous- 

 yellow or greenish-ochreous lunules surmounted by an indented black line and white 

 speckles above, and broken lunate white spots below ; the extreme margin and tails 

 being blackish-edged. 



Female. Upperside as in the male, with the markings somewhat larger. 

 Underside as in the male. 



Body above dark olive-brown ; collar, front, and palpi above black, spotted with 

 white ; palpi, body beneath, and legs whitish ; fore tibiae brown above ; antenn£B 

 black ; eyes reddish. 



Expanse, S 2^% to 3^% ? 3^ to By% inches. 



Caterpillar. — Slug-shaped ; bluish-green ; head armed with four reddish-tipfc 

 spinous fleshy vertical processes ; anal segment with two short depressed points ; a 

 small dorsal semicircle of white on seventh segment ; lateral line dotted with pale 

 yellow. Feeds on Tamarindus indica. 



Chrysalis. — Cylindrically-ovate, smooth ; dorsum arched ; head obtusely pointed. 

 Habitat. — Himalayas; Oudh ; B. and S. India ; Ceylon; Burma. 

 In specimens from the N.AY. Himalayas, the undersides are the palest coloured, 

 and also have the markings less prominently defined. In Eastern Indian and Burmese 

 specimens the underside is darker, and the South Indian and Ceylonese examples are 

 darkest of all, being of a purpurescent-brownish tint, with all the markings intensi- 

 fied. The S. Indian specimens are identical with the Fabrician type. 



Distribution and Habits. — This butterfly has a wide range. In the "Western 

 Himalayas it " has been taken in Chumba in March by Lieut.-Col. C. H. T. 

 Marshall, and in Mundi in July and September by Mr. A. Graham Young" (Butt. 

 Ind. ii. 280). The Rev. J. H. Hocking took it in " Dharmsala in July, at sugar" 

 (P. Z. S. 1882, 238). Mr. W. Doherty found it in " Rambagh, at the foot of the hills, 

 Kuraaon " (J. A. 8. Beng. 1886, 124). In Oudh " it occurs in Lucknow " (Lang. 

 Ann. N. H. 1864, 181), and"at Fyzabad" (Butt. Ind. ii. 280). In the Eastern 

 Himalayas "stragglers have been taken in Sikkim at low elevations from May to 



