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August, at Silcuri, also two males from Shillong, taken by Dr, Johnson, a male from 

 Jorehat, taken by Mr. J. L. Sherwill, and a male from Sibsagar, taken by Mr. S. E. 

 Peal. 



Of our illustrations of E. Athamas, on Plate 184, fig. 1 is from Mr. S. N. "Ward's 

 drawing of larva reared in Kanara ; fig. la is from the Ceylon larva ; fig. lb, c, is 

 from a Sikkim male, and fig. Id, a female from Shillong, Assam. Fig. le is the 

 variety from the Khasia Hills. 



ETJLEPIS HAM AST A (Plate 185, figs. 1, la, c? ? ). 



Eulepis Hamasta, Moore, Proc. Zool. See. Lond. 1882, p. 238. 



Charaxes Athamas (part), de NicuviUe, Butt, of India, etc. ii. p. 275 (1886). 



Imago. — Male. Both wings with broad olivescent-yellow discal band, broader 

 than in E. Athamas, the black outer border, consequently, being narrower. Forewinrj 

 with a quadrate larger lower subapical spot, and a small apical spot. Hindwing 

 with prominent submarginal white lunate spots and ochreous marginal lunules. 

 Underside paler ; with the band inwardly-bordering the broad discal band paler 

 olivescent-ochreous, and the outer marginal lunular marks narrower. 



Female. Upperside with broad discal band. Forewing with large quadrate 

 subapical spot and two small superposed apical spots. Hindiving with very pro- 

 minent yellowish-white submarginal spots, the four upper small and ovate, the 

 lower large and broadly lunate ; the marginal ochreous lunules indistinct, the lowest 

 edged with bluish -grey. Underside as in the male. 



Expanse, <S 2^% to 3, ? 3^\ to B^^o inches. 



Habitat. — "Western and Eastern Himalayas ; C. India. 



Distribution. — The type specimens were taken by the Rev. J. H. Hocking at 

 " Dharmsala, 6200 feet, in March and June" (P. Z. S. 1882, 238). The late Captain 

 R. Bayne Reed records " Athamas " in his Hst of butterflies taken in Kashmir in 

 1872. Colonel A. M. Lang also obtained it in the Tonse "Valley, Gurhwal, at 6000 

 feet, and Mr. W. Doherty captured it in the " Sarju, Kali, and Gori "Valleys, 2000 

 to 4000 feet, in Kumaon, in September" (Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 1886, 124). Males, 

 taken in Sikkim, i\Iarcli, 1887 and 1888, by Mr. 0. MoUer, are in the collection of 

 Mr. "Walter Rothschild, and I possess specimens which were also taken in Sikkim 

 by Mr. G. C. Dudgeon. Specimens, labelled Buxa, are in Mr. H. Druce's collection, 

 and a male and female from Deesa, Central India, are in Colonel Swinhoe's 

 collection. 



Habits.- — This is "an insect of extremely rapid flight, flashing like lightning 



