NYMPHALIN^E. (Group EUTHALIINA..) 101 



also crossed by a prominent discal curved upper sei-ies of five small semidiaphanous 

 brownish-white more or less dentate spots, which are inwardly-bordered by a 

 slightly-defined dark brown lunular fascia. Underside dull, or more or less brighter, 

 yellowish-ochreous ; basal marks slender. Forewing crossed by a well-defined 

 submarginal blackish lunular fascia ; the transverse discal series of white spots 

 prominent, and each spot defined by a diffused black-speckled edge ; apex with 

 a white-speckled patch. Hindwing crossed by a narrow, more or less slightly 

 defined, discal and submarginal sinuous diffused line. 



Expanse, S 2^^ to 3, ? 3^) to 3^) inches. 



Habitat. — Nepal ; Sikkim ; Khasias ; Oachar. 



MiMicEY. — Mr. W. Doherty (J. A. S. Beng. 1889, 122) notes this species as 

 being " a mimic." In general coloration, and pattern of markings, there is a 

 similarity to certain species of Cynitia — which is a protected genus of the present 

 group. 



DiSTEiBUTioN. — " In Sikkim, this species occurs in the low valleys, from 2000 to 

 3000 feet elevation, from April to October, but rather rai-ely " (de Niceville, Sikkim 

 Gaz. 1894, 143). We possess specimens of both sexes, taken in Nepal, by the 

 late General G. Ramsay. Mr. J. Wood-Mason obtained " one male on Nemotha 

 Peak, Cachar, at end of September " (J. A. S. Beng. 1887, 360). Colonel C. Swinhoe 

 records it as " common in the Khasias" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 285). 



Genus TASINGA. 



Male. — Wings very short. Forewing triangular ; costa arched, apex prolonged 

 and falcate ; exterior margin concave below the apex, slightly uneven ; posterior 

 margin recurved ; costal vein free in the male, anastomosed to the first subcostal in 

 the female ; first subcostal veinlet emitted at one-half before end of the cell, second 

 at one-fifth, and third immediately beyond the end ; discocellulars bent inward, 

 straight ; cell open. Hindwing triangular ; anterior margin almost straight, apex 

 pointed, exterior margin very oblique, slightly convex, and slightly uneven, anal 

 angle prolonged ; precostal vein bent outward ; second subcostal branch emitted at 

 a short distance from the costal, radial at nearly twice the distance ; cell open. Body 

 very robust ; apex of palpi stout, conical. Eyes naked. 



TiPE. — T. Anosia. 



TASINGA ANOSIA (Plate 227, figs. 2, 2a, c? ? ). 



Adolias Anosia, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. Compy. i. p. 187 (1857); Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 

 1859, p. 65, pi. 5, fig. 1, <? 9. 



