138 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



sexes ; first and second subcostals emitted before end of tlie cell, third at about one- 

 eighth beyond the cell ; upper discocellulars bent inward, straight ; cell open. Hind- 

 toing very short, triangular ; exterior margin very oblique, slightly convex, scalloped, 

 anal angle somewhat produced; precostal spur bent outward at the middle; cell 

 open. 



Body stout. Palpi ratber sliort, apical joint short, stout, obtusely pointed. Eyes 

 naked. Sexes alike. 



TzPE. — 0. Francige. 



CHUCAPA FRANCI-ffi (Plate 245, fig. 1, la, \ c, d, <? ? ), 



Adolias Francice, Gray, Lep. Ins. of Nepal, p. 12, pi. 14 (18i6). Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1859, 



p. 81. 

 Huthalia Francim, de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 202 (1886). 

 Adolias Raja, Feldcr, Wien. Ent. Monats. (1859), p. 397, pi. 9, fig. 2, ? . 



Male and Female. — Upperside deep yellowish-bronzy sap-green, or, in some 

 specimens, of a darker bluisb-green tint, the outer borders being blackish-green ; cilia 

 alternated with white. Forewing with black-lined cell marks ; a prominent trans- 

 verse medial discal pale yellow macular band, of which the three upper spots are 

 disposed obliquely outward beyond tbe cell, and the others sliglatly deflexed inward 

 from the upper median, beyond are two obliquely superposed subapical spots — the 

 upper one broadly lunate, the lower rounded, and below which is an incipient row of 

 very slender-slightly defined pale lunules ; beyond these is a submarginal row of 

 small pale yellow lunulate spots. Hindwing with a transverse medial-discal pale 

 yellow decreasing baud, which is externally bordered with paler green than the basal 

 ground colour, followed by an outer discal series of incipient dusky broad diffused 

 lunules and then by a submarginal row of blackish similar lunate spots, which latter 

 are bordered externally by a decreasing series of pale greenisb-yellow lunular spots. 

 Underside glossy, silvery, bluish-grey or greenish-grey ; basal black-lined marks on 

 both wings slender and distinct ; the transverse discal band, subapical spots, inner and 

 outer submarginal pale lunular bands, as on upperside, being white, but all wider, 

 externally, tlian those above, the additional wider portion being washed with pale 

 purple. Foretviiig also with two or three intervening submarginal slender black points, 

 and a large diffused posterior patch below the median veinlet. Hindiving also with an 

 intervening submarginal row of small black points. Body and palpi above dark 

 bronzy sap-green, beneath and legs greyish- white ; antennae black, tipt with red 

 beneath. 



Expanse, c? 3 to Sj^qj ? ^\b to 4<^q inches. 



Habitat. — Nepal; Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Assam; Upper Burma. 



Remaeks. — Nepalese specimens, Plate 245, fig. 1, la, are of a paler green tint, 



