154 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



Indo-I'Ialayan Species. — Sumalia Agneya (Limenitis Agneya, Doherty, Journ. 

 As. Soc. Bengal, 1891, p. 176. de Niceville, J. A. S. Beng. 1895, p. 416. Eahitat. 

 Larut Hill, 2000 feet, Perak. N.B. Sumatra. — Sumalia Bockii (Limenitis Bockii, 

 Moore, Tr. Ent. Soc. Lend. 1881, p. 308. de Mceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 

 1895, i^. 416. Habitat. N.E. Sumatra. — Sumalia Staudingeri (Limenitis Staudingeri, 

 Eibbe, Iris, 1889, p. 235, pi. 5, fig. 1. Habitat. Ceram. 



Malayan and Chjnese allied Genera. — 



Genus Taeattia. — Male. Forewing rather elongated and narrow, triangular ; 

 costa very slightly arched at the base, apex obtuse, exterior margin oblique and 

 scalloped ; upper discocellular short, middle discocellular concave, lower recurved ; 

 cell closed, middle median emitted immediately before lower end of the cell. 

 Hind'wing couically triangular ; exterior margin very convex, anal angle rounded. 

 Antennal club elongated and stout ; eyes hairy. Type. — T. Lysanias. — Tarattia 

 Lysanias (Limenitis Lysanias, Hewitson, Exot. Butt. ii. Lim. pi. 2, figs. 10, 11 (1859). 

 Habitat, Celebes. 



Genus Hypolimnesthes. — Male. Forewing short, triangular ; costa very slightly 

 arched towards the end, apex obtuse, exterior margin oblique, slightly uneven ; 

 posterior angle rounded ; cell very broad, closed ; first subcostal branch emitted at 

 one-third before end of the cell, second at one-eighth before the end ; middle disco- 

 cellular deeply concave, lower outwardly recurved, slender ; middle median veinlefc 

 emitted at a short distance before lower end of cell. Hindwing short, triangular, 

 produced posteriorly ; exterior margin convex, scalloped, anal angle rounded, 

 abdominal margin long; cell area very broad, open ; precostal vein incurved; radial 

 emitted from lower subcostal at nearly half the distance of the base of the latter 

 from the costal. Body moderately stout, finely hairy ; palpi slender, densely hairy 

 above and below, apex pointed; antennae slender; eyes hairy. Sexes dissimilar. 



Type. — H. albomaculata. — Hypolimnesthes albomaculata (Limenitis albomaculata. 

 Leech, Entom. 1891, Suppl. p. 27 ; id. Butt, of China, etc., p. 178, pi. 16, fig. 3, ^. 

 Oberthur, Etud. Entom. 1892, p. 7, pi. 2, fig. 15, <j, id. 1893, p. 15, pi. 6, fig. 82,9. 

 Var. L. nigricans, Oberthur, id. 1896, pi. 10, fig. 175, ^. — This is an excellent 

 mimic of the common Nymphalid butterfly, Hypolimnas misippiis. Habitat. Moupin, 

 E. Thibet; W. China. 



Genus BHAGADATTA. 



Limenitis (pait), de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 156 (1S86). 



Imago. — Male. Wings large, broad. Foreiving subtriangular ; costa slightly 

 arched, apex rounded, exterior margin slightly oblique, well scalloped, posterior 

 margin long, straight ; cell very broad, extending to two-fifths of the wing, closed ; 



