NYMPHALINu^. (Group LIMENITIN.l.) 183 



Distribution. — " This species appears to be not uncommon towai'ds the Xorth- 

 Eastern frontier of India, occurring in Assam, Naga Hills, and Oachar" (de Niceville, 

 I.e. 170). Mr. J. Wood-Mason obtained " two males at Irangmara, Cachar, in July" 

 (J, A. S. Beng. 1886, 359). Colonel C. Swinhoe notes it as " rare at Cherra Punji, 

 Khasias" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 283). Captain E.Y.Watson obtained "a single 

 specimen at Tiling in March, during the Chin-Lughai Expedition of 1889-90" (J. 

 Bombay N. H. S. 1891, 40). Colonel C. H. E. Adamson records "one specimen 

 fi'om Bhamo, taken in June, and one from Tenasserim, taken in February " (List, p. 

 23), he also possesses a female taken at Kathapa in January, Mr. W. Doberty took 

 specimens at "Margbarita, and in tbe Karen Hills at 4000 to 6000 feet" (P. Z. S. 

 1891, 277). Mr. Moti Ram obtained " a single male at Ponsekai, Tenasserim " 

 (J. A. S. Beng. 1887, 423). It also occurs in Sumatra, Java, Banca, and Borneo. 



Philippine allied Species. — Ghendrana Alcamene (Athyma Alcamene, Felder, 

 Wien. Ent. Monats, 1863, p. 118. Sempei-, Reisen Phibp. Lep. p. 139. pi. 27, 

 fig. 8, 9, 9 (1889). iTa^i/^a^.— Mindanao ; Phil. Isles. 



Genus ATHYMA. 



Athyma, Westwood, Gen. D. Lep. ii. p. 272 (1850). Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 11. Distant, 



Ehop. Malay, p. 156 (1883). de Niceville, Butt. India, ii. p. 165 (1886). 

 Athyma (sect. 1, part), Felder, Neues Lep. p. 31 (1861). 

 Biblis (part), Fabricius, Illiger's Mag. vi. p. 281 (1807). 

 Acca (part), Hiibner, Verz. Schmett. p. 44 (1S16). 



Imago. — Male. Wings sbort, rather broad. Forewing subtriangular ; costa 

 regularly arched, apex obtuse, exterior margin sligbtly oblique, scalloped, posterior 

 margin recurved ; costal vein extending to a little beyond middle of the margin ; 

 first subcostal emitted at one-third before end of the cell, second at one-sixth before 

 the end, third at about half beyond the cell and extending to the apex; upper 

 discocellular almost obliterated, second discocellular short and outwardly concave ; 

 cell area wide, open ; minute Androconia or scent-scales, but very few in number, 

 are present, chiefly upon the basal area between the median and submedian vein, 

 these scales are elongated, narrower at the base than those in P. Nefte, with rounded 

 ciliated apex, and basal hook on each side longer than the shaft. Hindwlng short, 

 broad, triangularly-ovate ; costal margin convex, apex and exterior margin convex 

 and strongly scalloped, anal angle rounded ; precostal vein incurved ; radial emitted 

 from second subcostal, at an equal distance from base of the first subcostal as the 

 latter is from base of the costal ; cell area short, broad, open. Body robust ; palpi 

 slender, not quite reaching the vertex, compactly squamous at the sides, hairy at 

 the base beneath and on second joint above, apex short, pointed ; antennae with a 

 long slender club ; eyes naked. Sexes alike. 



