228 LEPIDOPTEEA INBICA. 



Dry-season Irood (Plate 274, fig. 1, la, b, c, (J ? ). 



Imago. — Male and female. Upperside olivescent-black ; markings olivescent- 

 white ; cilia alternated with white. Forewing witli a broad cell-streak, which is 

 slightly indented or partially broken by black scales near its end ; discocellular spot 

 large and lobately-triangular ; a transverse discal curved series of short broad more 

 or less ovate spots, and a submarginal row of seven extremely small spots, the upper 

 five more or less rounded, the lower two lunular ; an inner submarginal and an 

 outer marginal very obscurely-defined pale line. Eindiving crossed by an inner discal 

 broad band, and a submarginal rather broad band composed of quadrate spots; a 

 medial discal and a marginal very obscure slender pale line. Underside rich dark 

 ferruginous-red ; markings as above, all being white and very slightly blackish-edged. 

 Hindwing also with a short narrow white basal costal streak and a subbasal fascia. 

 Body and palpi above fuliginous-black, beneatb and legs greyish ; antennae blackisb 

 above, beneath and tip reddish. 



Expanse, i 1^^ to 2, ? 2 to 2^^ inches. 



Wet-season hrood (Plate 274, fig. 1, d, e, f, g, <? ? ). 



Male and female. Wings slightly shorter and broader than in dry-season brood. 

 Upperside. Forewing with the markings somewhat smaller and narrower, and less 

 sharply defined, the discoidal spot more or less narrowly prolonged in the female. . 

 Hindwing with the submarginal macular band somewhat narrower and slightly 

 sullied. Underside darker red than in dry-season ; markings more prominent. 



Expanse, <? 2, S 2^q to 2i% inches. 



Habitat. — W. and E. Himalayas ; Khasia Hills ; Upper Burma. 



DisTEiBUTiON. — We possess the type specimens of the dry-season form from 

 Simla and Masuri ; a male from Thundiani, taken in May, and a female from Kali 

 Pani, in August, by Major J. W. Yerbury, also both sexes of dry and wet-season 

 form from Kashmir, Masuri, and Simla, taken by Major H. B. Hellard from June to 

 October. Also others from Nepal, Sikkim, Khasia Hills, Cherra Punji ; and both 

 sexes of the dry form from Upper Burma, the latter agreeing with typical Asiola. 

 In the British Museum are specimens from Thundiani (Yerbury), Almora, Nepal 

 (Hardwicke), Landour, Dalhousie, and Kulu, and of the wet form from Tilin Yaw, 

 November (Watson), Sikkim, July (Dudgeon). Specimens of both sexes, from 

 Sikkim, taken by Olto Mdller, in February and March, are in Mr. W. Rothschild's 

 collection. Colonel Swinhoe has several specimens from the Khasias and Cherra 

 Punji. Capt. A. M. Lang took it " in gardens at Umballa in winter " (Ent. Mo. Mag. 

 1864, 132). Major J. AY. Yerbury took it in " Thundiani in September, and at 

 Hurripur and Chittar in October " (Ann. N. H. 1888, 143). Mr. W. Doherty records 

 it as " common all over Kumaon from 2000 to 70U0 feet elevation " (J. A. S. Bengal, 



