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above, a pale streak through the cell, a pale patch at the himler angle aud the himler 

 raargiual space narrowly pale. Hiiidiving with the costa very l^roadly suft'used with 

 brown, the rest of the wing white, the base suffused with pale l)lue, the discal baud 

 consisting of the four or five upper spots of the series, the lower ones olisolete, the 

 outer margin with a diffuse, narrow blackish band, thickest before the anal angle ; 

 palpi Ijrown ; body Ijcneath and the legs white ; head aud body above concolorous with 

 the wiugs. 



Female similar to the male, the l)luish-white area on the lower margin of the himl- 

 wing, usually narrower. 



Expanse of wings, ^? ? 2 inches. 



Larva is not to be distinguished from that of T. irfjicus* Fabricius, except by the 

 colour of the head, which is here black, aud by the front segments of the body Ijeiug 

 suffused with rose colour. The larva is S(jmewhat larger than that of T. utticus. 



Pupa, though larger, is somewhat proportionately slighter than that of the fore- 

 going ; the surface is covered with minute brown pittings aud very miuute haiis. 

 Spiracular expansion of segment 2 is small, slightly swollen, with a spongy dooking 

 surface, facing slightly backwards. Colour a light greenish-yellow ; a little larger 

 than that of T. atticus all round, and a good deal longer comparatively. 



Habits. The larva scollops the edge of the cell ; occasionally hibernates ; 

 resembles in habits the last species ; feeds on Dioscorea peiitaphylla. By no means 

 uncommon in Karwar in the months of September and October. We have generally 

 found it at flowers ; it is fonder of thick jungle than the last species ; like the last it 

 rests on the underside of leaves. We have bred a fair numljer. (Davidson, Bell 

 and Aitken.) 



Habitat. — Southern India, Malay Archipelago, Java. 



Distribution. — The type was Javan, it is supposed to l)e in collection de Perreux, 

 Paris ; the figure of Tagiadea atlios, Plotz, is said to be identical with it, and Plotz's 

 species cannot be separated from our South Indian examples ; we have it from Kolar, 

 Koorg, Karwar and Travancore ; Evans records it also from the Palni Hills, 

 Watson from the Chin Hills, and Wood-Mason and de Niceville from Cachar ; our 

 description and figures are from Travancore examples. Unfortunately Davidson. Bell 

 aud Aitken did not figure the larva and pupa. 



TAGIADES ALICA. 

 Plate 769, figs. 1, i, la, ? , lb, $. 

 Tagiadcs aUca, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 593, pi. 58, tig. 2, ^ . Wood-Mason and de Nic ville, 

 Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1880, p. 241, ?. Elwes and de Niceville, id. 1886, p. 439. Watson, 



* Tagiades litigiosa, Mosthler. 



