52 LEPIDOPTEUA IS DIG A. 



('Ii\ iilcd into two by the veiiilets ; generally, a small diffused whitish spot is present 

 at the extreme apes of the wing. Ilindwiiuj with a broad discal band, widening to 

 and diffused at the abdominal margin, being well-defined outwardly and there 

 generally more or less bent upward and inward in the subcostal interspace ; a small 

 pale ferruginous spot sometimes also present on middle of the costa. Underside. 

 Forewiug with the basal area clouded with paler vinous-brown, the upper and outer 

 area being purpurescent-grey irrorated with minute blackish striga3. Hindwing 

 violaceous brownish-grey, irrorated with blackish strigas ; the discal band of the 

 upperside more or less visible, as a fascia, by transparency, but of a paler purplish- 

 grey and irrorated throughout ; a short similar fascia also extends inwardly from 

 middle of the costa to near middle of the cell. 



Female. Upperside paler throughout, the ferruginous markings broader. On 

 the hindwing a pale ferruginous spot is also sometimes present on middle of the 

 costa. U'nderside similar to the male. Bodij, palpi, and antennae vinous-brown 

 above, greyish below. 



Expanse c? ? 1^, to 2j^o inches. 



Habitat. — W. and E. Himalayas ; S. India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; 

 Siam ; Malay Peninsula ; W. China ; Hainan. 



DiSTEinL'TiON AND Haiuts. — " In the outer Himalayas this butterfly is rare in the 

 West, but much commoner in the East, generally frequenting streams, and often 

 settling, as does also L. Lepita, at the end of a dead stick, with folded wings, in 

 which position it exactly resembles a dead leaf. It is a common species in Upper 

 Tenasserim " (de Niceville I.e. 302). Major H. B. Hellard obtained it in " Kashmir 

 and at Masuri, in September " (MS. Notes). In Sikkim it is " not uncommon at 

 low elevations, from April to October" (H. J. Elwes, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888,369). 

 " Found commonly in Sikkim, at low elevations, throughout the warm months. The 

 first brood appears in June" (L. de Niceville, Sikkim Gaz. 189-i, 148). Col. C. 

 Swinhoe records it from the Khasia Hills (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 291) ; also from 

 Bombay (P. Z. S. 1885, 130). Mr. L. de Niceville says that "it occurs almost 

 throughout India, the larva feeding on Gelfis. There are one or two specimens 

 from Ceylon in Mr. Mackwood's collection, and one in that of Dr. Manders, which 

 came probably from the neighbourhood of Kandj^, whei'e doubtless it is not rare, 

 though generally overlooked " (Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1889, 195). We possess a 

 female, with broad bands on both wings, from the Nilgiris, which, undoubtedly, is 

 the present species. Specimens in the British Museum are from Mir Jani, 

 Katabagh, X.W. Himalaya, 9000 feet, taken in February by Col. J. W. Yerbury ; the 

 Khasia Hills ; Tilin Yaw, Upper Burma, taken in December by Capt. E. Y. Watson, 

 from the Thoungyeen and Attaran Valleys, taken in February and November, by 

 Capt. C. T. Biugham. Col. C. H. E. Adamson found it " common about streams in 



