60 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



Imago. — "Male. Upperside. Forewimj bi'o\vni.-li-fuscous ; the posterior two- 

 (liirds of the discoidal cell and the basal two-thii'ds of the wing from the third 

 median nervule to the inner-margin sinning violet, bearing at the end of the cell 

 and on the median interspaces slightly paler spots, caused by the wliite spots of the 

 underside showing through by transparency; a small cordate white spot in the 

 interspace between the subcostal nervure and upper discoidal nervule, beyond and 

 below which are two similar' spots placed one below the other, divided by the lower 

 discoidal nervule. lUnihcimj pale brown, the immediate base glossed with pale 

 violet; a discal fascia composed of three dull orange spots from the second median 

 to the lower subcostal r.ervule. Underside. Fomcing pale brown, dark brown on 

 the disc, the costa and apex of the wing widely grey, irrorated with fine black dots ; 

 the cell almost entirely occupied by a broad ochreous streak ; the three subapical 

 spots as on the upperside, but the two low^er of these spots connected by a minute 

 spot placed between them; two discal white spots outwardly-defined by pale ochreous 

 placed in the middle of the median interspaces, the upper one small and elongated ; 

 the lower large and quadrate, fully four times as large as the upper. Uliulirimj 

 greyish-brown, profusely mottled throughout with blackish ; an obscure oblique paler 

 band extending from about the middle of the costa to tlie middle of the cell, its 

 outer-edge marked with a prominent black dot at the base of the second subcostal 

 nervule; a somewhat quadrate similar spot in the middle of the subcostal interspace; 

 and a discal band coincident with the dull orange macular band of the upperside, 

 but more extended, nearly reaching the outer margin. 



Female. Upperside. Foreiving with the violet area duller and confined to the 

 immediate base of the win.g ; a quadrate white spot at the end of the discoidal cell; 

 a tripartite subcostal spot ; another elongated spot from the third median to the 

 upper discoidal nervule, placed outwardly below it ; a large quadrate discal spot 

 completely filling the interspaces between the first and third median nervules. 

 Hindwing with no violet gloss at the base, otherwise as in the male. Underside. 

 Forewing with the cell orange, but outwardly terminated by a large white spot, the 

 other spots as on the upperside. HiinJifing as in the male, but all the markings 

 more obscure." 



Expanse, <S ? 2^% inches. 



Hahitat. — Tenasserim ; Lower Burma; Siam. 



DlsiTviBDTiox. — Mr. L. de Niceville records " three males and one female from 

 Syinbyndiue, on the Tavoy-Siam frontier, taken in December and January. It 

 probably more or less mimics one of the blue Euplijeas when fljing; when at rest its 

 mottled underside, so like that of a dead leaf, proves of sufficient protection " (D. N. 

 I.e.). A male, from Ataran A'alley, middle Tenasserim, taken in March, 1894, by 

 Mr. T. A. Hanxwell, is in the collection of Mr. H. Grose-Smith. A male, taken in 



