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veins, the two inner bands placed obliquely outward, the medial one broad, the outer 

 band composed of decreasing dentate spots ; before the apex are two superposed 

 white dots. EindwiiKj with two transverse discal angular ochreous bauds and two 

 marginal lunular bauds, the latter anteriorly bearing two black spots slightly edged 

 with white, the inner discal baud being more or less ill-defined ; anal lobe black, 

 edged, outwardly by a white line and inwardly by a zigzag white line. Underside 

 dark ochreous-red. Foreirimi wit'i the transverse bands, as on upperside, less 

 prominent and pale yellowish-ochreous, terminating on the costal margin in 

 prominent white spots ; also two apical white dots; the medial band inwardly black- 

 edged. Ilindu-ing with the transverse bands less prouiioent, bluish-grey, and 

 obscurely bent upward above anal angle to the abdominal margin, the marginal less 

 defined, the medial baud inwaixlly edged with dark purple-brown, the two inner 

 with a white costal spot, the marginal upper black spots being prominent aud white- 

 ringed ; anal black lobe prominent, edged with white, and above also wiih a zigzag 

 black line, and black and grey speckled patch. 



Female. Upperside paler brown, the base of forewiug and the whole ground- 

 colour of the hindwing being somewhat greyish-brown. Foreirlnij with a broad 

 outwardly-oblique discal prominent whitish band, and a slender curved submarginal 

 less-defined ochreous lunular band ending on the costa in a white dot : the two 

 apical dots white. Hindwini) with two marginal pale brownish-ochreous slender 

 lunular bands interspaced with dark brown, and two upper black spots ; anal lobe 

 black, edged with white. Underside paler than in male; base of forewiug, atid the 

 hindwing tinged with grey. Forennng with a broad white oblique discal band, as on 

 upperside, the submarginal slender band greyish-white but ill-defined and with its 

 two costal and also the two apical spots prominently white ; the inner-discal oblique 

 slender band, as in male, is ill-defined and greyisli-white. TLlndwinij with markings 

 as in male, but less defined. 



Expanse, S l^^ to li^o, ? lA to 2 inches. 



Habitat. — AV. aud E. Himalayas ; Assam; Silhet ; Khasiu Hills; Burma; AV. 

 China. 



Distribution. — '•' This is a widely-distributed species, occurring at Masuri, in 

 Sikkim, Bhotan, and eastward to Upper Assam" (de N". Lc. 311). ifajor H. B. 

 Hellard obtained it at " Masuri in October " (MS. Notes). Capt. A. M. Lang took 

 it at Masuri, 7000 feet elev^atiou, in April, May, and June. It was rather abundant 

 in April, 1868, flying very rapidly to and fro, and pitching with wings partially 

 open and but half erect, on sprays of rose, currant, cypress, and walnut, genei'ally 

 the latter. All but one seen by me on these days (18th to 22nd) were males. I 

 took, however, one female in coitu " (MS. Xotes, p. 197). We possess examples 

 from Naini Tal, Nepal, Darjiling, Bhotan, and Khasia Hills, the latter taken by 



