84 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



ABISABA ANGULATA. 



Al'isara angulata, ]\[ooic, Pioc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1878, p. 883. de Xiceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. 

 p. 323 (1886;. 



Wtt-eeason brood (Plate 401, figs. 2, 2a, (J, 2b, c, ? ). 



Tjiaoo.- — Male. Upperside dark purple-brown. Forewincj with a transverse 

 paler inner-discal broad angulate fascia, an oiiter-discal narrower lunidar fascia, and 

 a slender submarginal line. Hindwing with a less-defined pale transverse discal 

 angular fascia, a submarginal series of somewhat large dusky conical pale-bordered 

 spots, the upper and lower pair being prominently black and outward!}' wliite-edged, 

 followed by a marginal pale lunular line ; discocellular streak black. Underside 

 rich dark purplish-red, the veins being outwardly pale lined. Forewiug with the 

 transverse fasciaj, as on upperside, prominent and pale purplish-white or dull 

 purplish-grey. Eiyulwinci with prominent angular discal broad lunular fascia, edges 

 of the submarginal conical spots, and the marginal line pale purplish-white or dull 

 purplish-grey ; the three upper and two subanal spots very prominently black and 

 outwardly edged with white. 



Female. Upperside paler and of a more reddish-brown colour; transverse 

 markings similar to the male, but more distinctly detlned and paler, the fascise on 

 forewing being most prominent and more or less sullied with brownish-white ; inner 

 edge of discal fascia sharply defined. Underside j^aler and redder ; markings as in 

 the male. 



Expanse, S 1^^ to 2i\,, ? \^q to 2 inches. 



Di-y-feason brood (Plate 401, figs. 2d, e, cJ ? ). 



Male. Upperside darker, or more ochreons-brown than in wet form; markings 

 similar ; the fasciaj on forewing more or less diffused, the inner edge of discal fascia 

 dusky ; marginal spots on the hindwing more or less obsolescent. Underside paler 

 and more browni.sh ; markings similar to the wet form, but less defined and narrower, 

 the marginal black spots on hindwing much smaller or obsolescent. 



Female. Upperside ochreous-brown, palest on both wings beyond the sharply- 

 defined angulated edge of the discal fascia, the upper end of which is still paler ; 

 outer markings obsolescent!}" diffused ; marginal spots on the hindwing very small, 

 the lower pair obsolescent. Underside. Ground-colour paler ; markings more or 

 less similar to those of the upperside. 



Expanse, J ? li^,, to Ipo inch. 



Habitat. — Lower Burma ; Upper Tenasserim. 



DrsTRiBUTiox. — " A very common insect in Burma all the year round" (Col. 

 C. H. E. Adamson, List, 1897, 28). Signer L. Fea took it at " Paloue in August, 



