12G LEPIDOPTEEA INDICA. 



line?, and segmental rings, the tip being pale ochreous; palpi black above, clothed 

 beneath with grey hairs ; legs and antennsB blacli. 



Expanse, 4 to 4^) inches. 



Hawtat. — Bhotan ; Naga Hills ; Chin Hills, Burma. 



DisTKiBUTiON AND Habits. — This butterfly was first discovered by Dr. R. 

 Lidderdale, of the Bengal Army, in May, 18G8, at Tchinchula [Choonchula], at 5000 

 feet elevation, on the Poonaka Road, six miles from the Fort of Buxa, in Bhotan. 

 He also obtained two fresh specimens, taken in the same locality, in 1872, by 

 Lieut. H. M. Rose, Bengal Staff Corps, from one of which Mr. Atkinson's type 

 description and figure was taken. About a dozen specimens were also obtained by 

 Colonel T. Taylor in the same locality near Buxa. Several examples have also 

 been taken at Buxa by Mr. G. C. Dudgeon. Mr. W. Doherty obtained it in the 

 Nao-a Hills in 1889, and writes : — " It was first observed about August 10th, in the 

 beautiful uninhabited ZuUa Valley, the border country between the Augami tribe 

 and the Kachla Nagas, ten to fifteen miles from Keuoma, in the direction of 

 Khonoma. It generally kept to the ridges, occasionally descending into the Valley, 

 once almost down to 5000 feet. Afterwards I found it on the western side of Tapoo, 

 at 7000 to 8000 feet, and between these two places we got one or two every day. At 

 Mao, in Manipur, I have taken worn specimens at 7500 to 9000 feet. M}^ Lepchas, 

 who collected at Buxa, in Bhotan, say there is no chance of another brood. Strange 

 to say, I have never seen a female. The butterfly drifts along among the tree-tops, 

 rarely descending to the ground ; the crimson of the hindwing is not so conspicuous 

 as one might think, and if one loses sight of it for an instant it is very hard to make 

 out again, its transparent dark grey wings being hardly distinguishable among the 

 shadows, and it is blown about by the wind, more like a dead leaf than a living 

 insect. Its flight is much hke that of Hestia, but less buoyant and circling, as 

 might be expected from its angular wings ; nevertheless its resemblance strikes one. 

 Seen from above it must be more conspicuous, and is no doubt a protected insect ; 

 at the same time its weak flight may even add to its chance of escape, as it certainly 

 does with Hestia, for it is impossible to calculate the direction in which it is making. 

 The whole body and wings give out a delicious odour, which remains for some days 

 after death. In some positions and at some distance it looks like Danais Tytia, 

 which is very common in the same places. Armandia hovers about flowers, like 

 other Papilios. During rain it alights on a leaf, and droops its forewings over the 

 hind ones, thus covering the bright colours. Several were taken in this way ; but 

 I confess I only caught one myself, as I have not the patience to do as my men do, 

 and watch one of these lovely butterflies for hours and follow it over these steep 

 jungly hills, on the very small chance of catching it finally " (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, 

 251). Captain E. Y. Watson records "a single specimen taken at Fort White, 



