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small white upper spot between the subcostals ; the crimson spots, as on the upper- 

 side, brio-hter, with an additional lower discal irreerular crimson streak extending 

 brokenl}' ffom the lower white spot to the submedian vein. Thorax and abdomen 

 above black ; streaks on front of thorax, collar, front of head, and sides of thorax 

 beneath, and abdomen beneath crimson ; abdomen beneath with black lateral spots 

 and segmental cross-bands; anal valves seen from below short and rounded; antenna 

 and legs black. 



Female. Upperside. AVings broader than in the male. Forewings uniformly 

 paler fuliginous, somewhat olivescent tinted, the black streaks regularly and well 

 defined. Hindannr/ olivescent-fuliginous basally ; the two white patches larger, the 

 crimson lower spots more or less paler and speckled with white or black scales ; a 

 lower- discal, irregular, more or less obscurely defined crimson-tinted streak is also 

 generally present, extending from the lower white patch to the submedian vein, this 

 streak hi some specimens being more regularly and distinctly defined and entirely 

 whitish, or whitish speckled at either one or both ends. Bodij as in the male. 



Expanse, c? 3|- to 5, ? 4^ to 5j inches. 



Larva. — 2i inches long; pale purple-brown ; head and legs shining black; head 

 small, corneous, sparsely covered with short hairs ; second segment with two short 

 tubercles on each side, and a nuchal transverse flattened corneous tentacular-sheath 

 in front ; third, fourth, fifth, and sixth segments each with eight short tubercles — 

 four on each side — the subdorsal series longest ; seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth 

 segments each with six tubercles, and eleventh, twelfth, and thirteen segments each 

 with four shorter tubercles ; each tubercle is red at the apex and purple-black 

 streaked at the base ; intervening space between the tubercles with a transverse and 

 a dorsal series of paler purple-black spots ; these latter markings all with pale 

 borders ; seventh and eighth segment each with a lateral short broad oblique white 

 band. 



Pupa. — Reddish-ochreous ; broad laterally ; head broad and slightly cleft in 

 front; thorax convex above and beneath, angular at the sides; wing-cases dilated 

 laterally ; abdominal segments with lateral foliaceous appendages. 



Habitat. — N, W. and E. Himalaya; Assam ; Burma ; Shan States; Tenasserim; 

 Malay Peninsula. 



DrsTKiDUTiON. — The Eev. J. H. Hocking obtained it at Dharmsala, Ivangra, 

 N.W. Himalaya, and " found the larviB on a creej^ing pitcher-plant {Nepenthes) on 

 September 20th at an elevation of 6200 feet ; the larvas changed to pupa3 on 

 September 27th; the pupa making a squeaking noise when touched" (P. Z. S. 

 1882, 259). Mr. W. Rothschild records a female (under the China form — Lama) 

 from Cashmere (Nov. Zool. 11, 266) Mr. W. Doherty obtained it in the " Pindari 

 A^alley, Kumaon, at 7000 feet " (J. As. Soc. Bengal, 1886, 136). Mr. E. T. Atkinson 



