48 LEPIDOPTERA IN DIG A. 



yellowisli-oehreous ; abdomen with a lateral segmental row of black dots ; thorax, 

 frontal tuft and palpi reddisli-ochreous ; legs above brownish-ochreoiis, beneath 

 paler; antenna blackish. 



Female. Upperside paler yellowish-ochreous than in the male. Forewing with 

 the base brighter oclireous, similar markings, but less defined. Hindivinrj with 

 similar markings ; the submargiual lunules being larger and longitudinally coalesced 

 to one another ; the inner lower lunules are also larger. Underside similar to the 

 male. 



Expanse, S 4|- to 5, ? 5|- inches. 



Wet-season brood (Plate 483, fig. lb, (J, Ic, ? ). 



Male. Upperside ground-colour somewhat brighter than in the dry-aeasou form. 

 Foreioing with the markings more prominent, darker, and somewhat broader. 

 Hindiinng with broader and blacker outer area, the submargiual hmules and the 

 inner lower spots somewhat smaller ; the cilial lunules less apparent. Underside. 

 Ground-colour paler yellow than in dry-form, the markings darker and more 

 prominent: the outer border of forewing and the discal interspaces being darker and 

 brighter brownish-ochreous. 



Female. Upperside ground-colour as in drg-fonn. Forewing with the markings 

 more prominent and somewhat broader. Hindioing with the dark outer area broader 

 than in dry-fovin, the marginal markings more sharply defined and somewhat smaller. 

 Underside with the ground-colour paler yellow than in dry -form ; markings similar to 

 those of the male. 



Expanse, S 4f , ? 5^ to 51 inches. 



Larva and Pdpa. — Unknown. 



Habitat. — Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Assam ; Khasias ; Burma. 



Distribution. — " Mr. Gr. C. Dudgeon obtained a male of this species at Sivoke, 

 in Sikkim, on March 15th, 1890, To the eastward in Bhotan, and the Khasia Hills, 

 it becomes somewhat common" (L. de Niceville, Sikkim Gaz. 1894, 175). Mr. 

 W. S. Atkinson obtained it at " Sibsagar, Assam" (MS. Notes). Col. C. Swinhoe 

 records " many specimens of both sexes from the Khasia Hills " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1893, 

 313). Mr. T. A. Hauxwell took it in the " Daunat Range, Middle Tenasserim, in 

 March" (J. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1899, 335). Col. C. T. Bingham obtained it in the 

 Thoungyeen Valley, Tenasserim. 



Indo-Malayan Spkcies. — Meandrusa Payeni (Pap. Payeni, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. 

 Lep. i. p. 235 (1836). Van der Hoeven, Tijd. Nat. Gesch. v. p. 340, pi. 8, fig. 2, a, b 

 (1838). De Haan, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. 1840, p. 34. Doubleday and Hewits. 

 Gen. D. Lep. i. p. 14 (1846). Gray, Catal. Lep. B. M. i. p. 27 (1852). Felder, 

 Verh. Z. B. Ges. Wien. 1864, p. 306. Wallace, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxv. p. 65 (1865). 



