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Female. Upperside. Foreicinr/ with the green band somewhat narrower than 

 in tvet-season form, ffindiving with the band as in the male ; the red anal ocellns 

 and submarginal lunulas more defined. 



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



Habitat. — N.-W. Himalayas; Nepal. 



Life History. — " Egg. — Pale green ; shaped like an orange, and rather flattened 

 at the base where it adheres to the leaf. The majority of the eggs appear to be laid 

 on the underside of the leaves, as I have found but very few on the uppersides of 

 the leaves. When laid above they are easy to detect, Init on the underside it is a 

 very much more difficult matter, the peculiar transparent green of the egg accords 

 so well with the leprous-liije spotting of the leaf, especially when looked at from 

 below', nature having thus clearly afforded it protection. About three days before 

 hatching, a .slight suffusion of dark colouring, which looks to the naked eye like a 

 spot, appears on tlie top of the egg. The following notes are taken from an egg 

 laid at 8 a.m. on August 4th, which hatched early on the morning of the 9th = five 

 days." 



Newl\'-boen Larva. — " Very dark in coloui% of a velvety greenish-black, rather 

 paler on the back from 7th to 13th segment. Processes on the 2nd segment large 

 in proportion to the animal, and these, together with the smaller ones on the 12th 

 and ISbh segment very pale brownish. Before changing its skin the whole 

 colouring becomes a pale brown. First Moult. — August 15th. The 2nd, 12tli, and 

 13th segments light ochreous, with long branched spines. Thorax prominently 

 rounded ; dorsal area pale yellowish-olivaceous; a dark line on the sides, broken by 

 a whitish patch (which is spotted with greenish) about the 6th and 7th segments; 

 a deep black spot just below the tubercles on the 6th segment. The 2nd segment is 

 furnished with two long branched spines, with a smaller one situated at the base on 

 the inner-side of each. The 3rd segment bears four, the 4th segment six, and the 

 other segments two spines on the dorsal surface. The thorax and the vent are 

 clothed with minute hairs. Second Moult. — August 21st. It took a little over forty- 

 eight hours to shed its skin. General colour of a somewhat dull emerald-green, 

 intermingled with slaty irrorations and suffusions, and a distinct white patch on 

 the sides of the 6th and 7th segments. On the side of the head above the eyes is a 

 little darkish green spot margined with three brown spots. The spines on the 2nd 

 and 12th segments yellow. Thoracical shield darker green on the edgings, with the 

 tubercles (which are only visible tlirough a magnifying glass) looking like small 

 blisters, graduating in size (lessening) towards the middle of the back, each of which 

 is marked above with a slate-coloured spot ; these spots are cai'ried out down the 

 sides of the back ; the whole shield is variegated and mottled. A suffusion of 

 whitish commencing broadly about the 5th segment inclines backward and nearly 



