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very pale brownish-ochreous, with faint dusky subcostal and median vein-borders 

 and discal band. In the extreme dry form (Araboides) the upperside of the forewing 

 has the apical band narrower, and the hindwing is entirely white, without any 

 trace of maroinal markings. The forewing has the costal border and apical band, 

 and the liindwing, pale yellowish-ochreous, the hindwing showing but very faint 

 traces of the subcostal and median dusky borders, the discal band being entirely 



absent. 



Female. Upperside, Foreioirig with the medial white streaks broader than in 

 ?c(';/oj'm, and confluent, the lower extending to beneath the lower median veinlet, 

 below which is a slight streak along posterior margin. Hindwing with the medial 

 white streaks broader than in the iret form, the \oviev basal and discal area being 

 also oreyish white. Underside similar to the ivet form except that the costal 

 and apical border of the forewing, and the hindwing is of a pale ochreous- 

 brown. 



Expanse, c? 2 to 2^, ¥ 2^ inches. 



Habitat. — N.E. India; Burma; Teoasserim. 



Distribution. — We possess specimens of the ^vet-season form from Sikkim, 

 Silhet, Khasias, Manipur, Burma, and the Shan States, and of the dry-season form, 

 the male types of Aruha and Amhoides. Capt. E. Y. Watson writes, " This species 

 (Nama) with its dry-season form (Amba) occurs fairly common throughout iST.E. 

 India, and Burma" (J. Bombay IST. H. S. 1894, 496). Mr. H. J. Elwes records it as 

 being " common in Sikkim up to 3,000 or 4,000 feet elevation, nearly all the year 

 round. The speciuiens found in the cold weather from December till March have 

 the underside of a pale greyish-brown with hardly any green tint, and the markings 

 almost obsolete " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 417). Mr. L. de Niceville writes, " It is 

 common in Sikkim at low elevations from March to December. The spring or dry- 

 season form, named Amba, is much smaller and paler than the rains form, having 

 the underside pale greyish-brown instead of rich green " (Sikk. Gaz. 1894, 168). 

 Col. C. Swinhoe records it from the Khasias (Tr. E. Soc. 1893, 309). Col. C. H. E. 

 Adarason obtained it in " Bhamo and Upper Tenasserim. It varies much in size 

 and in the tone of the colouring of the underside " (List, 1897, 44). Mr. 0. Limborg 

 took it in " Houngduran ; Taoo at 3,000 to 5,000 feet, in March ; Moolai and Moolat, 

 3,000 to 6,000 feet " (P. Z. S. 1878, 838). Capt. Watson {I.e. pi. 2, fig. 6) figures the 

 male of rainy-season form, taken in the N. Chin Hills, Upper Burma, in April, and 

 (fio-. 7) from the Yaw District, taken in December" (J. Bombay X. H. S. 1894, 



496). 



Of our illustrations on Plate 545, fig. 2, 2a are from a male and 2b a female of 

 the wet-season form from E. Bengal ; fig. 2c, d from the male type of the dry-season 

 form Amba, and 2e from a Sikkim female. 



