224. LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



Dfif-seasoii Brood (Plate 548, fig. 1, la (j*, lb, c, d, e ?). 



Galopliaga Pseuihlala'je, MoorCj Proc. Zool. Sue. 1879, i>. 142, ^ y. 

 Eiposcriiia PseudoJalage, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 188-5, p. 340. 

 Hipuscritia Argyridina, Butler, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1885, p. 340, ^ . 



Male. Smaller than ivet form. Upperside. Foreiving with the base glossy, the 

 black outer band somewhat narrower, and its discal portion more or less disconnected, 

 its posterior end always tei-minating at the lower median ; the discocellular spot 

 smaller and always isolated. Hindwincj either with a slight black linear tip to the 

 upper veins, or entirely white. Underside. Forewing with the black outer band less 

 prominent than in wet form, also narrower and its course broken, tlie apical area being 

 pale greyi.sh-ochreous and slightly irrorated with brown scales, the discocellular spot 

 isolated. Hindwing pale brownish-ochreous, more or less sliglitly irrorated with 

 brown scales, the submarginal and discal zigzag bi'ownish-scaled fascia slightly- 

 defined, the discocellular black dot distinct. 



Female. Smaller than iret form. Upperside. Foreiring with the base glossy ; 

 the black outer band similar, its lower end terminating either at the lower median or 

 with some scattered scales inwardly-disposed before the posterior angle; the 

 discocellular spot either slightly extending along upper median, or broadly joined to 

 the discal portion of the outer band, and inwarjly along upper area of the cell. 

 Hvulwiii^ with the black outer marginal band macular and decreasing obsolescently 

 hindward, or the band is more continuous and with a more or less slightly apparent 

 blackish-scaled submarginal zigzag fascia. Underside. Forewing with similar black 

 markings as on upperside, the apical ai'ea being greyish-ochreous and brown-scaled, 

 the base of the cell flushed with greyish-ochreous. Hindwing pale greyish-ochreous 

 and numerously irrorated with brown scales except in the outer-marginal interspaces 

 where these scales are less apparent, the discal and submarginal darker-scaled 

 zigzag fascia and black discocellular dot distinct. 



Expanse, c? 2 to 2^, ? 2^ to 2f inches. 



Habitat. — Western and Eastern Himalayas ; Assam ; Naga Hills ; Manipur ; 

 Burma, Shan States; Tenasserim. 



Distribution. — The late Mr. L. de Niceville, in his I\1S. Notes on Pierina3, writes, 

 " Lalage has a wide range, extending from the Western Himalayas eastward thi'ough 

 Kumaon, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhotan, Assam, to Indo-Ohina, and southwards through 

 Manipur and Upper Burma to Tenasserim, where it meets Lagela. It is, as far as is 

 known, found only in the mountains, where it is usually not uncommon, and has been 

 found at an elevation of over 10,000 feet. In the Khasia Hills it occurs on the 

 highest peak on the Shillong plateau, 6,400 feet." Mr. P. W. Mackinnon found it 

 " vei-y common in Masuri, Western Himalayas, and on the adjoining Hills, in April 



