18 LEPIDOPTEBA INDICA. 



l)lack spot oil the margiu in the first median interspace surrounded with brilliant 

 metallic blue scales, a few of these scales in the sub-median interspace. Body black 

 above, bluish-white below, (de Niceville.) 



Female. Upperside. Forewing black, with a large discal patch of French-grey 

 extending to the hinder margin inwardly. Hindwing grey, powdered with black, and 

 Ijecoming dull black on the costal margin, with a single narrow black tail, tipped with 

 white, and a emxall fuscous lobe at the anal angle. Cilia white, narrow towards the 

 apex of the forewing. Underside, both wings bright French- grey. Forewing with a 

 distinct transverse sinuous yellowish band, narrowly edged with black on both sides about 

 two-thirds of the length, not extending cpite to the hinder margin ; a short double- 

 lined bar at the end of the cell, and an indistinct outer band near the edge. Hindwing 

 with similar bands, of which the first extends in the usual broken W to the inner 

 margin, and in addition a short band of three blackish spots within the discal bar ; at 

 the anal angle two blue spots, of which the outer is half black. Antennse ringed with 

 black and white, with a fuscous tip to the club ; body above black, with grey hairs, 

 pale grey beneath. (Elwes.) 



Expanse of wings, J If'o, ? l^^ to lf% inches. 



Habitat, — Sik kim. 



Distribution. — The types came from Sikkim, Elwes records it also from the Naga 

 Hills ; we have not seen the species, and therefore give copies of de Niceville's and 

 Elwes' figures. 



INDO-MALAYAN ALLIED SPECIES. 



Sinllmsa maliha, Theela malika, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E.I.C. p. 90 (1829). Horsfield and Moore, 



Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C. i. p. 37, pi. la, tig. 5 (1857). de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1894, 



p. 43, pi. 5, figs. 18, (J, 6, 5. Habitat, Java, Sumatra, Nias. 

 Slnthisa amata, Distant, Ehop. Malayana, p. 461, pi. 44, fig. 20, ? (1886). Habitat, Penang, 



Borneo. 

 SiniJiusa peregrinus, Staudinger, Lep. Pal. p. Ill, pi. i. fig. 11, ,J (1889). Habitat, Philippines. 

 Sintlmsa verriculata, Deudorix verriculata, Snellen, Tijd. voor Ent. xxxiv. p. 257, pi. 15, fig. 3 (1892). 



Habitat, Celebes. 

 Sinihisa aspra, Doherty, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1891, p. 180. de Niceville, id. 1894, p. 44, pi. 5, 



fig. 17, (J . Habitat, Mt. Arjuno, East Java. 

 Sintlmsa verena, Grose-Smith, Nov. Zool. ii. p. 514 (1895). Habitat, Celebes. 



Genus HYSUDRA. 



Hysudra, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 250. de Niceville, Butt, of India, iii. p. 453 (1890). 



Eyes very hairy. Forewing, vein 12 ends on costa opposite upper end of cell, 

 11 emitted from upper two-thirds of the cell, is bowed upwards, almost touching 12 in 



