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somewhat in shade of colour in different examples ; markings darker brown. Foreicmg 

 with a bar at the end of the cell with a pale centre, a discal thin band outwardly pale- 

 edged, divided by the veins, slightly outwardly curved, from near the costa to the sub- 

 median vein. Hindwing with a similar discal band, straight from the costa to vein 2, 

 then bent inwards in two angles to the abdominal margin one-third from the anal 

 angle, where it is white-edged on both sides ; anal lobe black, with a white spot above 

 it ; a black spot, capped with dull orange in the first interspace, the space between them 

 with black and white scales ; both wings with an indistinct sub-marginal fascia and 

 black marginal line, the spot in the first interspace with a white line outside it ; tail 

 black, tipped with white. Antennae black, ringed with white, the club with a red tip ; 

 frons ochreous, with a grey medial stripe ; head and body above and below concolorous 

 with the wings. 



Female. Upperside paler than the male, paler purplish, the costal and outer 

 marginal black bands of the forewing more prominent, the orange patch outside the cell 

 large, varying somewhat in size in diff'erent examples. Underside similar. 



Expanse of wings, $ $ 1^ to l-j^ inches. 



Dry-season Brood (Figs. Ic, $, Id, $). 



Male and Female. Upperside much paler than in the wet-season form, the ground 

 colour more inclined to pale lilac-purple, merging into the blackish margins ; without 

 the orange patch on the forewing in either sex. Underside also duller and paler, some- 

 what of a purplish-grey colour ; markings similar, but more indistinct. 



Expanse of wings, ^ ? 1^ to ly^ inches. 



Habitat. — Himalayas, Assam, Sikkim, Shan States. 



Distribution. — We have it from Kulu, Sikkim and the Khasia Hills, Elwes 

 records it from the Naga Hills, Mackinnon and de Niceville from Mussuri, Manders 

 from the Shan States, Doherty from Kumaon, de Niceville also from Naini Tal, 4,000 to 

 6,500 feet elevation. It is a very variable species ; we describe and figure the extreme 

 seasonal forms. 



RAP ALA ROGERSI, nov. 



Plate 715, figs. 2, ^ , 2a, ? , 2b, <J . 

 Mapala rogersi, Biughara, MS. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside. Forewing black, with a greenish tint ; the basal half 

 of the median interspace and the hinder marginal space below the sub-median vein 

 glistening blue-green in certain lights. Hindwing of the same colour, the costal space 

 and abdominal fold pale blackish-brown ; the veins and streaks below them and the 

 median interspaces shot with blue-green in certain lights ; anal lobe with a black spot 

 on its outer side with a metallic blue-green dot on it, and an orange spot on its inner 



