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Zool. Soc. 1885, p. 148; id. Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1887, p. 280. Aitkeii, id. p. 42. 



Fergusson, id. 1891, p. 447. Watson, Hesp. Ind. p. 17 (1891). Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, 



p. 648. Betham, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1893, p. 426. 

 Ismene ale.xis, Swinhoe (nee Fabricius), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1884, p. 512, and 1886, p. 434. 

 Hasora alexis, Watson (nee Fabricius), Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893, p. 128 ; id. Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 



X. 1896, p. 683. Davidson, Bell and Aitken, id. 1897, p. 26. Evans, id. xx. 1910, p. 389. 

 Hasora malayana havara, Friihstorfer, I.e. p. 72. 



Imago.— Male. Upperside dark olive-brown, the base of fore wing and the basal 

 and abdominal portions of the hindwing with ochreous-brown hairs, otherwise the 

 colour is uniform all over both wings, and the wings are shorter and therefore com- 

 paratively broader than in P. alexis. Cilia brown basally, white externally ; no 

 markings on either wing. Underside much darker than the underside of P. alexis. 

 Forewing with the hinder marginal area narrowly pale, a dark broad shade in the 

 middle of the wing expanding from the base to the disc, its upper outer end running 

 up towards the costa ; the costal space above the median vein up to the band dark 

 chalybeous, a discal very obscure paler shade. Hindwing with a pure white somewhat 

 sinuous band from the costa to the abdominal margin, broken by the upper side of the 

 large anal black patch, the band broader, very prominent, and further in than in 

 P. alexis, the area inside the band dark chalybeous, a short anteciliary white 

 thread from the outer side of the anal lobe ; palpi, body below and legs dull 

 ochreous. 



Female. Upperside somewhat paler than the male, the apex of the forewing 

 l)lunter, a single small ochreous-white spot in the second median interspace, a little 

 before its middle, sometimes another similar spot inwards in the next lower interspace. 

 Underside paler than the male. Forewing with the hinder marginal space whiter, both 

 the discal spots always present, the markings on both wings as in the male, but the 

 chalybeous parts duller in colour. 



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



Habitat. — South India, Ceylon, S. Burma. 



Distribution. — We have it from Mhow and the Khasia Hills, in the sub-species 

 described by Fruhstorfer as bavara, the chalybeous areas on the underside are brighter 

 than in the examples taken further south, but they are hutleri, not malayana. 

 We have it also from Kandy in Ceylon, from which our descriptions and figures are 

 taken. We took it at Poona, Karaclii, and in several places about Bombay. Betham 

 records it from the Central Provinces, Fergusson from Travancore, Evans from the 

 Palui Hills, Watson from the Chin Hills, Elwes from the Karen Hills. 



Note. — Davidson, in a note received, says, " This is totally distinct from chromiis 

 ( = alexi>f). Bell has recently bred several families and they are constant." Unfortu- 

 nately we have not been able to get any figures or description. 



