EUPLCEIN.E. 3;-) 



deeper blue tint. It differs from T. Limniace in the longitudinal streaks being narrower 

 and the transverse series of spots smaller, and, consequently, leaving much broader 

 interspaces. On the fore wing the basal streak within the cell and that from the 

 base beneath it are slender, in some specimens almost linear, the lower streak beinf 

 shorter and not extending to half the length of the lower inner discal spot, which 

 latter is also always shorter, and from which, as well as from the outer discal 

 spot beyond, it is always widely separated (whereas in T. Limniace, the lower basal 

 streak always extends to the length of the inner lower discal spot, and with which 

 and also with the spot beyond, it sometimes coalesces) ; the indented spot at end of 

 the cell is sometimes divided at its narrowest upper end. On the hindwiug, the 

 streaks within the cell are slender and widely divergent, and have sometimes u 

 minute dentate spot between them at the end of the cell. Underside golden-brown, 

 the basal area of forewing violet black. 



Male with a similar prominent scent-pouch situated as in T. Limniace. 



Expanse, 2| to 4 inches. 



Larva . — Unknow n . 



Habitat. — India; Ceylon; Burma. 



Geographical Distribution. —This butterfly is less generally distributed than 

 T. Limniace. It has not been obtained in the Nicobars or Andaman Islands. In 

 the N.-W. Himalayas, it occurs in the Kangra District (Rev. J. H. Hocking). In 

 Kulu, according to Mr. A. Gr. Young, " it very seldom occurs, generally in July." 

 " In Chumba, at 3000 feet elevation," it is stated that " there is a spring brood in 

 April, and in the Simla District, Mr. De Niceville has taken it rather sparingly 

 from August to October, and only in beds of streams with richly-wooded sides ; in 

 one such locality near Kotgarh, elevation about 6000 feet, it was fairly plentiful 

 in August, 1879." (Butt. Ind. i. 48.) It was noted in Major-Gen. Ramsay's 

 collection from Nepal. In Sikkim, Mr. J. H. Elwes states (But. Soc. Lond. 1888, 

 330) that it is " commoner there than T. Limniace, and occurs up to about 5000 

 feet from April to December." In the Runjit Valley, 1200 to 3U0O feet, it has been 

 taken in November. Of its occurrence between the Himalayas on the North and 

 the South of the peninsula there is as yet no record. In the extreme South it has 

 been taken in Malabar by Mr. S. N. Ward, in the Wyuaad by Dr. Bayne Reed, and 

 on the Nilgiris by Mr. G. F. Hampson. lu Lower Bengal, it is noted in Mr. W. G. 

 Taylor's " List of Orissa Butterflies," as being rare at Khorda. North-eastward, in 

 Cachar, Mr. Wood-Mason (J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 355) states that it is " common, 

 specimens also taken on Nemotha Peak at 3300 feet elevation." It is also noted in 

 Mr. J. L. Sherwill's List, as occurring in the Naga Hifls, Assam. 



In Burma, Mr. Limborg (P. Z. S. 1878, 822) took it on and around the 

 Moulayet Hills m Upper Tenasserim, at Ahsown, Meetan at 3000 feet, and at 



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