NYMPHALIN^E. (Group LiirsyiTiNA.) 27 



records it as " very common in the Khasia Hills " (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1S93, 279). A 

 specimen from the Naga Hills is in ^Ir. W. Rothschild's collection. 



STABROBATES NOLANA. 



A^e^tis Nolccna, Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874, p. 105, ? . 

 Dry-season brooti (Plate 298, fig. 2, 2a, c? ? )• 



Male and female. Upperside purpurescent-black ; markings deep yellowish- 

 ochreous. Foretving with the discoidal streak comparatively broader than in Miah, 

 the subapical and lower discal band much broader, the upper part of the latter 

 portion larger and more quadrately-augular, the slender marginal line distinctly 

 ochreous. Hindivrng with much broader discal and outer band, outer marginal line 

 distinctly ochreous. Underside dull deep chestnut-red ; markings broad as above ; 

 cell-streak and discal band on forewing violescent-white, slightly washed with pale 

 ochreous in male and more so in female ; bands on hindwing violescent-white, the 

 medial discal fascia, outer marginal line and basal streak bluish-grey. 



Exjjanse, c? I^q, ? 2 inches. 



Wet-season brood. . , 



Upperside ; ground-colour blacker ; bands deeper yellowish-ochreous, some- 

 what narrower, but still broader than in Miah ; marginal line less defined. Under- 

 side; ground-colour rich purpurescent chestnut-red; markings narrower, as aboves 

 the bands sharper defined and more deeply coloured. . - 



Expanse, <? l^, inch. 



Habitat. — Burma ; Siam ; Malay Peninsula. 



DiSTEiBOTiON. — The type specimen, now in the British Museum, is recorded from 

 Chentaboon, Siam, Specimens of the dry and wet-season form from Tilin Yaw 

 taken in March, October, and November by Capt. E. Y. Watson, and a male from 

 Thoungyeen, Burma, are also in the British Museum. A male from Muong Gnow, 

 Shan States, Burma, is in Mr. W. Eothschild's collection ; a single specimen was 

 taken by Col. C. H. E. Adamson at Tounggya, Sekkau, Tenasserim, in February 

 (List, 1897, p. 20). 



Of our illustrations on Plate 298, fig. 2 is from a Burmese male, and fig. 2a fi-om 

 the type female of the dry-season form. 



Malayan and Chinese Species. — Stabwbafes Batara (Xeptis Batara, Moore, 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 310. N. Miah, Distant, Rhop. Malay, p. 4-44, pi. 41, 

 fig. 14, 6 . Habitat. Malay Peninsula, Sumatra. — Stabrobates Javcmica, Nearest 



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