NYMPHALIN^. (Group LIMEXITIXA.) 23 



Dry season brood (Plate 297, fig. 1, d, c, f, g, c? ? )• 



Male. Upperside paler brownish-black than in wef-seasoii brood ; markings 

 somewhat broader and of a paler yellowish-ochreous. Underside. Ground-colour 

 paler ochreous-red ; all the markings less prominent. 



Expanse, c? 2^-o to 2j^ inches. 



Habitat. — W. and E. Himalayas; Assam; Silhet ; Khasia and Naga Hills; 

 Burma ; Malay Peninsula. 



Distribution. — This is rather a rare insect. Mr. de Niceville " took it in the 

 N.W. Himalayas at Kujiah near Dalhousie, and at Ulwas, Chumba, in wooded 

 streams at the end of May. Mr. A. G. Young has taken it in Kulu at the same 

 period, and Col. A. M. Lang took it at Kandloo in Kunawur, in July. Mi'. C. 

 Templeton took it at Masuri, Mr. J. L. Sherwill at Hulunguri in the Jorehat District 

 of Assam in March, April, and June, and Mr. A. V. Knyvett has taken it in Sikkim 

 and Bhotau " (Butt. Tnd. ii. 8G). Specimens from Sultanpur, Kulu, are in Mr. 

 J. H. Leech's collection. The Rev. J. H. Hocking records it as " very rare in 

 Kulu" (P. Z. S. 1882, 241). Mr. W. Doherty took it in Ramganga Valley, 

 Kumaon, at 2500 feet; rare "(J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 125). We possess specimens 

 from Nepal taken by the late General G. Ramsay, a female from Ruttun Pir, 

 Kashmir, taken by Capt. Bayne Reed ; from Bhotan, taken by Mr. G. C. Dudgeon ; 

 and a male from the Khasias. Mr. de Niceville records it as " very local in 

 Sikkim, where I have never seen it on the wing. Mr. Blwes says it is found in the 

 forests at 5000 to 6000 feet and at lower levels. He took it on the road to Pashok 

 above Lopchu, in June. It is very common at 4000 feet and upwards in Daling " 

 (Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, 136). Mr. W. Doherty obtained it in the Naga Hills, and 

 also in the Karen Hills, Burma, from 4000 to 6000 feet (P. Z. S. 1891, 274). 

 Colonel C. Swinhoe has received several specimens from the Khasia Hills. We 

 possess a male from the Upper Mekong, Shan States, Burma, taken by Mr. R. 

 Roberts, C.E. A male from Perak, Malay Peninsula, is in Mr. W. Rothschild's 

 collection. 



STABROBATES VIRAJA. 



Neptis Viraja, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 563, pi. 32, fig. 6, r? . de Niceville, Butt, of India, 

 etc., ii. p. 86 (1886). Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. See. 1890, p. 351 (larva) ; 

 id. 1896, p. 251, pi. 2, fig. 3 {larva and/JMpu). 



Wet-season brood. 



Lmago. — Male and female. Upperside brownish-black ; markings broad find 

 deep yellowish-ochreous ; cilia slightly alternated with white. Foreiving with an 



