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suffused with pale lilacine-grey ; the discoidal streak, discal spots on the forewing, 

 and discal band on hindwing, being pale yellowish-white. Forewing also with the 

 upper discal and apical interspaces deep castaneous-red, the lower discal and sub- 

 marginal interspaces blackish. Hi'itdwing also with a subbasal lilacine-white broken 

 streak below the costal vein ; the discal white band bordered on both sides, and the 

 submarginal lilacine-white lunular band inwardly bordered, with deep chestnut-red, 

 the latter also outwardly bordered by pale chestnut-red. 



Female. " Upperside. Foreiving with the spot in the second median interspace 

 very narrow, touching the second median veinlet, and well-separated from the dis- 

 coidal streak, of exr.cily the same length as the spot below it, which latter is bounded 

 above and below by the second and first median veiulets, the two spots together 

 forming a perfect quadrangular oblong figure ; other as in male. Eindtving with 

 the discal band narrower than in male, the submarginal band wider and pure white 

 instead of sullied. Underside, both wings very much paler than in the male, the 

 Cfistaneous bands almost obliterated, the ground-colour mostly very pale yellow." 

 Body and palpi above fuliginous-black ; beneath and legs greyish-white ; antennae 

 black." 



Expanse, S , ? , 2 j-^ to 2 j-q inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim. 



Distribution. — " The type male was taken in Sikkim in June by Mr. G. C. 

 Dudgeon, and the female in July, and a female in Mr. A. V. Knyvett's collection 

 were all taken at Tonglo on the Singalolah Range, at an elevation of about 12,000 

 feet" (de N. Lc. 204). A male, in Colonel Swinhoe's collection, was taken by a 

 native collector at " Lachiu Lachoong, 8000 to 16,000 feet elevation." Mr. H. J, 

 Elwes took " a single male in the forest near the Rangbi Jhora, on the road to 

 Serail, at 6000 feet, in June" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 344). Has also been taken by 

 Mr. G. C. Dudgeon at 7000 feet elevation in Daling. 



STABROBATES ZAIDA. 



Neplis Zaida, Doubleday and Hewitson, D. Lep. pi. 35, fig. 3 ; Westwood, id. p. 272 (1850). Moore, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. 1858, p. 6. de Niceville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 86 (18S6j. 



Dri/season brood (Plate 296, fig. 1, la, b, c, cJ ? ). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside fuliginous-black ; markings pale ochreous-white, or 

 very pale ochreous ; cilia alternated with pale ochreous-white. Forewing with an 

 elongated broad discoidal streak extending along lower area of the cell and ending 

 in an acute point at some distance on the upper median veinlet, its upper edge entire 

 and curved from the base, its apex below extending slightly within the basal inter- 



