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o\\ costal margin, below which are two very indistinctly defined lunulas ; beyond 

 Avhich are three outwardly-oblique subapical spots, the upper being small, short, 

 and divided by the third subcostal branch, the second broadly elongated, the third 

 shorter and conical ; below these are two large conjoined discal spots placed above 

 and below the middle median veinlet, the upper one being narrow, the other broad and 

 rounded ; beneath these are two narrower conjoined inwardly-oblique spots ending 

 on middle of posterior margin ; beyond these is a transverse submarginal slightly- 

 defined pale greyish-brown lunular line, its lower end being sometimes tinged with 

 ochreous. Hindwiiifj crossed by a rather broad yellowish-ochreous inner-discal 

 band extending to the abdominal mai-gin, and a narrower outer-discal lunular band, 

 followed by a slightly-defined submarginal pale gi-eyish-brown lunular line. 

 Underside deep brownish-red, the ochreous markings as above, but paler and less 

 defined. Foreiving also with the lower discal interspaces suffused with black ; the 

 discoidal streak diffusedly extending below the median vein ; a curved violet-grey 

 streak crossing upper end of the cell ; two transverse violet-grey lunular fasciae 

 inwardly-bordering the subapical spots, and a broader similar outer-bordering 

 fascia ; the submarginal line also being mostly violet-grey. Hiudicing also with a 

 broad violet-grey basal fascia, subbasal streaks between the veins, two transverse 

 medial discal sinuous fasciae and two submarginal narrower sinuous fascias. 



Female. Upperside as in male, the yellowish-ochreous markings somewhat 

 broader and paler. Underside as in male. Body and palpi above brownish-black ; 

 abdomen above with a slightly-defined basal greyish band ; palpi, thorax and legs 

 beneath grey ; legs above and abdomen beneath pale yellowish-ochreous ; antennte 

 black, tip ochreous beneath. 



Expanse, <S 2n) to 3, ? Q^o inches. 



Habitat. — Nepal ; Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Cachar ; Khasia Hills ; Naga Hills ; Upper 

 Burma. 



Distribution. — " This is a rare species. Mr. MoUer has obtained a single 

 specimen in Sikkim in the spring. I took a worn male at about 4000 feet elevation 

 below Darjiling, in October, and Mr. Wood-Mason obtained a single male on 

 Nemotha Peak, Cachar, in September " (de Niceville I.e. 85). " Probably occurs in 

 Sikkim throughout the warm months. Mr. Dudgeon has taken it several times at 

 5000 feet elevation, and finds that it is extremely fond of pitching on the same bush 

 for several consecutive days. Its elevation extends to 7000 and 8000 feet, and he 

 doubts its occurrence below 3000 feet" (/</. Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, 136). Mr. 

 H. J. Elwes says it is " a rare species in Sikkim, which I have never taken myself, 

 but it occurs between April and December at low elevations." (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 

 343). ISIr. Elwes records " a single male, very pale in colour, from Bernardmyo, 

 Upper Burma, and others from the Naga Hills, taken by Mr. W. Doherty " 



