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red, the outer border witli a broad ochreous marginal band, which is more or less 

 densely marked with black-speckled transverse strigse, and is inwardly bordered by 

 a parallel black sinuous-edged band, which latter is broadest on the hindwing, and 

 on both wings bearing a series of rich shining blue spots between the veins, these 

 spots being dentate on forewing, and more of an oval shape on hindwing, becoming 

 obsolescent towards the anal angle. Forewing also with the costal border black, 

 striated with ochreous, and having two paler ochreous short broad bars before the 

 apex. Underside. Both wings rich dark purpurescent greyish-black, densely 

 covered with transverse black strigse ; marginal ochreous band as above, but paler 

 and more densely striated, its inner bordering band formed of narrow black dentate 

 marks with bluish-grey speckled centres ; a very small ochreous dentate spot at 

 lower end of each cell. Forewing also with less defined pale ochreous costal strig^, 

 and the two narrower bars before the apex. Hindwing also crossed by a slender 

 black irregular discal line. Body above dark purpurescent-red ; palpi blackish, the 

 sides ochreous ; forelegs, middle and hind femora blackish, middle and hind tibiae 

 and tarsi ochreous ; antennte black, tip and beneath reddish-ochreous. 



Expanse, c? 3, ? .3^) inches. 



Habitat. — Europe; C. Asia ; E. Himalayas; W. China; Amurland ; Japan. 



DiSTKiBDTiON. — " Within our limits, this species has been obtained by Mr. H. J. 

 Elwes and Mr. Otto Moller, in native Sikkim and across the passes in Chumbi. It 

 has also been recorded from Bhotan " (de Niceville, I.e. 233). " I have no knowledge 

 of the occurrence of this in Sikkim proper, although I received a considerable 

 number from native collectors, which were taken in Chumbi or Bhotan, in July and 

 August. I am not aware that it has been taken in any other part of the Himalayas " 

 (Elwes, Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 362). 



Genus EUGONIA. 



Eugonia, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett. p. 36 (1816). Stephens, Catal. Brit. Lap. B. M. p. 12 (1850) 



Scudder, Butt. E. U. S. i. p. 372 (1889). 

 Nymplialis, Scudder, Syst. Rev. Amer. Butt. p. 10 (1872). 

 Vanessa, Staudinger et Schiitr, Exot. Schmett. ii. p. 12-i (1887). Kirby, Allen's Nat. Hist. Butt, i, 



p. 88 (1894). 



Imago. — Wings broad. Male. Foreiving subtriangular ; costa much arched 

 from the base ; exterior margin slightly oblique, prominently scalloped and broadlv 

 angled below the apex and at end of lower median veinlet ; posterior margin nearly 

 straight ; costal vein extending to half the margin ; first subcostal branch emitted at 

 about one-fourth before end of the cell, second close to the end ; upper and middle 

 discocellular of nearly equal length, middle bent outward near its base, lower 



