120 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



anteriorly to the upper subcostal veinlet, followed by a slender interrupted marginal 

 line. Underside bright ocbreous-yellow, with two marginal prominent slender black 

 lines. Foreiving also with broad black tessellated marks from base of costa to the 

 apex and obliquely from below base of cell to middle of outer margin, the interspaces 

 representing the areas of the bands of the upperside being glossy bluish-white aud 

 distinctly defined. Hindwing also with the basal and lower discal area tessellated 

 with broad black marks, the intervening discal area being glossy opalescent-white ; 

 a submarginal series of five metallic-green conical spots, the two upper smallest and 

 somewhat flattened, each spot black-speckled and outlined with black, and all 

 encompassed by an outer slender black line ; beyond is a marginal anterior black 

 line, and posterior metallic-green lunules ending in a partially disconnected anal 

 broader black lunula centred with blue-speckles; a small blue-speckled lunule 

 also at abdominal angle ; the linear interspace between the second row of 

 basal black mai-ks, and also between those above the abdominal angle being white. 

 Bodij and palpi above f ulvescent-black ; abdomen with ochreous bands ; body 

 beneath and legs ochreous-yellow, abdomen with black spots ; antenna black, tip 

 ochreous. 



Female. Upperside with similar but slightly broader, and paler bands than in 

 male. Underside as in male ; all the markings somewhat broader, the marginal 

 lower metallic-speckled lunules on the hindwing also much broader. 



Expanse,!? l^^ to 2, ?2i^o inches. 



Brij-season form (Plate 325, fig. Id, e, S). 



Male. Somewhat smaller than wet-season form. Upperside with all the 

 bands similar, but of a paler yellowish-ochreous, their middle areas palest 

 and their edges somewhat more irregular. Underside paler yellow than the 

 wet-season form. Both w4ngs with the tessellate black marks smaller, the white 

 bands representing those of the upperside not glossy. Hindwing with the 

 series of metallic-green spots smaller, shorter, and somewhat quadrate in shape, 

 the disconnected anal lunule and the lunule at abdominal angle centred with 

 blue speckles. 



Female. Upperside with the bands slightly broader than in male. Underside 

 as male. 



Expanse, S 1 n, to 2, ? 2 inches. 



Habitat. — Sikkim. 



Distribution. — " This is rare in Sikkim, occurring at low elevations from 

 about 3000 to 5000 feet, from March to October" (H. J. Elwes, Tr.Ent. Soc. 1888, 

 365). 



