166 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



Female. Apex of forewing prolonged. Upperside similar to male, except that 

 the basal areas are paler violet-blue. Foreiving with the discal hyaline spot larger ; 

 the inner edge of fulvous band less black bordered. Eindwing with the discal series 

 of patches more distinct. Underside. Ground-colour paler shades of ochreous- 

 brown, violescent or olivescent greyish-brown than in male, similarly speckled, 

 markings also similar; sometimes both wangs are blotched with olive-brown and 

 black-scaled fungoid patches. 



Expanse, c? 4 to 4j^o, ? 4j^o inches. 



Wet-season form (Plate 341, fig. 1, la, (J; lb, c, ? ). 

 Edllima Ramsayi, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1879, p. 12. 



Male and female. Smaller than dry-season form ; forewing in both sexes 

 sharp pointed. Male. Upperside with very dark and prominent markings ; the 

 sinuous inner edge of fulvous band deeply black bordered, the hyaline spot large, 

 the submarginal sinuous line very jiromjnent. Female somewhat paler blue, the 

 outer border of hindwing also paler. Underside. Various shades of chestnut- 

 brown, brownish-ochreous, or greyish brownish-ochreous, sparsely black speckled ; 

 the rib-line prominent, and sometimes with ochreous blotches or blackish fungoid 

 patches. 



Expanse, S 3 1*0 to Z^q, ? 3jro to 4 inches. 



Lakva. — Adult. " Velvety-black covered with rather long yellowish hair. 

 Head armed with two long branched-spines ; segments armed with eleven rows of 

 branched-spines. All the spines reddish." 



Pupa. — -" Simple. Thoi'ax slightly keeled • abdomen with small dorsal conical 

 points. Colour pale brownish-buff variegated with slaty irrorations." (From G. C. 

 Dudgeon's Note.) 



Habitat. — Eastern Himalayas; Nepal; Sikkim, Bhotan ; Upper Assam; Naga 

 and Khasia Hills ; Orissa ; Eastern Ghiits ; Pachmarhi Hills. 



Distribution, Habits, etc. — This species is restricted to the Eastern Himalayas 

 and other localities as above given. We have verified specimens from each — 

 excepting those recorded from Assam, Orissa, and the E. Ghats. Mr. H. J. Elwes 

 states that " it is common in Sikkim up to about 5000 feet elevation, from March to 

 November," and says " this insect has been specially noticed by Wallace and later 

 writers as an instance of protective resemblance to dead leaves, and this is, no doubt, 

 very striking when settled with the wings closed ; but this is not the universal habit 

 of the butterfly, which I have sometimes seen settled on a branch with the wings 

 open, when it is a very conspicuous object" (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 366). Mr. L. de 

 Niceville also records it as "common in Sikkim at low elevations," and states that 



