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ochreous-yellow ; tlie black cell-marks, iiiiier-diBcal and lower outer s]iots as alwve, 

 tlie inner-discal being larger and more quadrate; tlie apical spots green, the sub- 

 marginal inwardly-bordered by two silvery-white spots, and the outer-discal some- 

 times by two similar lunules ; marginal lines obscure. Eindiriiif/ glossy golden- 

 green ; crossed by an outwardly oblique silvery-white broad broken subbasal and two 

 broken medial-discal bands, followed by an outer-discal continuous macular band, and 

 then a marginal broad lunular band, the portions of the first discal band inwardly 

 edged with black, and of the second and also the two outer bands outwardly edged 

 with black ; the area between the two outer silvery bands bearing a .series of obscure 

 ferruginous ocellate spots, of which the lower, and sometimes all, have a silvery- 

 white pupil, these ocelli sometimes also being partly encircled by pale ochreous. 

 Body and palpi above olivescent brownish-ochreous, beneatli ochreous-grey ; 

 legs pale ochreous, femora beneath grey ; antennas black above, beneatli and tip 

 reddish. 



Female. Upperside. Ground-colour paler yellowish-ochreous than in male, 

 the basal area and posterior of forewing, and all but the antei"ior intersisaces and 

 outer submarginal lunules of the hindwing, densely covered with bronzy dusky olive- 

 green scales, or almost the entire ground-colour is even more densely covered with 

 ver}' dusk}^ olive-brown scales, the dusky ochi'eous interspaces being obscure ; the 

 markings are similar to those in the male, but more prominently black. Underside 

 similar to the male ; ground-colour of forewing brighter ochreous, or dusky ochreous, 

 and of the hindwing more dusky golden-green. 



Expanse, <S 2f\, to 3, ? 2/\, to 2^% inches. 



Habitat, — Western Himalayas. 



DisTEiBDTioN. — "Abundant in the Simla District and Lower Kunawur throuo-h- 

 out a tract of 120 miles, at an altitude of GOOO to 10,000 feet, in the summer and 

 autumn months. It affects open glades and the borders of forests, pitching on low 

 shrubs, brambles, and banks of thyme, thistle, scabious heads, etc." (Capt. A. M. 

 Lang, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1865, 495). Major H. B. Hellard took it at "Simla 

 and Masuri from June to October " (MS. Notes). Mr. P. W. Mackinnou records it 

 as " very i^are in IMasuri, but abundant at Nag Tiba, 8000 feet elevation, from May 

 to September ; also further in the interior in August" (J. Bombay N. H. S. 1898, 

 372). Majoi- J. "W. Yerbury took " a few specimens at Murree and along the slope of 

 Thundiani, in September" (P. Z, S. 188(3,362). Mr. ^Y. Dolierty obtained it at 

 Dhaukuri, 10,000 feet elevation, Kumaon " (.J. A. S. Beug. 1886,121). "Faiily 

 common throughout the North-west Himalayas and also in Kashmir. I have seen 

 dozens of males sucking up moisture in damp places on the borders of streams in 

 Kashmir in June. They are also very fond of Composite " (L. de Niceville, Indian 

 Agric. 1880). 



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