226 LEPIDOPTERA IXDICA, 



DRYAS RUBRA (Plate 371, fig. 2, 2a, b, (J ? ). 



Argijnnis Ewira, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. Company, i. p. 157 (1857) ; id. Proc. Zool. See. 

 Lend. 1874, p. 267 ; Anderson's Zool. Res. Yunan Esped. p. 92 (1878). de Niceville, Butt, of 

 India, ii. p. 132. pi. IS, fig. 75. g (1S86). 



L\i.A.GO. — Male. Upperside bright fixlvoiis, basal areas olivesceut fulvous. 

 Cilia pale fulvous. Foreu-ing with the loiver median and submediaa rein 

 lined with hlachish androconial scales ; a black slender reuiform mark, 

 then a recurved bar across middle of the cell, and a broad constricted 

 l:)ar at end of the cell ; an inner-discal transverse series of five large 

 spots, the upper one divided bj the subcostal and upper radial veinlet, the next 

 disposed outwardly beyond, the two nest inwardly placed in the median interspaces, 

 the lowest outwardly in the submedian interspace ; beyond is a large costal speckled 

 patch; followed by an outer-discal row of round spots, the upper two being small 

 and the fourth still smaller; a submarginal row" of somewhat smaller spots decreas- 

 ing in size upwards, and then a marginal row of either separate or continuous narrow 

 angular marks, and an outer marginal sleuder line. Hindwing with a black bar at 

 end of the cell, an inner-discal angularly disposed series of sis spots, an outer-discal 

 curved row of five large rounded spots, and a lower slender curved sti'eak, followed 

 by a submarginal row of somewhat cordate spots, a marginal row of angular marks 

 and a less defined outer marginal slender line. Underside. Foreiving paler fulvous, 

 the costal edge olivescent, the apical and marginal markings dusky olive-green ; the 

 outer-discal spots bordered inwardly by a slightly-defined white lunule; the cell and 

 discal mai'kings as above. Hindwing bright olive-greeu, the abdominal mai-gin bluish- 

 grey ; a subbasal transverse broad ferruginous-brown band esteudiug from the 

 costal vein across the cell to submedian vein, its inner edge being even and its 

 outer edge sinuous ; a discal narrow irregular glossy violaceous-white band, and a 

 less prominent submarginal ochreous-white catenulated fascia ; the medial-discal area 

 bearing a row of obscurely-defined ocellate spots of which the two upper and the 

 fifth are ferruginous-brown with a slight white pupil, the others being bright green 

 and blind ; a medial-discal slender irregular wavv ferruginous line also extends 

 from the costal vein and inwardly edges the white band from the radial to the 

 submedian vein. 



Female. Upperside as in the male, escept that the markings are somewhat 

 broader, and on the forewing a small white dentate spot is present in the basal inter- 

 space of the fourth and fifth subcostals. Underside as in tlie male. 



Body and palpi above olivescent-fulvous, beneath olivescent-green ; legs fulvous, 

 femora beneath grey; antennjB above black, beneath and tip red. 



Espause, c? 3, ? S^) inches. 



Habitat. — Assam; Sibsagar ; Cherrapuuji; Khasias ; Upper Burma. 



