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liaviag a very slightly defined subapical inwardly-oblique squamous streak. Forewing 

 with the entire costal edge and outer marginal cilia, and also the outer marginal 

 cilia of the liindwing , rosy-red. 



Female. Upperside. Apical edge between the subcostals of foreioing, and cilia 

 of both wings paler rosy-red. Underside with the markings on liindwing slightly 

 visible. Foretoing above with the black outer band broken beneath the lower median 

 veinlet. Hindwing with the outer band similar to male, its portions slightly broader. 

 Underside similar to male, the markings being slightly more defined. 



Expanse, c? Ij^, ? 1-^^ inch. 



Intermediate form (fig. 2d c?, 2e ?= rubella types). Male. Upperside. 

 Foreunng with the outer band slightly narrower than in ivet form ; cilia paler red. 

 Hindtving with the marginal macular band narrower, and composed of smaller 

 portions. Underside similar to wet form. 



Female. Upperside. Foreimng with the outer band less broken at its posterior 

 end than in Wet-form. Hindwing with the marginal macular band less distinct and 

 narrower. Underside similar to the male. 



Expanse, c? ? lo) inch. 



Dry-season form (fig. 2f c?, 2g ?). Both sexes much smaller than in inter- 

 mediate form. Cilia paler. Male. Forewing above with the inner-edge of the 

 marginal band less sinuated than in intermediate form, its posterior end indistinctly 

 broken. Hindwing with the lower portions of the macular band somewhat larger 

 and less dentate. Underside. Both wings with less defined markings than in 

 intermediate form. 



Female. Upperside. Forewing with the band slightly broken at posterior end. 

 Hindwing with the lower portions of band somewhat wider. Underside with the 

 markings indistinct. 



Expanse, S ? Ifg inch. 



Habitat.— Western and Eastern Himalayas; Western, Southern, and Eastern 

 India. 



DiSTRrBUTio>f.— We possess specimens from Simla, Kasauli, and Kangra, 

 Western Himalaya ; Assighur, N.E. Bombay, taken in October ; Giridih and 

 Sahebgung, Bengal ; also the type male and female, labelled " Calcutta " ex Coll. 

 W. S. Atkinson ; also a male from Sikkim, taken in April by Mr. G-. C. Dudgeon ; 

 specimens from Mhow, Poona, and the Nilgiris. Col. C. Swinhoe obtained it in 

 Bombay at " Poona October to April, Belgaum September and October, Sattara 

 October and November, and at Mhow, Central India, in great numbers from October 

 to April " (P. Z. S. 1885, 136 ; 1886, 430). Mr. C. F. Hampson obtained it in the 

 Nilgiris. (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 361). Mr. H. S. Ferguson took it in " Travancore 

 Hills at 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation " {I.e. p. 443). Mr. W. C. Taylor records it as 



