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narrowing somewhat towards the base of the costa, broadest at the apex and at the 

 hinder angle ; a black spot at the end of the cell merged into the costal baud. 

 Hindwing with the costa broadly blackish ; the band narrowing somewhat hindwards 

 on the outer margin ; tail rather broad and of moderate length, blackish, tipped with 

 white. Cilia white, with a blackish base ; apex of forewing acute, being somewhat 

 excavated immediately below it, outer margin sinuous ; the outer margin of the 

 hindwing nearly smooth, anal lobe small, somewhat pointed. Underside. Forewinn 

 greyish-cream colour, markings pale brownish, cell marks somewhat elongated, a small 

 one near the base, an outwardly oblique mark in the middle, larger, and a still larger 

 mark or narrow bar closing the cell ; an outwardly oblique spot below the middle of 

 the two outer cell spots, and a suffused larger one inwards on the next lower interspace, 

 a rather broad discal compact band of conjoined squarish spots from the costa to vein 1, 

 its upper part curving slightly outwards, marginal line pale brown, a sub-marginal 

 thin brownish band, and between them indications of a series of paler lunular marks. 

 Hindwing with the ground colour uniformly darker, the markings rather indistinct, 

 being only indicated by their edgings, which are a little darker than the ground colour ; 

 three minute indistinct dots near the base, followed by three other similar dots, a thin 

 bar at the end of the cell, with some indistinct marks in continuation above and below 

 it, a somewhat irregular outwardly curved discal band of eight conjoined squarish 

 spots, the two upper ones and the fifth spot a little inwards, marginal line pale 

 brownish, a sub-marginal rather acutely angled line, with indications of some pale 

 markings between them. Antennae black ; head and body concolorous with the wings. 



Expanse of wings, $ % ly-Q to I-^q- inches. 



Habitat. — Western Himalayas. 



Distribution. — de Niceville says it occurs in oak woods from Murree to Naini Tal, 

 he also records it from Chin Lushai, Mackinnon and de Niceville from Mussuri, Leslie 

 and Evans from Chitral, Hannyngton from Kumaon ; we have it from Solon, Simla, and 

 it is in the B. M. also from Dana, Narkundah, Eanikhet and Thundiani. 



Note. — de Niceville (p. 259) was doubtful as to whether this form was or was not 

 a dimorphic female of A. rama, KoUar, all his examples being females ; but Bethune- 

 Baker says (p. 134), " I have examined several males and mounted dissections of the 

 genitalia which show, I think, that the species are quite distinct, though very close, the 

 claspers differ somewhat, and all the organs are very much larger and stouter." 



ARHOPALA COMICA. 



Plate 686, figs. 3, ? , 3a, ? . 



Arhopala comica, de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1900, p. 170, pi. E, E, fig. 18, J . 

 Bethune-Baker, Trans. Zool. Soc. 1903, p. 134. 



Imago. — Female. Upperside. Forewing black, the whole of the disc from the 



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