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Apha subdives. (Plate XCIV. figs. 7 & 8.) 

 Apha subdives, Walker, Cat. Lep. Met. v. p. 1180. n. 1 (1855). 



cJ . Testaceous, with markings similar to those of A. floralis ? , but slaty purple ; the 

 area between the undulated postmedian lines of primaries and the oblique blackish-edged 

 yellow stripe grey ; external border extended to the external angle : secondaries with the 

 subbasal area limited by the median line greyish ; a dull ferruginous patch near apex upon 

 the external border : body greyish, considerably darker than in A. floralis. Wings below with 

 the area between the postmedian dark line and the castellated discal line considerably narrower 

 than in A. floralis, the discal line much thicker, the external area of primaries burnt-sienna 

 red with purplish-brown external border : secondaries with the apical portion of external 

 border ferruginous : body below considerably redder. Expanse of wings 2 inches 10 lines. 



$ . Considerably larger than the male, the primaries paler and redder throughout. Expanse 

 of wings 3 inches 5 lines. 



Silhet. 



GANISA, Walk. 



Ganisa glaucescens. (Plate XCVI. figs. 1 & 2.) 

 Tagora glaucescens, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. v. p. 1188. n. 1 (1855). 



Chocolate-brown, washed with shining silvery grey, excepting at the base of the wings, 

 on the external border and discal band of the primaries, the fringe and discal band of secondaries, 

 and the body : wings crossed by a narrow reddish ferruginous discal band, edged with dark 

 brown, and running from near apex of primaries to abdominal margin of secondaries : primaries 

 with broad external border, its inner edge zigzag ; a large ochreous discoidal stigma placed be- 

 tween two widely separated undulated dusky stripes ; indications of two very indistinct inarched 

 stripes between the second one and the discal band : secondaries with the basal area crossed in 

 the male by two very ill-defined dusky stripes ; a faint dusky zigzag indication of an external 

 border similar to that of the primaries : head of the male blackish ; collar and abdomen rust- 

 red ; thorax red-brown ; tegulse sericeous : body of the female rather paler. Under surface 

 reddish fulvous, glaucous, and crossed by four brown undulated stripes from the middle of 

 the wings to the centre of the disk ; a series of grey spots parallel to the outer margin : female 

 rather paler than the male. Expanse of wings, $ 3 inches 6 lines, $ 3 inches 9 lines. 



Darjiling {Parry £f Lidderdale) . 



Ganisa pallida. (Plate XCVI. fig. 3.) 



Considerably paler than G. glaucescens, pinky brown, with the area between the discal 

 band of the wings and the external border glaucous grey ; the border limited by a black-dotted 

 zigzag dusky line ; discal band paler, and with blacker margins than in G, pallida : primaries 



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