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208. Elymnias timandra (PI. Ill, fig. 27), Wallace, Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. 1869, p. 326; M. fy de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 275; Moore 

 (Melynias), Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 158, pi. 139, figs. 1,1a- 



cS . Upperside black. Pore wing : a series of long streaks in the 

 interspaces up to 5, the posterior half of the cell, some transverse 

 short striae on the basal half of the costa, and four or five spots 

 on its apical half bluish green : the streaks cut off short before 

 the terminal margin, that in interspace 4 clavate inwardly, in 

 interspace 5 clavate outwardly. Hind wing with similar streaks 

 and in the posterior interspaces with lunate, white, subterminal 

 markings beyond. Underside purplish white, profusely and some- 

 what irregularly covered with blotches, striae, spots and irrorations 

 of rich dark brown scales, more scattered, with the pale ground- 

 colour showing through broadly, along the costal margin of the 

 fore wing and on the median area posteriorly on the hind wing. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark brown ; the antennae 

 somewhat ochraceous towards apex, the thorax streaked and mottled 

 with greenish white above, the abdomen beneath suffused with 

 greenish white. — $ . Differs on the upperside in the streaks, 

 especially on the hind wing, being suffused with ochraceous and 

 on the underside in the mottlings being more uniform. 



Exp. <S 2 80-90 mm. (3-15-3-6"). 



Hah. Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Burma ; Tenasserim. 



209. Elymnias patna, Westwood (Melanitis), in Dblday., Westw. fy 

 Heivits. Gen. Di. Lep. 1851, p. 405, pi. 68, fig. 2 ; M. $ de N. 

 (Dyctis) Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 277 ; Moore (Melynias), Lep. Ind. ii, 

 1893-96, p. 162, pi. 141, figs. 1, 1 a, tf. 

 Melynias patnoides, Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 163, pi. 141, 

 figs. 2, 2 a, d • 



<$ . Upperside dark velvety brown, paler towards the terminal 

 margins. Fore wing with a series of three discal streaks, increasing 

 in length towards the costa, and a very oblique preapical band, 

 glistening blue. Hind wing with a postdiscal curved series of 

 four to seven small white spots. Underside umber-brown ; fore wing 

 with three, hind wing with seven bluish-white postdiscal spots ; 

 the posterior half of the terminal margin of the hind wing broadly, 

 and the disc of the fore wing occasionally, with short, transverse, 

 pinkish-white striae and minute spots. Antennae, head, thorax 

 and abdomen brown. — 2 • Similar, larger ; sometimes an obscure 

 blue streak beyond apex of cell on upperside of fore wing. 



Exp. S 2 ^6-104 mm. (3-78-4-1"). 



Eab. The Himalayas from Kumaun to Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma. 



Var. patnoides, Moore, can barely be separated even as a variety, 

 its chief difference lying, to judge from the only two specimens 

 I have seen, in the termen of the hind wing being less convex than 

 in the typical form, the apex more acute. 



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