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interspaces 3, 4, 5 of fore wing. Three preapical small spots and 

 au obscure subterininal series of dots on the fore, and a better 

 defined, slightly curved, subterininal series of spots on the hind wing, 

 all white, also on the latter wing an apical and a tornal fulvous- 

 yellow spot. Underside pearly bluish white, the discal band and 

 spots of the upperside showing through pinkish white, the discal 

 spots and band on the fore wing bordered interiorly with black, 

 and some black marks in the cell. Fore wing: an oblique somewhat 

 sinuous postdiscal, and a more even broad terminal band rich 

 brown, the former ending at the tornus in a fulvous-yellow patch 

 bearing a black spot with some black outer markings, the latter 

 white-spotted at the tornal angle. Hind wing with postdiscal 

 straight and terminal broad bands of the same rich brown, a black 

 white- bordered subtornal spot, and another in interspace 2 placed 

 on the brown postdiscal band. Antennae brown; head, thorax and 

 abdomen brown above, white beneath. — $ . Similar with similar 

 markings, but ground-colour above dusky brown, the markings 

 yellowish white. 



Exp. c? $ 67-77 mm. (2-65-3-0"). 



Hub. The Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikhim ; hill-ranges of 

 Assam ; hill-ranges of Northern and Eastern Burma, and Siam. 



256. Apatura here (PI. VII, fig. 54), Felder, Wien. ent. Monat. vi r 

 18(32, p. 27 ; Leech, Butt. China, Jap- # Corea, i, 1892-94, p. 163, 

 pi. 15, fig. 8 rf, 7 c? var. 

 Apatura ilia, var. serarum, Oberthiir, Etud. d-Ent. xv, 1891, p. 11, 

 ji'l,fig.8-<T. 

 <$ . Upperside bright ochraceous yellow, basal area of both fore and 

 hind wings and below cell of fore wing shaded with dark brown, cell 

 of fore wing with four round brown spots ; a discal broad curved 

 irregular transverse pale brown fascia, the margins irregularly sinu- 

 ous on the fore and diffuse on the hind wing. On the latter wing 

 this fascia bears an arched series of seven darker brown spots, and 

 on the former it is outwardly bordered by large dark brown spots in 

 interspaces 1 and 2, a white spot in interspace 3, and obliquely placed 

 pale yellow spots in interspaces 4, 5 and 6 ; beyond these there 

 is a preapical brown patch followed by three pale yellow spots ; 

 lastly, both fore and hind wings are crossed by a prominent sub- 

 terminal dark brown line, and shaded over their whole area, but 

 mo-t conspicuously on the disc, with beautiful iridescent blue. 

 Underside pale ochraceous, shaded with brighter ochraceous on the 

 disc and apex of fore wing. Fore wing with four black spots in 

 pairs in the cell : beyond apex of latter an oblique discal series of 

 four and a preapical series of three white spots ; below the cell two 

 large white spots, inwardly margined with black, in interspaces 1 

 and 2, followed by a diffuse blackish spot in interspace 1, and a 

 prominent white-centred black spot in interspace 2. Hind wing- 

 crossed by a short median and a postdiscal straight ferruginous 

 band, the latter bearing a subtornal silvery spot with a pale spot 



