240 KYMPHALIDiE. 



Exp. $ $ 94-110 mm. (3'72-4-4"). 



Hab. The Himalayas; the hill-ranges of Assam; Burma and 

 Tenasserim, at no great elevation, extending to the Malay 

 Peninsula; Sumatra; Siam and Western China. 



Genus PARHESTINA. 



Parhestina, Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 34. 



Type, P. persimilis, Westw., from Sikhim. 



Range. Indo-Malayan Region, extending to China. 



S 2 • Very closely allied to Hestina, but, in the fore wing, 

 vein 11 only is emitted before the apex of the cell, vein 10 from 

 well beyond the apex. In the hind wing veins 5, 6, 7 not closely 

 approximate at base. Eyes hairy. 



Key to the forms of Parhestina. 



a. Hind wing above and below without any trace 



of yellow tint. 



a'. Dorsal margin of fore wing not two-thirds 

 length of costal margin; black markings 

 along veins broad and heavy P. persimilis, p. 240. 



V . Dorsal margin of fore wing well over two- 

 thirds length of costal margin ; black 

 markings along veins less broad and heavy . Race zella, p. 241. 



b. Hind wing above and below suffused along 



dorsal margin with sulphur-yellow P. nicevillei, p. 241. 



266. Parhestina persimilis. Westwood (Hestina), in Dblday., Weshv. 

 Sf Hew. Gen. Di. Lep. 1850, p. 281 ; de N. (Hestina) Butt. Ind. 

 ii, 1886, p. 58; Moore, Lei). lnd - ' l[ h 1896-99, p. 34, pi. 201, 

 figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, c?$. 



Race zella. 

 Hestina zella, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1896, p. 91, fig. <$ ; de N. 

 Bvtt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 58 ; Moore (Parestina), Lep. Ind. iii, 1896- 

 99, p. 35, pi. 201, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, tf $ . 



cf . Upper side fuliginous black, with 



white streaks and spots as follows : — Fore 



wing : two streaks from base in interspace 



1, with two pairs of rectangular spots 



beyoud ; a short streak in cell, with a 



transverse spot beyond, followed by three 



small spots in oblique series and a large 



rectangular spot at base of interspace 2 



with two spots beyond ; interspaces 3, 4, 5 



and 6 with three spots in each and a 



faint elongate spot at base of interspace 7. 



-n 7 .. g •' •/• 2 Hind wing: broad streaks in cell and in all 

 Parhestina persimilis. }. o 



the interspaces, followed by a postdiscal 



posterior series of three small spots, a complete subterminal series 



