250 UTMPHALIDJE. 



275. Stibochiana nicea (PI. VI, fig. 46), Gray (Adolias), Lep. Ins. 

 Nepal, 1833-46, p. 13, pi. 12, fi>. 1 ; Butler, P. Z. S. 1868, p. r 614 ; 

 de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 120, pi. 19, fig. 81 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. 

 iii, 1896-99, p. 77, pi. 217, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, 6 %. 



S . Upperside deep velvety black. Fore wing : cell with three 

 somewhat obscure light blue transverse short lines, a curved series 

 of four discal and of five postdiscal minute white spots anteriorly, 

 and a complete series of subterminal similar spots, bordered 

 inwardly by a row of paired blue marks on each side of veins 1 

 to 6. Hind wing: a postdiscal blue transverse' sinuous line 

 not reaching the costa or dorsum, followed by a subterminal series 

 of blue circular marks with black centres, their rims outwardly 

 snow-white. Cilia of both fore and hind wing white, alternated 

 with black on the fore, continuous on the hind wing. Underside 

 purplish black. Fore wing : the cell-marks better defined, the 

 discal and postdiscal series of spots sinuous, each of seven spots ; 

 the subterminal row of spots as on the upperside, but larger, the 

 line of blue "paired marks on the veins bordering the subterminal 

 row on the inner side above absent. Hind wing : three obliquely 

 placed subbasal spots and a transverse sinuous line of discal spots 

 blue, followed by a series of five or six postdiscal dots and a 

 subterminal line of transverse inwardly crescentic bars in the 

 interspaces lilacine w 7 hite. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen 

 black. — 5 . Similar, but on the upperside the ground-colour dull 

 black suffused with green, the cell-markings and the inner 

 subterminal paired spots on the fore wing and the postdiscal 

 sinuous band on the hind wing metallic green. Underside : 

 ground-colour fuliginous black, the markings as in the S but 

 larger. 



Exp. s 2 72-80 mm. (2-85-3-18"). 



Hab. The Himalayas from Kulu to Sikhim ; the hill-ranges of 

 Assam, Burma and Tenasserim, extending to "Western China. 



Genus ABROTA. 



Abrota, Moore. Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 176; de JV. 

 Butt. Ind. ii,' 1886, p. 182 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 81. 



Type, A. ganga, Moore, from Sikhim. 



Range. Limited apparently to Sikhim and Bhutan. 



<S 2' Fore wing: costa moderately arched, termen slightly con- 

 cave ; tornus rounded, dorsum slightly sinuous ; cell not half length 

 of fore wing ; upper discocellular minute, middle <-shaped with 

 a short spur at the angle, lower very slender, obtusely angulated 

 inwards ; veins 3 and 4 from lower apex of cell, 10 and 11 free. 

 Hind wing subtriangular, cell open ; veins 5 and 6 approximate 

 at base, 7 midway between 6 and 8. Antennas about half length 

 of wing ; club slender, long and gradual ; palpi broad, with the 

 third joint very short, acute ; eyes naked. 



