306 NYMPHALIDiE. 



Bace asita, Moore. — g $ differ from nivifera rf $ as follows : — 

 <$ . Upperside. Fore wing : discoiclal streak more clearly divided, 

 the preapical portion prominent ; discal band broader, the anterior 

 spot composing its posterior half not wider than the others, not 

 outwardly conical ; two conspicuous preapical orange-yellow spots. 

 Hind wing : subbasal band slightly broader. Underside : ground- 

 colour a more ochraceous brown ; fore wing preapically orange- 

 yellow. — $ . Upperside : the markings of a somewhat deeper 

 orange-yellow ; the discal band on fore and postdiscal band on 

 hind wing distinctly broader ; the inner subterminal narrow band 

 on fore wing ill-defined posteriorly ; the preapical spots much 

 smaller. Underside : ground-colour much more ochraceous. 



Exp. 6 2 65-71 mm. (2-59-2-8 1"). 



Hob. Recorded from the Shan States in Upper Burma ; Lower 

 Burma ; Tenasserim. 



Northwards in Burma this form seems to merge into the race 

 inara, Doubleday. Many specimens have the postdiscal band on 

 the hind wing more or less suffused with orange-yellow. 



Race inara, Doubleday. — S and $ differ from nivifera $ and 

 2 as follows : — $ . Upperside. Eore wing: discoidal streak from 

 dusky white to dark ferruginous, with the exception of the 

 preapical portion which is always prominently white ; discal band 

 much broader, straighter, farther from the terminal margin and 

 more complete, there being a small spot in interspace 3. Inner 

 subterminal band orange-yellow, macular, well-denned, the pre- 

 apical spots large. Hind wing : the postdiscal band entirely 

 orange-yellow, broader and continuous, divided only by the black 

 veins. Underside ochraceous light brown, shaded with orange- 

 yellow on apex of fore wing and on the anterior portion of the 

 postdiscal band on the hind wing ; the dark brown blotchings in 

 the spaces between the markings smaller and more restricted than 

 in nivifera; the discoidal streak and posterior half of inner sub- 

 terminal band on fore wing and the postdiscal band posteriorly on 

 the hind wing suffused with very pale bluish pink. — $ . Upper- 

 side : the markings of a somewhat paler orange-yellow than in 

 nivifera $ ; the discal band very much broader ; the inner sub- 

 terminal band on fore wing reduced to a tornal and two or three 

 preapical spots. Underside : ground-colour bright ochraceous 

 yellow, the markings pinkish white, but in great part suffused with 

 pale yellow ; the dark brown blotchings on the fore wing large 

 and in strong contrast with the ground-colour. 



Exp. <$ 2 66-74 mm. (2-6-2-92"). 



Hab. Sikhim, Bhutan and Nepal in North-eastern India ; 

 Orissa ; Canara ; Mysore in Southern India. In further India 

 through the hills of Assam to Upper Burma. 



The above is a description of the wet-season form. The dry- 

 season form, especially of the <$ , is very similar. In the $ the 

 ground-colour is paler, the markings comparatively broader and on 

 the underside somewhat diffuse. 



Larva. " Cylindrical, with six rows of fine branched spines, the 



