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NYMPHALID^. 



328. Pantoporia opalina (PI. IX, fig. 61), Kollar (Liminitis), 



HiigeVs Kaschmir, iv, pt. 2, 1844, p. 427; de N. (Athyma) Butt. 

 Ind. ii, 1886, p. 173 : Moore (Condochates), Lep. Ind. iii 7 1896-99, 

 p. 188, pi. 261, figs. 1, 1 a-\ d, larva & pupa, S 2 • 

 Athyma orientalis, Ehves, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 354, pi. 9, 

 fig. 4 S; id. P. Z. S. 1891, p. 277. 



6 2 • Upperside dark brownish black, paler in the 2 than in 

 the (5 • A trifid discoidal clavate white streak on fore wing with a 

 subtriangular spot just beyond apex of cell ; a strongly curved series 

 of discal spots in the interspaces, decreasing in size from inter- 

 space 1 to 4. thence bent inwards and elongate to interspace 6, with 

 an oblique small preapical spot also white. Hind wing: a more 

 or less continuous subbasal band (broad in the dry-season, narrower 

 in the w~et-season specimens), traversed by the dark veins, and a 

 postdiscal macular band, not quite reaching either the dorsal or 

 costal margins, white. Fore and hind wings with pale subterminal 

 narrow bands and the cilia white alternated with blackish brown. 

 Underside : ground-colour on anterior half of both fore and hind 

 wing chocolate-brown, posterior half duller, suffused on the hind 

 wing with shining pale lilacine; the white markings and pale 

 subterminal band as on the upperside but broader ; the posterior 

 half of the terminal margin on fore wing whitish with some inner 

 dusky black markings ; the dorsal margin of hind wing broadly 

 suffused with greenish blue. 



Exp. 6 2 57-72 mm. (2-25-2-83"). 



Hob. The Himalayas ; the hills of Assam and Burma. 



Larva. Cylindrical ; in preserved specimen yellow, in life pro- 

 bably pale green, with a dark lateral stripe ; head with two dark 

 brown divergent broad stripes in front, studded with numerous 

 small white tubercles and a double row of short spines ; a series 

 of long black-branched spines on the segments from 3 to 10, the 

 longest on the 3rd and 4th segments, a lateral row of shorter 

 spines on each side and numerous small papilla?. 



Pupa. " Abdomen attenuated posteriorly, with a short dorsal 

 projecting keel on each segment ; a large broad-keeled anterio- 

 dorsal dilated prominence and a thoracic conical prominence ; 

 wing-cases dilated and pointed anteriorly, rounded posteriorly ; 

 head-piece bifid, the tips lengthened, pointed laterally, divergent, 

 auriform and twisted ; ventral surface arched. Colour pale 

 yellowish testaceous, processes partly dark brown ; two parallel 

 macular brown stripes on the abdomen below and a lateral row of 

 brown spots." {Moore.) 



329. Pantoporia ranga, Moore (Athyma), Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i, 



1857, p. 175, pi. 5 a, fig. 6 <$ ; de N. (Athyma) Butt. Ind. ii, 

 1886, p. 172; Moore (Kironga), Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 210, 

 pi. 269, figs. 1, 1 a-\ </, 6 2 , & P- 211, pi. 270, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, 

 larva & pupa, tf £ • 

 Athyma mahesa, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 176, pi. 5, 

 fig. 7 c? : de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 171 ; Davidson, Bell # 

 Aitken, Jour. Bomb. N.H. Soc. v, 1890, p. 350, & x, pt. 2, 1896, 

 p. 254, pi. ii, figs. 4, 4 a, larva & pupa. 



