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wing ; a postdiscal macular band, the spots composing it broadly 

 divided by the veins and a pale subterminal broad line as on the 

 fore wing. Underside ochraceous brown, in $ dull grey-brown ; 

 the white markings as on the upperside with, on the posterior half 

 of the fore wing and between the subbasal and postdiscal bands 

 on the hind wing, darker brown intervening shadings and blotches ; 

 the basal two divisions of the discoidal streak in fore wing obscure, 

 the subterminal markings somewhat diffuse. Antenna?, head, 

 thorax and abdomen black ; the thorax anteriorly and the base of 

 the abdomen crossed by a bar of bluish white. 



Exp. <S 2 82-96 mm. (3-23-3-8"). 



Hob. The Malayan Subregion, extending into Tenasserim. 



333. Athyma asura, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mm. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 171, 

 pi. 5 a, fig. ld;& N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 168 : Moore 

 (Tacoraea), Lep. Ind. hi, 1896-99, p. 177, pi. 257, figs. 1, 1 a- 



Race idita. 



Athyma idita, Moore, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 16, pi. 61, fig. 3 J ; de N. 

 Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 168; Moore (Tacoraea), Lep. Ind. iii, 

 1896-99, p. 178, pi. 258, figs. 1, 1 a, J. 



cS 2 - Upperside black with white markings. Pore wing : dis- 

 coidal streak slender, narrow, undivided ; an obscure reddish lunule 

 below its apex and an irregular white spot beyond, followed by a 

 small obscure round reddish spot ; discal band macular, composed 

 of spots decreasing in size and directed obliquely outwards from 

 middle of dorsum to interspace 4, and two short streaks shifted 

 inwards obliquely towards costal margin in interspaces 5 and 6 

 respectively ; beyond this a postdiscal series of short transverse 

 lines diminishing to dots, curved slightly inwards, followed by a 

 minute dot anteriorly in interspaces 5 and 6, and an obscure, 

 pale, transverse, subterminal lunular line. Hind wing : the discal 

 band of the fore wing continued subbasally across, not macular, 

 traversed only by the veins ; a postdiscal series of somewhat shield- 

 shaped spots, each spot centred with black, and a broad obscure 

 subterminal band. Underside bright chestnut, the white markings 

 much as on the upperside but broader. Fore wing : the postdiscal 

 series of spots black, encircled with diffuse white, the subterminal 

 pale line replaced by a series of very short transverse lines 

 in the interspaces, a black spot at base of interspace 1 ; inter- 

 spaces 1 a and 1 blotched with blackish. Hind wing : base of 

 interspace 8 white ; subbasal broad white band bordered with pale 

 blue ; the postdiscal band of white spots larger ; and the sub- 

 terminal pale band replaced by a series of short white lines in 

 the interspaces. Cilia of wings white, alternated with black. 

 Antenna?, head, thorax and abdomen black ; thorax glossed with 

 green, abdomen with a pale blue transverse band at base ; beneath, 

 palpi, thorax and abdomen white. 

 Exp. <3 2 78-90 mm. (3-09-3-53"). 



