318 NYMPH ALID^. 



Hab. Himalayas, Kulu and Simla to Mussooree ; recorded from 

 the hills of Assam, Arrakan, and Tenasserim. 



The dry-season form is smaller, the markings whiter, the discal 

 spots on fore wing larger ; the subbasal band and postdiscal series 

 of spots on hind wing broader ; the ground-colour on the under- 

 side a shade darker. 



Bace idita, Moore. — Differs from the typical form as follows : — 

 Upperside purpurescent black, the markings purer white and on 

 the whole smaller and narrower. The most striking difference is 

 on the hind wing, where in the postdiscal series the spots, though 

 shield-shaped as in asura, are entirely without the black centres so 

 conspicuous in that form. These are also wanting on the under- 

 side, Avhile the ground-colour is darker/more of a chocolate-brown. 



Exp. J 2 72-84 mm. (2-84-S-3"). 



Hab. Mergui, southwards into the Malayan Subregion as far as 

 Borneo. 



334. Athyma pravara, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 173, 

 pi. 5cr, tig. 4 tf ; de N. Butt. hid. ii, 1886, p. 170; Moore 

 (Chendrana), Lep. 2nd. iii, 1896-99, p. 182, pi. 259, tigs. 2, 2 a, 



<5 2 - Upperside dark brownish black with the following white 

 markings : — Fore wing : discoidal streak long, strongly clavate ; 

 discal band macular, composed of three large spots placed in an 

 outwardly oblique line from the middle of the dorsum, in inter- 

 spaces 1 a, 1 and 2, and three smaller, somewhat elongate spots 

 in an inwardly oblique line from middle of interspace 4 to inter- 

 space 6 ; a postdiscal series of transverse, slender, short lines in 

 the interspaces and a pale subterminal line ; the interspaces between 

 the white markings shaded with jet-black, most prominent on the 

 inner side of the postdiscal series of short lines. Hind wing : 

 the discal band on the fore wing continued subbasally across, 

 not macular, traversed only by the dark veins ; a postdiscal 

 somewhat sinuous band of quadrate spots and a pale subterminal 

 band. Underside pale brown, the markings as on the upperside 

 but somewhat broader ; the ground-colour on the fore wing 

 blotched between the white markings with dark brown ; on the 

 hind wing, between the subbasal and postdiscal bands, there is a 

 row of similarly coloured large diffuse spots ; the pale subterminal 

 bands on both fore and hind wings more clearly denned and broader 

 than on the upperside ; dorsal margin of hind wing broadly greyish. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark brown ; beneath, antenna? 

 dark ochraceous, palpi, thorax and abdomen pale ochraceous 

 white. 



Exp. J 2 60-68 mm. (2-3S-2-69"). 



Hab. The hills of Assam ; through Cachar, Arrakan, Burma to 

 Tenasserim ; extending into the Malayan Subregion. 



