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Symbrenthia asthala, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 269, pi. 43, fig. 9 ; 



de N. Butt. Ltd. ii, 1886, p. 244, pi. 23, fig. 106 S • 

 Symbrenthia sivokana, Moore, Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 117, 



pi. 323, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, tf $ . 



Wet-season form. — <$ 2 . Closely resembles the wet-season form 

 o£ S. hypselis, but differs as follows : — Upperside: fhe fulvous-red 

 markings paler, the preapical spot on fore wing formed into a 

 narrow irregular band extending to the costal margin, almost 

 invariably with one or two small orange-yellow spots beyond ; the 

 subbasal band on the hind wing narrowing towards the costal 

 margin. Underside ground-colour darker ochraceous yellow, black 

 tesselations smaller in size and somewhat more restricted in 

 extent, on the hind wing the postdiscal cone-shaped metallic- 

 green markings smaller. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen 

 black ; beneath, the palpi pale ochraceons, the thorax and abdomen 

 blackish, marked and spotted with pale ochraceous. 



Dry -season form. — $ $. Similar, the markings paler and much 

 broader, especially in the $ . The preapical narrow band and 

 posterior oblique band on the upperside of the fore wing coa- 

 lescing. Underside : the ground-colour paler, the black tessel- 

 ations fewer and smaller in size ; the postdiscal cone-shaped 

 markings almost entirely of the ground-colour defined by a black 

 line, either not at all or only sparsely irrorated with greenish 

 scales 



Exp. <s 2 45-58 mm. (1-87-2-29"). 



Hab. The Himalayas, Kashmir to Sikhim ; Nepal. 



S. brabira, Moore, and S. hysudra, Moore, are the paler, more 

 western forms, S. sivokana, Moore, the Sikhim or Eastern form. 

 In the last the preapical marking on the upperside of the fore 

 wing, though it always forms a narrow band, in a few specimens 

 does not reach the costal margin. 



391. Symbrenthia niphanda, Moore, P. Z. S. 1872, p. 559; de JV. 

 Putt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 243 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, 

 p. 119, pi. 325, figs. 1, 1 a-1 e, tf $ . 



Race silana. 

 Symbrenthia silana, de Niceville, J. A. S. P. 1885, p. 117, pi. 2, 

 fig. 9 c? ; id. Putt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 243; Moore, Lep. Lid. iv, 

 1899-1900, p. 121, pi. 325, figs. 2, 2 a, tf. 



Wet-season form. — $ $ ■ Closely resembles JS. hypselis, but the 

 markings on the upperside are always much paler, being yellowish 

 white in the middle ; on the fore wing the preapical marking 

 forms a narrow zigzag band extending to the costa ; aud the post- 

 discal band on the upperside of the hind wing is proportionately 

 very much narrower. Underside ground-colour pearly white, the 

 black tesselations on both fore and hind wings more heavily marked 

 than in S. hypselis ; the discoidal streak on the fore and the sub- 

 basal transverse band of ground-colour on the hind wing are 

 rendered thereby very conspicuous. Antenna, head, thorax and 



