HYPOLTMN AS. 889 



defined by white lines ; a very broad medio-discal white band from 

 costa to dorsum, crossed at apex of interspace 1 a by a transverse 

 black mark, beyond the middle of interspace 7 by a broad black 

 bar, and in interspace 7 bordered inwardly by black ; a postdiscal 

 series of small white spots in continuation of those on the fore 

 wing ; an inner subterminal series of paired subtriangular small 

 white spots, an outer subterminal line of slender white lunules, 

 an intervening black sinuous line between the two series and a 

 black terminal line. Cilia of both fore and hind wings white 

 alternated with black. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark 

 brown ; beneath, the palpi and thorax white, the abdomen 

 castaneous. 



2 • Polymorphic. First form : Upperside rich tawny. "Fore 

 wing : the costa, the apical half of the wing and the termen 

 black, the inner margin of this black area follows a line crossing 

 the cell obliquely and curving round to near apex of interspace 1 a ; 

 a white spot beyond apex of cell ; an oblique band of elongate 

 white spots, a more transverse short subapical series of three or 

 four much smaller white spots, and an inner and an outer sub- 

 terminal transverse series of very small slender white lunules. 

 Hind wing : a transverse round spot in interspace 7, the terminal 

 margin broadly black, the latter traversed by two transverse series 

 of paired small white lunules. Cilia of fore and hind wings 

 w 7 hite alternated with black. Underside paler taw 7 ny yellow, the 

 disc of the fore wing deeper tawny ; the markings are much as on 

 the upperside but differ as follows : — Fore wing : three white 

 spots along the anterior margin of cell, the black on the apical 

 area beyond the oblique band of white spots replaced by golden. 

 Hind wing: a black spot at base of vein 8, another at base of 

 interspace 5, and a postdiscal transverse series of small white 

 spots in addition to the markings as on the upperside. 



Second form. Similar to the above but the disc of the hind wing 

 on both upper and under sides white. =alcippoides, Butler. 



Third form. Similar to the first form, but on the fore wing the 

 oblique series of elongate spots yellowish and the middle portion 

 of the black apical area tawny. 



Exp. S 2 70-93 mm. (2-75-3-66"). 



Hah. Throughout our limits ; in the Himalayas up to 6000 feet ; 

 extending to the Malayan Subregion and China. 



Larva. Capt. H. L. de la Chaumette {teste Moore) describes 

 this as cylindrical, black, with a darker black dorsal line, banded 

 transversely with pale brown transverse tuberculated small spots ; 

 beneath dark olive-brown ; legs and head brick-red ; head furnished 

 with two long black thick branched spines ; the rest of the seg- 

 ments except the anal with ten branched spines, dirty, transparent 

 white in colour and disposed in longitudinal rows, anal segment 

 with two similar spines. Pood-plant, Portidaca oleracea. 



Pupa. u Pendulous. Short and thick ; light brown, without 

 metallic spots, variegated and streaked with bistre, particularly 

 towards the head and tail." (de la Chaumette.) 



