432 NYMPHAEIDiE. 



Race vitatha, Moore. — <$ . Upper side rich tawny yellow with 

 the following black markings : — Fore wing : a medial, inwardly 

 curved, broad, loop-like mark and a short transverse sinuous pre- 

 apical broad line in cell, the latter not reaching the median vein ; 

 a line along the discocellulars and a broad short irregular line 

 almost coalescent with it beyond ; a zigzag discal series of spots 

 twice angulated as m most forms of the genus ; transverse post- 

 discal and subterminal series of spots, with a short subcostal 

 patch in interspace 6 on the inner side of the former and a 

 terminal narrow band. The subterminal spots inwardly pointed, 

 hastate, the terminal band inwardly dentate. Hind wing: a 

 broad line along the lower discocellular, a discal sinuous narrow 

 outwardly angulated band, a series of five postdiscal spots ; sub- 

 terminal spots and terminal narrow bands as on the fore wing. 

 Underside fore wing : ground-colour ochraceous tawny, fading to 

 very pale yellow along the costal margin and on apex ; black 

 markings as on the upperside but less clearly defined, more or 

 less obsolescent or turning to greenish on apex and along termen. 

 Hind wing pale ochraceous yellow, the basal two-thirds suffused 

 with pale green ; the terminal margin also somewhat broadly 

 pale green ; the following silvery markings on the green area : 

 two transverse detached basal and three transverse detached 

 medial spots ; the middle spot of the latter in apex of cell ; a 

 discal, somewhat macular, transverse band angulated outwards in 

 interspace 4, and a transverse series of broad subterminal lunules : 

 the silvery markings margined on one or both sides by slender 

 black lines. Antennae dark brown, annulated with white below 

 the club ; head, thorax and abdomen brownish fulvous ; beneath, 

 palpi and thorax pale greyish, abdomen ochraceous white. — 

 2 . Similar, with similar markings. Upperside : ground-colour 

 typically paler, the irroration of dusky-black scales at the bases of 

 the wings more extended, on the hind wing in some specimens 

 reaching the terminal margin at apex of veins 1 and 2. Fore and 

 hind wings : the terminal black band broader than in the tf , the 

 subterminal series of dentate spots coalescing with it along 

 the veins, the intervening prominent line of spots thus formed 

 much paler than the ground-colour, almost white, but the tint on 

 these is variable ; abdominal fold paler than in the S • Underside 

 as in the S ■> the markings slightly broader, the apical area marked 

 with green, the subterminal spots anteriorlv conspicuouslv silvery. 



Exp. tf ? 56-78 mm. (2-2-3-1"). 



Hah. N. Kashmir, Gurais, Skoro-la, 15,000 ft. ; Chitral. 



This form so closety resembles A. ar/laia that in the ' Butterflies 

 of India ' de Mceville considered it quite sufficient to give a 

 description of typical aglaia. Though very slightly differentiated, 

 Indian specimens can always be discriminated by the comparatively 

 smaller size of the black markings on the wings in the <5f , and in 

 the 2 by the generally darker colouring. In both sexes also the 

 subterminal series of spots on both fore and hind wings are 

 as a rule inwardly more acutely pointed. Chitral specimens of 



