438 iNYMPHAUDj*;. 



edging as on the upperside ; of the postdiscal series the spots in 

 interspaces 2 and 3 only present ; of the subterminal series spots 

 in interspaces 1 , 2 and 3 present ; the rest of the spots of both 

 series obsolescent, showing through only by transparency from 

 the upperside ; the black edging to the termen absent, indicated 

 only by an obscure slender dark line. Hind wing : basal area 

 bright green, crossed by a comparatively broad basal ferruginous 

 fascia from vein 1 to 8 ; followed by a short, very slender, 

 sinuous ferruginous line from vein 5 to 8, a pale yellowish patch 

 in interspace 6 ; a sinuous transverse silvery discal line, bordered 

 irregularly by dusky diffuse ferruginous markings ; postdiscal and 

 subterminal transverse series of somewhat obscure green spots, 

 the latter series superposed on a lilacine-white background, and a 

 terminal broad edging of green with an outer dark line. Cilia on 

 fore and hind wings brownish. Antennas brown above, ochraceous 

 red beneath ; head, thorax and abdomen ochraceous tawny; 

 beneath, the palpi, thorax and abdomen pale ochraceous tinged 

 with green. Sex-marks as in A. Jcamala, but placed on veins 1 

 and 2 of the fore wing. — $ . Tipper and under sides as in the 6 , 

 the basal area of the wings on the upperside broadly suffused with 

 olivaceous brown. 



Exp. <5 2 68-76 mm. (2-69-3"). 



Hah. The hills of Assam and Upper Burma. 



435. Argynnis hyperbius (PI. Y, fig. 36), Johanssen (Papilio), Amain. 



Acad, vi, 1764, p. 408 $: Moore (Acidalia), Lep. Lid. iv, 1899- 



1900, p. 232, pi. 373, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, J $. ^ 

 Papilio niphe, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. 1767, i, pt. 1, p. 785 $ : 



Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 60, pi. 31,'figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, J £ , larva. 



& pupa ; de N. (Argynnis) Butt. Ind. ii. 1886, p. 131. 

 Acidalia taprobana, Moore. Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 237. 



Race castetsi (PI. YI, fig. 42). 



Argvnms niphe, var. castetsi, Oberthur, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1889,. 



p.' 235. 

 Acidalia castetsi, Moore, Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 236, pi. 373, 



figs. 2, 2 a, 6 2 • 



<$ . Upperside : fore wing rich orange- yellow, hind wing paler 

 yellow, with the following black markings : — Pore wing : cell 

 with a basal short transverse streak, a medial broad oval loop, 

 its outer margin sinuous ; a broad transverse streak beyond cell 

 not reaching the median nervure ; a broad streak along the disco- 

 cellulars ; a zigzag discal series of large spots, angulated out- 

 wardly in interspace 4, inwardly in interspace 2, a minute spot 

 at base of interspace 1 ; a somewhat diffuse large postdiscal spot 

 below the costa in interspace 6 ; a postdiscal sinuous series of 

 round spots, those in interspaces 1 and 4 very small ; an inner 

 complete subterminal sinuous series of round spots ; an outer 

 subterminal line, widening- on the veins, and a terminal slender 



