488 



NEMEOBID^l. 



Of the three forms next described, one, D. longicaudata, may be 

 a local race of D. deodata ; the other two, possibly distinct, more 

 probably dry-season forms of B. deodata, but so few specimens 

 are available for examination that I have described the forms 

 separately. 



468. Dodona longicaudata, de Niceville, Proc. A. S. B. 1881, p. 121 ; 

 id. Butt Ind. ii, 1886, p. 313, pi. 24, fig. 117 $ ; Moore (Balonca), 

 Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 75. pi. 398, figs. 2, 2 a, d- 



S . Closely resembles D. deodata. Differs as follows: — Upper- 

 side : the medial white transverse band crossing fore and hind 

 wings not one-half the width it is in D. deodata, and shorter, 

 extending from the subcostal vein (not the costal margin) of 

 the fore wing to vein 3 on the hind wing ; other white spots 



and markiugs more or less obso- 

 lescent, especially on the hind 

 wing ; on the fore wing the 

 curved row of white spots on 

 the black apical area much as 

 in D. deodata, but the spot in 

 interspace 3 small and a second 

 larger spot nearer the base ; hind 

 ^ving : the filamentous tail on 

 the upperside of the lobe dis- 

 tinctly longer. Underside : the 

 white ground-colour more re- 

 stricted, the chestnut-red bands 

 broader. On the fore wing the 

 terminal half beyond the discal 

 band chestnut-red, traversed by 

 an inner broken postdiscal series of more or less transversely 

 white linear markings, an outer transverse series of large white 

 spots, and a subterminal series of white markings as in D, deodata. 

 On the hind wing the postdiscal, subterminal and terminal bands are 

 coalescent, traversed by transverse broken white lines. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen as in D. deodata. — £ unknown. 

 Exp. 6 50 mm. (nearly 2"). 



Hab. Eecorded only from the Xhasi Hills in Assam. I have two 

 males of this form kindly given me by Col. E. E. Johnson I.M.S. 

 Mr. Moore records a specimen in Mr. G-odman's collection. The 

 types are in the Indian Museum at Calcutta. 



Fig. 

 Dodona longicaudata, <$. 



469. Dodona "binghami, Moore (Balonca). Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 75, 

 pi. 398,fig. 4 S. 



S . Eesembles D. deodata. Differs as follows: — Upperside: 

 basal fuliginous-black area reduced to two broad bands, with a 

 third band parallel to the dorsal margin of the hind wing; 

 terminal black area on the fore wing much restricted, bearing a 



