TAXILA. 497 



476. Taxila thuisto, Hewitson, Ex. Butt, ii, 1861, Taxila, pi. 1, fio-s. 5, 

 6 ; de N. Butt. Ind. id, 1886, p. 317 ; Moore, Lev. Ind v. 1901-' 

 1903, p. 92, pi. 404, figs. 3, Sa-3c, rf $ . 



c? . Upperside deep brownish black, the apex of fore and dorsal 

 margin of hind wing slightly paler. Underside dark ochraceous 

 red; apical area of fore wing slightly paler; dorsal margin of the 

 same broadly dusky. Fore wing with the following pale plumbeous, 

 sometimes cobalt-blue, markings edged more or less inwardly and 

 outwardly with dull black in the interspaces, the outer edgings 

 narrow and obscure : an oblique streak in cell ; a sinuous inner 

 discal transverse narrow fascia; an outer discal transverse series 

 of spots not extending below vein 1 ; a postdiscal transverse curved 

 series of spots, the lower three broadly linear, the subcostal spot 

 elongate, narrow ; finally a subterminal series of transversely linear 

 spots. Hind wing with the following similar markings : a basal 

 and a subbasal transverse streak, the latter short, not reaching the 

 upper apex of the cell ; a strongly curved discal series of transverse 

 spots ; a postdiscal series of transverse linear spots, the inner 

 bordering of black spots to these very broad and conspicuous ; 

 lastly a subterminal series of transverse slender streaks in the 

 interspaces. Cilia of fore and hind wings dark brown. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen dark brownish black ; beneath, the 

 antennae, palpi, head, thorax and abdomen paler brown ; the palpi 

 with a white lateral streak. — $ • Upperside more or less bright 

 ochraceous red ; the spots, especially the dark spots of the under- 

 side, showing through. Eore wing: a postdiscal curved transverse 

 series of white spots, those in interspaces 4, 5, 6, 8 and 9 very 

 large and conspicuous, and a subterminal transverse series of much 

 smaller white spots inwardly bordered with black. Hind wing 

 more or less uniform, only the postdiscal and subterminal series 

 of transverse spots of the underside showing through clearly. 

 Underside paler ochraceous red ; markings more or less as in the 

 c? , but the spots a paler plumbeous blue, the postdiscal and sub- 

 terminal series on the fore wing white, the anterior spots of the 

 former large and conspicuous as on the upperside. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen ochraceous brown ; beneath, the palpi, 

 thorax and abdomen paler ; the palpi with a white lateral streak 

 as in the <$ . 



Exp. 6 2 40-42 mm. (1-56-1-65"). 



Hob. Tenasserim from the Karen Hills north of Taungoo south- 

 wards ; extending to the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo. 



477. Taxila haquinus, F a br. (Papilio) Ent. Sijst. iii, 1793, p. 55. 



Race fasciata. 



Taxila fasciata, Moore, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 832, pi. 52, fig. 1 tf • 

 de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 318 ; Ehues, P. Z. S. (haquinus! 

 var. fasciata) 1891, p. 287 : Moore, Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 91 

 pi. 404, figs. 1, 1 «-l c, J 2 • 



Race fasciata, Moore. — tf . Upperside dark reddish brown or 

 yol. i. 2 k 



