498 INEMEOBIDiE. 



plum-brown ; fore wing with the apical area paler and traversed 



preapically by a very obscure and diffuse broad greyish fascia. 



Hind wing uniform without markings. 



Underside brighter ochraceous red, the 



preapical grey fascia on the fore wing 



as on the upperside but much more 



clearly denned, traversed by veins 6, 7 



and 8, and inwardly margined with 



brownish ; fore and hind wings with 



numerous black spots, the outer row 



margined with grey on the outer side. 



the rest more or less with silvery blue, 



terminal margins with a prominent sub- 



_ • _ " , terminal series of transversely linear 



^m.-Taxilahaqmnus, , margined on both sides by 



race fasciata, 3 . \. b *=J i? 6 J 



brown; a terminal slender dark line. 



Antennae reddish brown ; head, thorax, and abdomen brown 

 beneath very pale ochraceous brown. — $ . Similar. Upperside dull 

 ochraceous red, the preapical oblique bar on fore wing as in the 

 S , but much broader and more distinct ; the spots of the under- 

 side on both fore and hind wings showing faintly through by 

 transparency. Underside very bright ochraceous red ; the white 

 preapical band on the fore wing as on the upperside ; the spots on 

 both fore and hind wings as in the <5 , but smaller, of a rich 

 dark red, outwardly margined with silvery grey ; the subterminal 

 series of transversely linear spots as in the S , but further from 

 the margin ; the terminal dark line more clearly defined. 



Exp. tf 2 52-55 mm. (2-15-2- 17"). 



Hab. Burma; Tenasserim. 



A slightly differentiated form of the Malayan Taxila haquinus, 

 Fabr. Differs from it chiefly in the less prominent spotting on 

 the underside and in the white, not grey, preapical patch on the 

 fore wing in the $ . 



Genus ZEMEROS. 



Zemeros, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. i, 1836, pi. 21, fig. 5 ; de N. 

 Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 307 j Moore, Lep. Ind. v, 1901-1903, p. 95. 



Type, Z.Jlegyas, Cramer, from India, China, &c. 



Range. Indo-Malayan Eegion. 



S 2 • Fore wing very broadly triangular ; costa slightly arched, 

 apex subacute ; termen scalloped, convex, more strongly convex 

 in the $ than in the 6 ; tornus obtuse ; dorsum straight ; cell 

 slenderly closed, short, not half length of wing ; veins 6 and 7 

 very closely approximate, upper discocellular therefore obsolete, 

 middle and lower subequal, concave ; veins 3 and 4 from lower 

 apex of cell, 10 and 11 free; 12 very short, terminating before 

 middle of costa. Hind wing broadly pear-shaped ; costa arched ; 

 apex broadly rounded ; termen scalloped, uneven, angulated at 

 vein 4, and below that to tornus, slightly more produced outwards 



