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inside it. Underside of wings green at base, marbled with 

 reddish, purple and grey towards outer margin. Distal margin 

 of fore wing deeply sinuate, apex more produced than in other 

 species ; angle R 2 more acute in <$<$ than in most $$. Hind 

 wing narrow, costal margin rather obviously dilated near base. 

 Expanse : £ 68-72 mm., $ 80-82 mm. 



^. Tenth tergite rather short and broad, not much longer 

 than sternite, sinuate ; sternite acuminate. Clasper with 

 numerous rather small friction-scales ; harpe nearly as in 

 dohertyi in lateral aspect, less curved. Penis-sheath : the 

 two processes of nearly the same width, the left much longer 

 than the right, both dentate, and situated on a common stem, 

 the mesial part of the sheath narrowed and produced distad 

 before giving off the two processes. 



Hob. E. Himalayas, Bengal, Burma, China and Malaya. 

 The subspecies has been bred by Mell in China, but has not 

 been bred in India. 



96 c. Panacra busiris marina Roths. & Jord. 



Panacra busiris marina, Roths. & Jord., 1915, p. 287 (Andaman 

 Is.) ; Seitz, 1929, p. 572. 



Imago. — ^$. Similar in size to small specimens of P. b. busi- 

 ris. Fore wing less strongly angulate at distal margin, and 

 upperside of head and thorax, as well as the median area of 

 fore wing, duller green, the median area also smaller, especially 

 the narrow posterior portion, the broad costal portion much 

 shaded with olive-black at the double line which bounds the 

 green area distally ; outer half of fore wing also much more 

 fuscous than in P. b. busiris. Hind wing underside, basal 

 area less distinctly green and contrasting less with disc than 

 in P. b. busiris. Length of fore wing : 32 mm. 



Hab. Andaman Islands. Early stages not known. 



97. Panacra automedon Walk. (Fig. 76 A, B, genitalia). 



Panacra automedon, Walker, 1856, p. 154 (Svlhet) ; Moore, 1867, 

 p. 675 (Sylhet) ; Butler, 1877 A, p. 550 (Sylhet) ; Swinhoe, 

 1890, p. 163 (Rangoon) ; Roths. & Jord., 1903, p. 537, pi. lxvi, 

 fig. 8 (?) ; Seitz, 1929, p. 552, t. 64a. 



Angonyx automedon, Butler, 1881 B, p. 6, pi. lxxix, fig. 1. 



Chserocampa automedon, Hampson, 1892, p. 90 ; Dudgeon (C. anto- 

 medon), 1898, p. 410 (Sikkim). 



Panacra truncata, Walker, 1856, p. 160 (Sylhet, <J). 



Imago. — <£$. Outer margin of fore wing angled at R 2 , more 

 so in £ than in $. Markings similar to those of metallica 

 but colour much more dull, being pale ochreous speckled with 

 brown. Discal lines of fore wing almost parallel with costal 

 margin, the first line running towards apex of wing, the lines 

 close together, stopping behind SC 5 , not curving towards 



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