APIIN.^US, 



411 



Exot. Schmctt. p. 271, pi. xcv. J (1888); de Niceville, Butt. Ind. iii. p. 355 

 (1890). 



Spindasis sijama, Distant, llbop. IMahiy. p. 243, pi. xxiii. figs. 8, 9, ? (1884). 



" Ala3 siiprii fusctc canescenti-nebulosrD fasciis pagiiia) inferioris obsoleto notatae, angulo anali 

 posticarum fiilvo punc-tis duobiis atorrirais freto, cxteriore maxiino suboccllari, singulis intus 

 striolil argcnteil auctis ; maris area anali anticaruni pagiuaque fere totii jjosticarum violaceo 

 micantes: subtus sulphureae, fasciis nigris strigisve argeuteis iutermsdiis continuis vel inter- 

 ruptis ; antica) fiisciis sex, duabus margiualibus completis, exteriore inornata, tertiii dimidiata 

 cui (juarta brevissima pavallcla, quinta corupleta angulum analem versus tendente dimidio 

 postei'iore dilatiore et deiii(iue atteuuato, sexta dimidiata tteniam fuseam areae analis attin- 

 gente, litura insuper basali longitudinali atra ; posticae fasciis quatuor, marginalibus parallelis, 

 cxteriore abbreviata interrupta, secunda arcuatim trans regionem analem margiuem intcriorem 

 petente, tcrtia dimidiata, quarta completa in regione anali abrupte inflexa et ad marginem 

 internum longc protensa, ciaculis insuper tribus in serie interiore ordinatis singulis puncto 

 centrali argenteo fretis et deniquo macula basali triangular! corpori contigua; regione anali 

 laete fulva punctis duobus atcrrimis ocellata interiore orbiculari maximo appeudiculo ipso 

 imposito, singulis intus sti'iolis argenteis auctis. 



" Exp. alar. 13 lin." {HorsjieU, I. c.) 



Chinese specimens appear to agree exactly with Sikkim examples in the 

 Moller collection, and both vary but little in the ornamentation of the under 

 surface. 



Referring to the variation of this species in India, Mr. de Niceville says : — 

 " A. Sijama is a very variable species on the underside, and, but for the 

 splendid series of it in my possession from Sikkim, for which I am indebted to 

 Mr. Otto Moller, would be a very puzzling one. Typical specimens, which are 

 the commonest, have the ground-colour pale yellow, or sulphurous as Horsfield 

 describes it, with the bands black. In the next step we have the ground- 

 colour still yellow, but the bauds, instead of being black, are reddish black. 

 The next step shows the ground-colour very pale yellow, the bands distinctly 

 red. From this point there is every gradation from a very pale red to an 

 ochreous deep red ground, the bands being much deeper red still ; these 

 specimens are typical A. jiegiianus, Moore." 



Occurs in the Province of Kwei-chow and at Wa-ssu-kow and Chow-pin-sa 

 in Western China, and at Chang-yang and Ichang in Central China. 

 According to de Niceville it is common in Sikkim and the Khasi Hills, is 

 not rare in Burma, and has been met with in Chin-Lushai. Its range extends 

 to the Malay Peninsula, Java, and the Philippines. 



