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Dodona durga. (Plate XXVIII. fig. 3, var.) 
Meliteea durga, Kollar, Hiigers Kasclimir, iv. pt. ii. p. 441, pi. xili. figs. Z, 4 (1848). 
Taxila durga, VA'^estwood, Gen. Diurn. Lep. ii. p. 422 (1851). 
Dodona durga, de Niceville, Butt. Ind. ii. p. 310 (1886). 
Male. TJpperside : both wiugs fuscous, with numerous ochreous spots. Fore wing with a streak 
across the cell, continued to the submedian nervure, another at its end, a larger one beyond 
from the costa to the third median nervule, two spots near the bases of the median inter- 
spaces, another in the submedian interspace be)'ond the lower of these two latter spots, two 
pairs of spots below the costa divided by the subcostal nervure, a pair of spots placed beneatli 
and between them divided by the lower discoidal nervule, another pair placed outwardly and 
beneath these latter divided by the second median nervule, another pair at the anal angle 
divided by the submedian nervure, five linear spots on the margin from the upper discoidal 
nervule to the submedian nervure. Hind wing with the discocellulars marked with an 
ochreous line, an irregular discal series of spots, a submarginal and marginal linear series 
■which coalesce above the anal lobe. Underside : both wings dark oclireous. Fore wing 
with the base and inner margin fuscous, the base of the costa ochreous, also the base of the 
cell enclosing a black spot, other markings as above, except that the outer spots especially 
towards the anal angle are of a deep orange. Hind wing with all the veins more or less 
ochreous on the basal half, a short basal ochreous streak from the costa, another subbasal 
from the costa to the submedian fold, where it meets a fine ochreous line defining the fold, 
the latter joined at the base to another fine line on the submedian nervure, a short ochreous 
bar defining the discocellular nervules ; a somewhat broad ochreous band from the second 
median nervule to the submedian nervure above the anal lobe, then recurved and continued 
at the abdominal margin to the base of the wing, inwardly defined with black, the extreme 
edge of the abdominal margin ochreous, two short bands on the costa, the inner one defined 
•with black, with another placed beneath and between them from the second subcostal to the 
second median nervule, the submarginal macular band as above but widened out anteriorly 
and enclosing two black spots divided by the discoidal nervule, marginal band as above, the 
anal lobe and a spot beyond black crowned with orange. Cilia white, tipped with black at 
the ends of the veins throughout. 
" Female larger, wings broader, outer margin of fore wing more convex, apex less produced, 
markuigs similar throughout. 
" Expanse 1"4 to 1"8 inch." {de Niceville, I. c.) 
The Chinese form of this species (Plate XXVIII. fig. 3, (S ) is larger ; the markings are fulvous, 
and those on the primaries are rather broader. On the under surface the markings of pri- 
maries are also broader and pale fulvous in colour ; the secondaries are chocolate-brown and 
this colour causes the white markings to assume greater prominence. 
Common and generally distributed in Western China, and is on the wing 
from May to July at elevations ranging from 5000 to 10,000 feet. 
According to de Niceville, I), durga is very common all over the Western 
Himalayas as far west as Murree and Kashmir, and in the east occurs in 
Kumaon up to 8000 feet. 
