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lunular, the last being bluish-tinted and extending to the posterior angle, and then 
a marginal series of dentate smaller-sized spots. Hindwing with a submarginal 
series of seven decreasing white spots, of which the upper are more or less angularly- 
conical, and the lower lunular; each of these spots is surrounded by a blue-black 
border, and each with a pale grey inner-bordering lunule, which is again inwardly- 
edged more or less by a black line; the extreme outer margin of the wing, 
including the long, narrrow tail at the end of the lower and upper median veinlet, is 
inwardly-suffused with blue. Underside. Both wings pearly-white. Forewing 
with two superposed black spots within the cell ; a short transverse subbasal narrow 
olivescent-ochreous black-edged band; a transverse submarginal straight narrow 
olivescent-ochreous band, which is outwardly-edged with a short black incurved 
line between the veins, the lowest being lunular; followed by a plain marginal 
olivescent-ochreous band. Hindwing with a transverse narrow slightly-incurved 
subbasal bright olivescent-ochreous band, which is anteriorly-edged on both sides by an 
interrupted black line; beyond is a submarginal row of black-edged narrow bluish- 
grey lunules, inwardly-bordered by a narrow olivescent-ochreous band, and outwardly 
by a row of black dots, followed by a marginal olivescent-ochreous band, which latter, 
with the tails, is outwardly edged with bluish-grey; a short black streak on the 
abdominal margin above the lower submarginal lunule. Thorax and abdomen 
olivescent-yellow, the middle of the thorax tinged with grey ; collar, head, palpi, and 
sides of thorax beneath brown; vertex and sides white spotted; palpi beneath 
white; pectus, hind part of thorax beneath and abdomen beneath white; fore 
femora and tibiz brown, tarsi white; middle and hind femora brown above, tibize 
and tarsi white ; middle and hind tarsi with brown bands; eyes reddish; antenne 
black. 
Expanse, ¢ 3} to 4, ? 44 to 43 inches. 
Hapitat.—H. Himalayas; Assam; Naga Hills; Burma; Tenasserim. 
DistripuTion.—The female of this butterfly is extremely rare. I have seen 
but two specimens, one being in the Hewitson collection, and the other in Mr. W. 
Rothschild’s, the latter from Sikkim, taken in July by the late Otto Moller. Males are 
common in all collections. Mr. W. Doherty (J. As. Soc. Beng., 1886, 124) records 
observing it at Jhulaghat, on the Kali, in Kumaon. We possess specimens from Nepal, 
Sikkim, Bhotan, and Assam, Mr. de Nicéville records it from Sibsagar, in Upper 
Assam. ‘“ A much commoner species in Sikkim in the spring than #. Dolon. Found at 
low elevations only. It occurs from April to August, according to Mr. O. Moller” 
(de Nicéville, Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, 147). It also occurs inthe Naga Hills, Upper 
Burma. It was taken by Mr. R. Roberts, C.E., on the Upper Makong, Shan States. 
It occurs also in Upper Tenasserim and Tavoy. Major C. H. EH. Adamson (List Burm. 
Butt., p. 20) “took it in Tenasserim and Bhamo in Apriland August, about decaying 
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