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same colour, which are i)hRod conjointly in jiairs betwoen the ncrviilcs ; marginal spots as on 
fore wing, but more lunulato. Fringe of both wings alternately greyish. Underside brownish 
ochraceous. Fore wing with the marginal and submarginal markings as above, the macular 
fascia at end of cell sububsolete and greyish ; the basal half of wing is pale eastanpous, with 
the costal area and coll marked as in male. Hind wing with the marginal and submarginal 
markings as above, and the centre crossed by a faint greyish fascia more or less corresponding 
to that on the wings of the male." (Distant, I. c.) 
" Larva purple-brown, head armed with two long erect branched spines, the segments with a 
dorsal row of three long branched red spines, and three lateral rows of spines. Pupa thick, 
purple-brown, blotched with black ; abdominal segments with stout pointed dorsal tubercles ; 
head obtuse, i)ointed in front, thorax angular at top."' (Moore, I.e.) 
Occurs ill Western C'liinii at Ni-tou in May; Chia-ting-fu, July; Chia- 
kou-ho, August. Drury and Donovan figured the female of //. bolina under 
the name of P. jacintha, and referring to this sex Mr. de Xiceville says : — 
" The variations of it, which are casual and inconstant, are mainly confined 
to the greater or less prominence of the blue macular fascia on the upper- 
side of the fore mng and the greater or less prominence of the whitish sub- 
mai'ginal band on th hind wing ; in one extreme consisting of small conical 
spots in pairs between the nervules, in the other extreme these spots are 
generally elongated, entirely filling the spaces between the veins, and 
coalescing with the discal spots towards the anal angle. On the underside 
the females in all cases appear to coiTespond with the larger form *, and not 
with the typical smaller form in style of markings." With regard to the 
distribution of the species in India, Mr. de Niceville remarks : " H. bolina is 
in most parts of the country one of the commonest as well as one of the most 
beautiful of the Indian butterflies ; in the drier portions of Western Con- 
tinental India it is rare, but even there it may occasionally be found in 
gardens. In the moister regions, particularly in the warm valleys and 
submontane tracts, it abounds, and the flash of the brilliant pirrple as it opens 
and closes its wings while sunning itself on some flower or spray of foliage 
meets the eye at every turn." 
* Distinguished by the " paler and more uniform coloration of the under surface ; absence of 
pure white markings, those on the upper surface being irrorated -with bluish, and those on the 
under surface with brown." (de yictviUe.) 
