DICHORRAOIA.— STl BOCIIIONA . 133 
Appears t()l)C" not micoiniiKni in {\w nionnfuinous districtof Central Japan, 
but the female seems (o \)c rare. I have specimens from Omei-shau and the 
neighbourhood of 'I'a-chieu-lu in ^Vestern China: de Nic6ville states that the 
species is eoninion in Sikkini at low elevations and that its range extends as 
far as Sibsagar in UpjX'r Assam. It also occurs in Borneo. 
Genus STIBOCIIIONA. 
Stibochiona, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. 1868, p. 614. 
" Allied to Ihadfma alimenu, but differing from it, from Apaturu, and froin Adolins in having the 
discoidal cells of both wings distiiietlj* closed, tlio middle and lower discoeellulars of fore 
wing forming a continuous arch, the upper discocollular of hind wing obli(]uely arched, the 
lower a little longer than the upper, slightly arched, and meeting the median nervure 
somewhat obli(]uely at the origin of the second and third branches. Colours intermediate 
between Adnlias coci/tus and Diadcma alimenci. Typical species (S^. coresia, Hiibner." 
(Butler, 1. c.) 
Stibochiona nicea. 
AdoUas nicva, iiva.j, Lep. Ins. Nepal, p. 13, pi. xii. fig. 1 (1816) ; iVIoore, Trans. Ent. 
Soc. Loud. 1859, p. 83. 
Stibochiona nicea, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1868, p. 614; de Niccville, Butt. Ind. 
ii. p. 120, pi. xix. fig. 84, S (1886). 
Adolias dolojie, Fcldcr, Wien. ent. Mou. vol. iii. p. 184 (1859). 
" Male. Uppcrside velvety black. Fore wing with a marginal, short submarginal, and a shorter 
third row of small white spots, the marginal row bounded inwardly by a row of small 
indistinct blue spots, also indistinct blue marks within discoidal cell. Hind wing with a 
marginal row of black spots encircled with blue inwardly, and with white outwardly. Cilia 
white. Underside brown-black. Fore wing as above. Hind wing with marginal row of 
white lunulated spots, and a submarginal row of minute white dots. 
" Female. Upperside marked as in the male, but washed with olive-green, the marginal row of 
encircled spots of hind wing larger, and with a submarginal narrow greenish line. Underside 
with the three rows of white spots on fore wing extending to posterior margin. On the 
hind \\'ing the marginal row of lunulated spots are larger, and there is a submarginal row of 
white spots, also a third inner row of bluish-white spots.'" (Moore, I. c.) 
Widely distributed in AYestern China, and in India it appears to occur 
throughout the Himalayas up to an elevation of 5000 feet. 
Mr. Hocking (fesfe de Niceville) states that ^S*. nicea "flies like Papilio 
pammoii, following the line of a hedge and passing in and out between the 
bushes ; " and Mr. de Niccville adds from his own observation that it has a 
quick flight and frequently settles with wings widely expanded, sometimes on 
tlie underside of a l(\tf. 
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