142 NYMPHALID^. 
Hestina nama. 
Diadema nama, Doublcday, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. (1) xvi. p. 232 (1845) ; Doubleday 
& HewitsoUj Gen. Diiiru. Lep. ii. p. 281^ pi. xxxix. fig. 2 (1850). 
Hestina nama, de Niceville, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Beng. li. pt. ii. p. 58 (1882) ; Butt. Ind. 
ii. p. 56, pi. xxii. fig. 99, ? (1886). 
" Fore wing with, the outer margin sinuate,, slightly glossed with purplish, especially towards the 
apex ; with numerous semi-transparent markings of a bluish-white colour, viz. a longitudinal 
vitta in the cell at the base, followed by two spots, of which the outer one is triangular ; above 
these three indistinct spots, the middle one sometimes wanting ; between the lower median 
nervule and the submedian nervure two vittse united at the base, the upper one followed by 
a round spot ; above these, between the nervules, five vitta3, of which the one nearest the 
costa is pointed, the others bifid externally, each vitta followed by three spots, of which the 
lower ones are somewhat lunulate, the upper ones more rounded ; four rounded spots near 
the apex, two near the anal angle. The inner margin is glaucous, the apex tinged with 
brown. Hind wing castaneous, darker in the female than in the male, with seven whitish 
subdiaphanous vitta3 placed between the nervules, all, except the innermost, followed by a 
round white dot, beyond which the ground-colour of the wing is slightly darker ; towards the 
outer margin a series of indistinct whitish spots, sometimes nearly obsolete. Cilia of both 
wings spotted with white. Underside : fore wing black, with strong blue reflections, the apex 
broadly chestnut, slightly bronzed towards the disc ; the markings as above, but clearer, with 
two additional spots on the costa near the base. Hind wing paler than above, the white 
portions more or less irrorated with chestnut scales ; on the margin a distinct series of whitish 
lunules. Head, thorax, and abdomen black, clothed with grey hairs ; head above, and thorax 
below, spotted with white ; abdomen below grey. Palpi black, spotted with white. Antennae 
black. 
«' This species, which much resembles Papilio agestor and Daaias tijtia, has the cells of both wings 
open." (DouUeday, ?. c.) 
Expanse, cJ 92-98 millim., ? 98-112 miUira. 
Male specimens from Chia-kou-ho and Omei-shau have the secondaries 
blackish, with scarcely a trace of the typical castaneous colour, and conse- 
quently they bear some resemblance to Ccuhuja (Danais) melaneus. The males 
from Wa-shan, and females from that and other localities in Western China, do 
not differ in any material respect from Indian specimens. The wings of the 
female are more ample, but I do not find that the sexes differ in marking 
1 have only received this species fl-om Western China, where it occurs at 
from 2000 to 6000 feet in July and August. It does not appear to be 
common. 
In India H. nama " is common in the Eastern Himalayas, extending as 
far westwards as Kumaon, where, however, it is rare, and eastwards across 
the Brahmaputra into the Khasi and Naga Hills, and the mountain ranges of 
Upper Bm-ma." (de Niceville, I. c.) 
