ATELLA. 209 
'^Male and female. Wings above bright ochraceous, with the following blackish markings : — anterior 
wings with the apical half of the costal margin, four narrow waved fascito (arranged in 
pairs) crossing cell, a waved and broken spot beyond cell extending from costa to the lower 
discoidal nervule, an oblique series of four spots divided by the median ncrvules ; a straight 
discal series of six spots ]ilaced between the nervulos, followed ])y a similar series of four 
spots, the upper of wliich is placed between the discoidal nervules and the fourth between 
the second and third median nervules ; a submarginal and much-waved fascia terminating 
at the third median nervule, where it is followed by an irregular spot, and which is more or 
less connected along the nervules with a marginal series of spots preceded by a narrow line : 
posterior wings with some transversely waved fascia; on basal area ; a discal series of four 
rounded spots, the two upper divided by the lower subcostal nervule, and the third and 
fourth by the second median nervule ; two waved submarginal fascia-, the innermost 
particularly waved and sinuated, and a marginal scries of elongate spots. Wings beneath as 
above, but with most of the dark markings paler ; anterior wings with the black spots near 
outer angle very large and prominent ; the straight series of spots beyond eeU are outwardly 
margined with greyish, and beyond this the wing has a violaceous sutt'usion ; posterior wings 
with the outer central linear dark fascia reddish and outwardly margined with greyish, 
beyond which the colour has a violaceous tinge, and the black spots are very minute and 
surrounded with reddish. Body above somewhat concolorous with wings, beneath greyish ; 
legs ochraceous, the femora greyish. Exp., J $ , 55-58 millim." (Distant, 1. c.) 
" Larva. Purple-brown ; head armed with two delicate branched spines, each segment with two 
dorsal rows of similar spines and two lateral rows of shorter spines. Feeds on Flacowtia, 
SaliiV, &c." (Moore, I. c.) 
"Thepifjya, which I found on one occasion in Calcutta attached to the underside of a leaf of a 
tree resembling the weeping willow, was a beautiful green, with a subdorsal series of five 
acutely pointed tubercles, marked with red, between each pair another pair of very small 
blunt ones, the upper edge of the wing-covers and a spot on each side of the head also marked 
wdth red." (de Niceville, I. c.) 
Piyer records and figures a specimen taken by the Kev. W. Andrews, 
October 1880, at Sonogi, about 30 miles from Nagasaki. 
According to de Niccville this is a common buttei-fly in India, occurring 
throughout the year in the plains, and in suitable seasons in the Himalayas 
up to 8000 feet. I met with specimens in Kashmir in October. The species 
also occurs in Ceylon, the iSIalay Peninsula, Siam, Sumatra, Java, and China 
{de Niceville). AYith regard to the latter country, I should say that the 
species was not met with by my collectors in any locality which they visited. 
