APlIN.i:US. 411 
Exot. Schmctt. p. 271, pi. xcv. ^ (1888) ; de Nicevillc, Butt. lud. iii. p. 355 
(1890). 
Spindasis syama, Distant, llLop. IMalay. p. 243, pi. xxiii. figs. 8, 9, $ (188-1.). 
"Aloe supra fuscfe canescenti-ncbulos;c faseiis pagiiiie inferioris obsolete notatfe, angulo anali 
posticanim fulvo punctis dnobus aterrimis freto, exteriore maximo suboecllari, singulis intus 
striola argeiitea auctis ; maris area anali anticarum paginaque fere tota posticanim violacco 
micantes: subtus sulphureiE, faseiis nigris strigisve argenteis intermodiis coiitinuis vel inter- 
ruptis; anticse faseiis sex, duabus margiualibus completis, exterioro inornata, tertia dimidiata 
cui quarta brevissima parallela, quiuta completa angulum analem versus tendeute dimidio 
posteriore dilatiore et deniipie attenuate, sexta dimidiata taeniam fuscam arese analis attiu- 
gente, litura insuper basali longitudinali atra ; posticoe faseiis quatuor, marginalibus parallelis, 
exteriore abbreviate interrupta, secunda areuatim trans regionem analem margiuem interiorem 
petcnte, tertia dimidiata, quarta completa in regione anali abrupte inflexa et ad marginem 
internum longe prolensa, maculis insuper tribus in serie interiore ordinatis singulis puncto 
centrali argenteo fretis et denique macula basali triangular! corpori contigua; regione anali 
laete fulva punctis duobus aterrimis ooellata interiore orbiculari maximo appendiculo ipso 
imposito, singulis intiis striolis argenteis auctis. 
" Exp. alar. 13 lin." {Horsfield, I. c.) 
Chinese specimens appear to agree exactly with Sikkim examples in the 
Moller collection, and both vary but little in the ornamentation of the under 
surface. 
Referring to the variation of this species in India, Mr. de Niceville says : — 
" A. syama is a very variable species on the underside, and, but for the 
splendid series of it in my possession from Sikkim, for which I am indebted to 
Mr. Otto Moller, would be a very puzzling one. Typical specimens, which are 
the commonest, have the ground-colour pale yellow, or sulphurous as Horsfield 
describes it, with the bands black. In the next step we have the ground- 
colour still yeUow, but the bands, instead of being black, are reddish black. 
The next step shows the ground-colour very pale yellow, the bands distinctly 
red. From this point there is every gradation from a very pale red to an 
ochreous deep red ground, the bands being much deeper red still ; these 
specimens are typical A. peguanus, Moore." 
Occurs in the Province of Kwei-chow and at Wa-ssu-kow and Chow-pin-sa 
in Western China, and at Chang-yang and Ichaug in Central China. 
According to de Niceville it is common in Sikkim and the Khasi Hills, is 
not rare in Burma, and has been met within Chin-Lushai. Its range extends 
to the Malay Peninsula, Java, and the Philippines. 
