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beneath it as well as 2 or 3 rows of spots between cell and distal margin white-grey. Beneath almost as above. 
The $ similar to the <$, but the wings somewhat broader. Larva with 4 rows of spines; above blackish brown, 
beneath pale yellowish, with 3 pairs of large pale yellowish longitudinal patches edged with black, of which the 
2. and also the 3. pair are joined above; red and black dots between the patches; the young larva rests on the 
upperside of a leaf and is marked like bird-droppings; on Machilus odoratissimus and perhaps on other Laurineae. 
The butterfly in shrubby woods; it skims lightly over the tops of the bushes without flapping the wings, and 
always returns again to the resting-place it has once chosen, on a projecting twig, even when it has been more 
than once disturbed. North-West India to Malacca, Central and South China, up to 6—7000 ft.; only in the 
spring; the pupa hibernates. — In Central and South China flies restricta Leech (= tahmourath Ehrm., agestorides restricta. 
Fruhst.) (see vol. I, p. 13, pi. 7 b). The cells of both wings with black stripes; veins and distal margin of the 
hindwing black, an area on the hindwing extending from the abdominal margin to the cell brown sh yellow. 
The $ quite similar to the <$. — matsumurae Fruhst. Strongly darkened throughout, hindwing black instead 
of red-brown from the margin to the cell. Formosa. Not known to me in nature. — govindra Moore (= gopala govindra. 
Moore) (vol. I, pi. 7 b). Hindwing with broad black stripes between the veins from the distal margin towards 
the disc, sometimes in the almost the whole wing black except for the grey markings, in the $ on the contrary 
the black sometimes almost all suppressed. North-West India. — agestor Gray (= senchalus Fruhst., cresconius agestor. 
Fruhst .) (20 a). With the exception of the grey markings the hindwing is entirely brownish yellow, but often 
rather dark on the disc. Mostly larger than govindra. Nepaul, Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Tenasserim, Upper 
Tonkin, and Perak (?). I doubt whether a $ in the Tring Museum, taken by Doherty, which bears the label 
Perak, really comes from there; the collection in question did not reach the Museum direct from the collector. m 
P. epycides. Wings white-grey, with black vein-stripes and black distal margin, in the latter on the 
forewing one row, and on the hindwing two rows of grey-white spots; a round anal spot on the hindwing yellow. 
The $ purer and more extended grey-white than the <$, the forewing broader. AVest China, Sikkim, Assam, Burma 
and Tenasserim. In the spring; only one brood; the butterfly in sandy river-beds. — horatius Blanch, (see horatius. 
A 7 oL I, 8 b) is the darkest form; from AVest China and (the same form?) Formosa. — epycides Hew. (29 c). epycides. 
G- all the whitish spots on the forewing placed distally to the grey discal stripes sharply outlined; the width 
of the black vein-stripes very variable, in some specimens almost twice as broad as in others from the same loca¬ 
lity. In the $ the black stripes are narrower than in the $ and the grey markings lighter. Sikkim, Bhutan and 
Assam; a series of both sexes in the Tring Museum. — curiatius Fruhst. (= curatius Fruhst., curiatus Moore), curiatius. 
from Upper Burma, which is not known to me in nature, has according to the description broader black vein- 
stripes than epycides, also the grey discal stripes are darker. — hypochra suhsp. nov. The as light as hypochra. 
light $$ from Assam and Sikkim, the 3 grey discal stripes on the forewing above, which are placed between the 
lower angle of the cell and the 2. median, distally twice as broad as the black vein-stripes; the costal margin 
of the forewing, especially beneath, more narrowly black than in epycides-^<$, and the under surface of the hind- 
wing before the cell with a long, broad white-grey stripe, which extends almost to the submarginal spot, the 
costal margin from the base to the middle likewise white-grey. One $ from the Shan States and another from 
the Karen Mountains (Salwin River) in the Tring Museum. 
P. slateri. Body black, abdomen beneath with 3 and at each side with 2 rows of separated white dots. 
AVings dark brown, margins entire, without a trace of fringe-spots; upper surface of the forewing with or without 
blue or white discal stripes; hindwing always with a yellow marginal spot at the anal angle, as in epycides, and 
commonly with white discal stripes. The $ quite similar to the Distributed from North India to Sumatra 
and Borneo. Like the two preceding species in North India and Burma a spring butterfly, which only flies in 
one brood. The butterfly has quite the slow flight of the Euploeids whose garb it wears, and occurs principally 
in low situations. Nothing is yet known about the early stages. — slateri Hew. (20 a). Forewing with whitish slateri. 
blue discal stripes between all the veins, which are sharply defined distally, and a cell-spot of the same colour; 
hindwing without white stripes before the distal margin, or these beneath or on both sides distinct. These white- 
striped specimens are ab. jainfinus Fruhst. The butterfly is rather rare in Sikkim, commoner in Assam. Sikkim; jaintinus. 
Assam (Khasia, Jaintia and Naga Hills); Upper Tonkin (A T an-bu, in the Tring Museum); not yet recorded 
from Upper Burma, where it doubtless occurs. — marginata Oberth. Stripes of the forewing as distinct as in the marginata. 
preceding form, but shorter and narrower; hindwing above and beneath with a band of white streak-spots. In 
one of the two <$<$ from the southern Shan States in the Tr ng Museum these white patches are entirely absent 
above, and beneath there are only slight indications of some of them: ab. cnephas ab. nov. South Tonkin, Central cnephas. 
Siam and Shan States. — tavoyanus Btlr. (= clarae Marsh.). The blue patches of the forewing much more reduced tavoyanus. 
than in marginata, indistinct, sometimes only traces of the stripes present; hindwing with a band of white stripes 
as in marginata. Tenasserim. — perses Nicev. (= sumatrana Hagen, persoides Fruhst.). Forewing without perses. 
blue markings, but beneath before the hinder angle with slight traces of white patches; hindwing always with 
white streak-spots, which vary individually in length and breadth. The $ unknown, probably very similar 
to the as in the other forms. Two aberrant specimens of the <$ are known, which differ somewhat from 
one another and have been described as two separate species: ab. petra Nicev., forewing with white discal stripes; petra. 
North-AVest Sumatra; the genitalia of the specimen do not differ from those of the usual Sumatra form perses. 
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