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ELCYSMA; BORADIA. By Dr. K. Jordan. 
2. median much more proximal than the 1. subcostal. As in Cadphises the anal claspers of the & and the 
last ventral segment of the ? are yellow. — Afghanistan and China to New Guinea. 
bifasciata. A. bifasciata Hope (4f). The largest species; base of the forewing black, bordered by a yellow 
band distally edged with black, before the middle a thinner yellow black-edged band. — North-West 
India; Nepal; Sikkim; Assam; Burma. Flies in company with Delias, and rather high, usually out of reach 
of the net. 
javanica. A. javanica Auriv. (4f). As the preceding, but the yellowish subbasal band of the forewing narrow 
and not bordered with black distally; before the middle there is a narrow black band, which on the basal 
side shows an indication of yellow. —- Java: Sukabumi; Mt. Gede, Preanger, 2 — 6000 ft. 
A. glacialis. Head, prothorax, breast and tip of the abdomen yellow-brown. Forewing with yellow- 
brown base, before the middle an irregular black-brown band, apex glassy; hindwing with black-brown 
glacialis. spot at the apex of the cell. Sikkim, Burma and Java. — In the Indian form glacialis Moore there are 
two white spots on the hindwing behind the cell, none distally to the apex of the cell, the black-brown 
band of the forewing is broad and the hindwing has 2 brown spots before the middle. Sikkim and Burma; 
parthenie. rare. — parthenie subsp. nov. (4f). Smaller, the black-brown band of the forewing is narrower than the 
interspace between it and the basal area, a row of white spots all round the end of the cell; on the hind¬ 
wing 2 smaller brown spots present. Java. 
basiflava. A. basiflava Moore. Forewing for the most part black-brown, with light spots between the veins, 
in the basal third 2 narrow, parallel black-brown bands. Distal margin and veins of the hindwing black- 
brown. Collar, patagia and end of the abdomen brown-yellow. — Sikkim; 1 d in the British Museum. 
eronioides. A. eronioides Moore (4f). Similar to the preceding species; collar and patagia black. Forewing 
at the base with white dots and a narrow yellow band beyond them; distally to the middle of both wings 
a weak black-brown band. — Sikkim; Assam. A lighter form occurs in China: diluta Jord. 
hemileuca. A. hemileuca Rothsch. (4f). Body black, head and thorax rough; forewing black at the base, then 
broadly white, before the middle a blackish band, which is separated from the blackish distal part of the 
wing by a narrow white band; hindwing white, apex blackish. — Aroa River, British New Guinea, in the 
mountains, found by A. S. Meek at the end of May. 
hyalina. A. hyalina Roll. (vol. II, 3b). Individually variable. Smaller and with shorter wings than the 
preceding species. Forewing with brown-yellow basal spot or light yellow longitudinal streak; the blackish 
colouring very variable in extent, usually an interrupted blackish band in the middle; hindwing entirely 
primularis. white or yellowish or entirely blackish. In ab. primularis Btlr. the forewing is more or less extended 
glacialis. yellow: in ab. glacialis Btlr. on the contrary more or less extended blackish. Sometimes the deep yellow 
basal spot is absent and the cell is blackish, whilst the area behind the cell from the base is yellow. In 
livida. ab. livida Moore, from China, the forewing has no blackish median band, on the other hand the apex of 
the forewing is blackish. — Southern slopes of the Himalayas; Assam: China. In Sikkim from 2—9000 ft., 
rather common at higher elevations. 
A bieti Obertli., dejeani Oberth., davidi Oberth. and immaculata Leech are so far only known from 
Central or West China. See vol. II, p. 13, pi. 3 a, b. 
25. Genus: lllcysiiia Btlr. 
Similar to Agalope, but the hindwing in the middle produced into a tail. — Larva thick, dirty light 
yellow, with 5 violet-brown longitudinal stripes; between the stripes short black bristles. Cocoon dirty 
white, fastened to the midrib of a leaf. — From Burma to the Amur and Japan; only one species. 
E. ivestwoodi. Yellowish white, semitransparent; antenna black; veins and distal part of the wings 
dohertyi. more or less blackish; base of the forewing yellow. — The form found in the Oriental Region is dohertyi 
Humps. (5 a), which is larger and more blackish than the two Palaearctic subspecies ivestwoodi Yoll. (vol. II, 3 a) 
and caudata Brem. (vol. II, 3a). 1 cf from the Naga Hills, North-West Assam, in coll. Elwes. 
20. Genus: Jtoradia Moore. 
Tongue short and weak. Palpi very black. Tibiae without spurs. Antenna in the d from the 
base to the tip with long, thin pectinations, widely separated; the antenna of the ? dentate. Body and 
wings covered with hair-scales. Anal claspers of the d sole-shaped, closing beneath. Wings broad, rounded; 
