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LEPIDOPTEBA INDICA. 
regarded by all other butterflies (except tbe single Lethe Maitrya ; taken in the same 
place) flying about, and were taken settled on nothing else. This species is also 
not uncommon in the Narkunda and Bhagi forests in the neighbourhood of Simla, 
at about 8000 to 9000 feet elevation, at the end of July and the beginning of 
August. Col. A. M. Lang took several specimens there in 1865 and in 1882. Mr. 
W. Doherty found it commonly there at the same season ” (Butt. Ind. i. 167). Mr. 
W. Doherty (J. A. S. Beng. 1886, 117) also records it from “ Dhankuri, Khati, and 
Dwali, in North-West Kumaon, at from 7000 to 11,000 feet elevation.” 
ZOPHOESSA ELWESI (Plate 92, fig. 3, tf). 
Zophoessa Jalaurida, Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soe. 1888, p. 320, pi. 8, fig. 4, (?• (Nee de N.) 
Upperside similar to typical Z. Jalaurida. Forewing with the transverse discal 
pale macular band more irregular in its course. Underside differing in its general 
paler colour. Forewing conspicuously pale olivescent ochreous-brown basally, with 
prominently defined dark-brown cell bands and sinuous discal band. Uindiving 
paler olivescent-brown, with distinctly sharper defined silvery-white lines, the upper 
portion of the discal band broader to its end beyond the cell, the anal ocellus being 
single, not duplex as in Jalaurida. 
Expanse, 2 to inches. 
Habitat. —E. Himalayas ; Sikkim ; Bhotan. 
This is sufficiently different from its N.-W. Himalayan ally to be distinguished 
as a local form, the differences above noted being constant in a number of examples 
of both forms under examination. 
Distribution and Habits. —Mr. H. J. Elwes writes (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 320), 
“I found this very abundant all along the Singalelah Range between Sikkim and 
Nepal, from 9000 to nearly 12,000 feet, in July and August. It is the most abun¬ 
dant butterfly here, and frequents the open places in the forest, flying quickly in 
dull and rainy weather, and settling on the paths, where several collect together at 
any ordure. It settles on bamboo, and also rocks, where many might be found on 
wet days and in the evening, and bottled like moths. I also found it on the top of 
the Rishilah, in British Bhotan, at 10,000 feet, and my shikaris brought it from 
Chumbi or Bhotan in 1884 and 1885. The female is comparatively scarce, and 
hardly differs from the male/’ 
ZOPHOESSA MOLLERI (Plate 92, figs. 4, 4a, $ ). 
Zophoessa Molleri , Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soe. 1887, p. 445 ; id. Trans. Ent. Soe. 1888, p. 321, pi. 8, 
fig. 3. 
Imago.-— Male and Female. Nearest allied to Z. Elwesi. Upperside differs on the 
forming in the absence of the pale cell-bar, in the more acutely sinuous dusky discal 
