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excavated between the middle and lower median, and traversed by a subapical series 
of decreasing white spots, usually four, and sometimes an upper fifth is slenderly 
apparent. Hindwing with the basal area dusky-grey scaled ; a moderately broad 
black outer-marginal dentated band, which, in some specimens, has a few blackish 
scales scattered between the posterior portions. Underside. Forewing basally 
tinged with pale yellow", the apex clear ochreous-yellow, the normal-shaped black 
subapical transverse band narrow. Hindwing uniformly clear ochreous-yellow. 
Expanse, S 2^- 0 to 3, ? 2^ to 2 x - 0 inches. 
Dry-season form (Plate 557, fig. Id <J, e, f $ ). 
Male. Upperside. Forewing with the outer band comparatively narrower than 
in wet form. Hindwing with the marginal spots small and slender. Underside 
similar, the apex of forewing, and the hindwing paler. 
Female. Upperside similar to wet female, both wings being uniformly greyish- 
white. Underside. Forewing with the black subapical band slightly broader, the 
apex being glossy pale grey. Hindwing glossy pale grey. 
Expanse, S 2^ 0 to 2^, ? 2^ to 2^ inches. 
Extreme dry form (Plate 557, fig. lg $, h, i 5 ). 
Male. Upperside. Forewing comparatively more pointed at the apex, the apical 
margin with narrower and less-defined, or obsolescent, blackish-scaled border. Hind- 
wing unmarked. Underside similar to the ordinary dry form, the apex, and the 
hindwing being somewhat brighter pale yellow tinted. 
Female. Upperside greyish-white. Forewing with the^lack oulfer band some¬ 
what narrower than in the ordinary dry form, the white subapical spots less medially 
disposed. Hindwing with the black marginal band macular and narrower. 
Expanse, S 2-^j| to 2^, ? 2^ 0 inches. 
Habitat. —Lower Sikkim ; Assam, Khasias, Silliet; Lower Bengal; Burma ; 
Upper Tenasserim. 
Distribution. —We possess both sexes of the wet-season form from Darjiling and 
from Eastern Bengal; also female from BarrackpUr, near Calcutta, taken by Mr. J. 
Rothney; males of the wet form from Lushai and Moulinein, Burma. Of the dry- 
season form, we have males from Silhet, and Parisnath Hill, Lower Bengal, taken in 
September by the late W. S.'Atkinson, and from Upper Tenasserim, also females 
from Darjiling and Barrackpur; of the extreme dry form we have males from Moulmein. 
Col. C. Swinhoe has the male of the wet form from Palene, Burma, a female 
of the dry form from the Khasias, and Palene, and also extreme dry from Palene. 
In Mr. Walter Rothschild’s Collection is a wet male from Dibrugarh, Assam. Mr. 
H. Grose-Smith has a female of the dry form from Malda, Bengal, and extreme dry 
