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having a very slightly defined subapical inwardly-oblique squamous streak. Forewing 
with the entire costal edge and outer marginal cilia, and also the outer marginal 
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cilia of the hindwing , rosy-red. 
Female. Upperside. Apical edge between the subcostals oi forewing, and cilia 
of both wings paler rosy-red. Underside with the markings on hindwing slightly 
visible. Forewing above with the black outer band broken beneath the lower median 
veinlet. Hindiving with the outer band similar to male, its portions slightly broader. 
Underside similar to male, the markings being slightly more defined. 
Expanse, S 1$,, $ Iff inch. 
Intermediate form (fig. 2d 8, 2e ? = rubella types). Male. Upperside. 
Forewing with the outer band slightly narrower than in wet form ; cilia paler red. 
Hindiving with the marginal macular band narrower, and composed of smaller 
portions. Underside similar to wet form. 
Female. Upperside. Forewing with the outer band less broken at its posterior 
end than in Wet-form. Hindiving with the marginal macular band less distinct and 
narrower. Underside similar to the male. 
Expanse, c? f lf 0 inch. 
Dry-season form (fig. 2f cf, 2g ¥). Both sexes much smaller than in inter¬ 
mediate form. Cilia paler. Male. Forewing above with the inner-edge of the 
marginal band less sinuated than in intermediate form, its posterior end indistinctly 
broken. Hindiving with the lower portions of the macular band somewhat larger 
and less dentate. Underside. Both wings with less defined markings than in 
intermediate form. 
Female. Upperside. Forewing with the band slightly broken at posterior end. 
Hindwing with the lower portions of band somewhat wider. Underside with the 
markings indistinct. 
Expanse, $ ? 1^ inch. 
Habitat. —Western and Eastern Himalayas; Western, Southern, and Eastern 
India. 
Distribution. —We possess specimens from Simla, Kasauli, and Kangra, 
Western Himalaya; Assighur, N.E. Bombay, taken in October; Griridih and 
Sahebgung, Bengal; also the type male and female, labelled “ Calcutta ” ex Coll. 
W. S, Atkinson; also a male from Sikkim, taken in April by Mr. Gr. C. Dudgeon; 
specimens from Mhow, Poona, and the Nilgiris. Col. C. Swinhoe obtained it in 
Bombay at “ Poona October to April, Belgaum September and October, Sattara 
October and November, and at Mhow, Central India, in great numbers from October 
to April ” (P. Z. S. 1885, 136 ; 1886, 430). Mr. Gr. F. Hampson obtained it in the 
Nilgiris. (J. A. S. Beng. 1888, 361). Mr. H. S. Ferguson took it in “ Travancore 
Hills at 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation ” ( l.c . p. 443). Mr. W. 0. Taflor record! it as 
