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LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 
on costal margin, below wliicb are two very indistinctly defined lunules; beyond 
which are three outwardly-oblique snbapical spots, the upper being small, short, 
and divided by the third subcostal branch, the second broadly elongated, the third 
shorter and conical; below these are two large conjoined discal spots placed above 
and below the middle median veinlet, the upper one being narrow, the other broad and 
rounded; beneath these are two narrower conjoined inwardly-oblique spots ending 
on middle of posterior margin; beyond these is a transverse submarginal slightly- 
defined pale greyish-brown lunular line, its lower end being sometimes tinged with 
ochreous. Hindwing crossed by a rather broad yellowish-ochreous inner-discal 
band extending to the abdominal margin, and a narrower outer-discal lunular band, 
followed by a slightly-defined submarginal pale greyish-brown lunular line. 
Underside deep brownish-red, the ochreous markings as above, but paler and less 
defined. Forewing also with the lower discal interspaces suffused with black; the 
discoidal streak diffusedly extending below the median vein; a curved violet-grey 
streak crossing upper end of the cell; two transverse violet-grey lunular fasciae 
inwardly-bordering the subapical spots, and a broader similar outer-bordering 
fascia ; the submarginal line also being mostly violet-grey. Hindwing also with a 
broad violet-grey basal fascia, subbasal streaks between the veins, two transverse 
medial discal sinuous fasciae and two submarginal narrower sinuous fasciae. 
Female. Upperside as in male, the yellowish-ochreous markings somewhat 
broader and paler. Underside as in male. Body and palpi above brownish-black ; 
abdomen above with a slightly-defined basal greyish band ; palpi, thorax and legs 
beneath grey; legs above and abdomen beneath pale yellowish-ochreous; antennas 
black, tip ochreous beneath. 
Expanse, & 2 x - 0 to 3, ? 3^ inches. 
Habitat. —Nepal; Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Cachar ,* Khasia Hills ; Naga Hills ; Upper 
Burma. 
Distribution. —“ This is a rare species. Mr. Moller has obtained a single 
specimen in Sikkim in the spring. I took a worn male at about 4000 feet elevation 
below Darjiling, in October, and Mr. Wood-Mason obtained a single male on 
Nemotha Peak, Cachar, in September ” (de Niceville l.c. 85). c ‘ Probably occurs in 
Sikkim throughout the warm months. Mr. Dudgeon has taken it several times at 
5000 feet elevation, and finds that it is extremely fond of pitching on the same bush 
for several consecutive days. Its elevation extends to 7000 and 8000 feet, and he 
doubts its occurrence below 3000 feet” {id. Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, 136). Mr. 
H. J. Elwes says it is “ a rare species in Sikkim, which I have never taken myself, 
but it occurs between April and December at low elevations.” (Tr. Ent. Soc. 1888, 
343 ). Mr. Elwes records se a single male, very pale in colour, from Bernardmyo, 
Upper Burma, and others from the Naga Hills, taken by Mr. W. Doherty” 
