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first slender and at the extreme base, the second broader and extending to posterior 
margin, the other four still broader, the third terminating decreasingly either at the 
submedian vein or posterior margin, the fourth, fifth, and sixth only crossing the 
cell, the fifth being, more generally, wedge-shaped and not reaching lower edge of 
the cell; beyond is the much broader black marginal band decreasing posteriorly 
and traversed medially by a linear row of narrow white lunules. Hindwing with a 
black slender extreme abdominal marginal fold, outwardly fringed with grey hairs, 
the fold beneath lined with long pale ochreous hairs; a black transverse subbasal 
band extending from the costa obliquely across base of the cell and thence more or 
less decreasingly and less defined along lower median to above anal angle, followed 
beyond by a parallel inner-discal more or less defined band, which is interrupted 
across the cell, the anterior portion formed by a decreasing or constricted grey- 
edged streak, the lower portion, from below apex of the cell to above anal angle, 
being macular and grey-edged, and in some specimens the crimson streaks of the 
underside are slightly apparent; beyond is a black marginal band with incurved 
sinuous inner-edge, traversed by a row of six slender white incurved lunules, the 
caudal inner-interspaces of the band being speckled with grey scales ; cilia and 
edges of the tail slenderly alternated with white. Underside. Forewing pale bluish- 
white ; with transverse bands, as above, but of an ochreous-brown colour, the third 
and marginal darkest. Hindiving with a broad subbasal transverse brown band, 
a parallel inner-discal broken duplex-band from the costa to anal angle, the inner 
and outer portions, between the veins, being black (the inner sometimes dark 
brown anteriorly), and each pair with a central deep crimson streak; the marginal 
band, as above, pale brown, and traversed by six black outer lunules centred by a 
slender white lunule; cilia as above. Body black above ; thorax, front of head 
and abdomen with a lateral greyish-white band ; abdomen beneath and legs greyish- 
white, femora above black ; antennge black. 
Female. Upperside similar to the male. Hindwing with the discal crimson 
streaks of the underside more apparent. Underside similar to the male. 
Expanse, 8 2J to 8, 9 3 inches. 
Larva.—U n k n o w n. 
Habitat— Sikkim ; Bhotan ; Assam ; Khasias ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Malay 
Peninsula; Sumatra; Borneo. 
Distribution. —Mr. H. J. Ehves records it as “ rare in the lowest valleys of 
Sikkim, but found in abundance by Mr. Otto Moller’s native collectors at Sivoke 
in May” (fir. Ent. Soc. 1888, 434). Mr. L. de Uiceville says it “occurs in Sivoke 
in April and May only, when it is very common. It is also found along the 
Rungeet road in the same months, but elsewhere it seems scarce. It is single 
brooded” (Sikkim Gazetteer, 1894, 174). Specimens from Shillong, Assam, are 
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