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Show 1878.] INSECTS FROM UPPER TENASSERIM. 831 ADOLIAS PARVATA, n. sp. (Plate LII. fig. 3.) Female allied to A. sedeva, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1859, p. 68, pl. 4. f. 3. Differs above on the fore wing in the discal band being narrower, the costal portion only partially whitish, and the lower portion without the whitish inner border. Underside with the band on fore wing only partially white anteriorly, the lower portion with a slight white lunule to the inner border, and white point with black tip to outer border. Expanse 2f inches. Hab. Meetan, 3000 feet, April. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. ADOLIAS DISCISPILOTA, n. sp. (Plate LII. fig. 2.) Allied to A. kesava, Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1859, p. 67, pl. 3. f. 5. Female. Smaller in size: upperside with the borders uniformly greyish brown ; the transverse discal band with less sinuous dusky outer border; the whitish spot between the lower subcostal branches and the spot between the upper median branches prominent. Underside paler; markings similar, with less blue along abdominal border. Expanse 2T ? 0 inches. Moolai, 3000-6000 feet. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. ADOLIAS JAHNU. Adolias jahnu, Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. E.I. C. i. p. 192 (1857) ; Trans. Ent. Soc. 1859, p. 74, pl. 7. f. 1. Hatsiega ; Taoo, 3000-5000 feet. ADOLIAS TAOOANA, n. sp. Allied to A. iva (Moore, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1857, pl. 8 f. 2). Fore wing with the oblique discal maculated band with shorter lower portions, the penultimate spot quite oval, the last being short and conical; the two contiguous spots beneath are also smaller, and the two before the apex closer together; on the hind wing the three subapical spots are contiguous, the two upper being large, quadrate, and excavated externally. Expanse 4 inches. Taoo, 3000-5000 feet. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. CHARAXES SAMATHA, n. sp. Smaller than Indian examples of C. athamas, the yellow band on both wings one third less in width, the subapical spot smaller, and the apical either minute or obsolete. Expanse 2 | inches. Moolai, 3000-6000 feet. In coll. J. Wood-Mason. CHARAXES MARMAX. Charaxes marmax, Westwood, Cab. Orient. Ent. p. 43, pl. 21. f. 3-5 (1848). Moolai, 3000-6000 feet. |
