. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 240 KYMPHALIDiE. Exp. $ $ 94-110 mm. (3'72-4-4"). Hab. The Himalayas; the hill-ranges of Assam; Burma and Tenasserim, at no great elevation, extending to the Malay Peninsula; Sumatra; Siam and Western China. Genus PARHESTINA. Parhestina, Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 34. Type, P. persimilis, Westw., from Sikhim. Range. Indo-Malayan Region, extending to China. S 2 • Very closely allied to Hestina, but, in the fore wing, vein 11 only is emitted before the apex of the cell, vein 10 from well beyond the apex. In the hind wing veins 5, 6, 7 not close
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. 240 KYMPHALIDiE. Exp. $ $ 94-110 mm. (3'72-4-4"). Hab. The Himalayas; the hill-ranges of Assam; Burma and Tenasserim, at no great elevation, extending to the Malay Peninsula; Sumatra; Siam and Western China. Genus PARHESTINA. Parhestina, Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 34. Type, P. persimilis, Westw., from Sikhim. Range. Indo-Malayan Region, extending to China. S 2 • Very closely allied to Hestina, but, in the fore wing, vein 11 only is emitted before the apex of the cell, vein 10 from well beyond the apex. In the hind wing veins 5, 6, 7 not closely approximate at base. Eyes hairy. Key to the forms of Parhestina. a. Hind wing above and below without any trace of yellow tint. a'. Dorsal margin of fore wing not two-thirds length of costal margin; black markings along veins broad and heavy P. persimilis, p. 240. V. Dorsal margin of fore wing well over two- thirds length of costal margin; black markings along veins less broad and heavy. Race zella, p. 241. b. Hind wing above and below suffused along dorsal margin with sulphur-yellow P. nicevillei, p. 241. 266. Parhestina persimilis. Westwood (Hestina), in Dblday., Weshv. Sf Hew. Gen. Di. Lep. 1850, p. 281; de N. (Hestina) Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 58; Moore, Lei). lnd- 'l[h 1896-99, p. 34, pi. 201, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, c?$. Race zella. Hestina zella, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1896, p. 91, fig. <$; de N. Bvtt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 58; Moore (Parestina), Lep. Ind. iii, 1896- 99, p. 35, pi. 201, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, tf $ . cf. Upper side fuliginous black, with white streaks and spots as follows :—Fore wing: two streaks from base in interspace 1, with two pairs of rectangular spots beyoud; a short streak in cell, with a transverse spot beyond, followed by three small spots in oblique series and a large rectangular spot at base of interspace 2 with two spots beyond ; interspaces 3, 4, 5 and 6 with three spots in each and a faint elongate spot at base of interspace 7. -n 7 .. g •'
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