. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. DICHORRAGIA.—STIBOCHIANA. 249 pointed loops, and a subterainal row of minute transverse white spots ; the row of white slender loops in the 2 is doubled, and sometimes also in the $. Hind wing : apex of cell and disc of wing with bluish-green spots ; the an- terior subcostal spot large and white; a postdiscal series of elongate oval velvety-black spots, succeeded by a series of slender white loops and beyond by a row of slender transverse white spots as on the fore wing, the space enclosed by the loops and the outer row of transverse white spots or short
. Butterflies. Vol. Lepidoptera. DICHORRAGIA.—STIBOCHIANA. 249 pointed loops, and a subterainal row of minute transverse white spots ; the row of white slender loops in the 2 is doubled, and sometimes also in the $. Hind wing : apex of cell and disc of wing with bluish-green spots ; the an- terior subcostal spot large and white; a postdiscal series of elongate oval velvety-black spots, succeeded by a series of slender white loops and beyond by a row of slender transverse white spots as on the fore wing, the space enclosed by the loops and the outer row of transverse white spots or short lines velvety black. Underside: fore wing purplish black; hind wing dull opaque black; the mark- ings much as on the upperside but larger, more clearly defined, except the spots on the disc of the hind wing, which are obscure. On the fore wing the spots in the cell join and form prominent transverse purplish-blue bars, and on the hind wing the postdiscal series of velvety-black spots are more conspicuous. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dull black. Exp. 6 2 76-88 mm. (3-3-48"). Hah. The Himalayas from Kulu to Sikhim ; the hill-ranges of Assam, Burma and Tenasserim, extending to the Malayan Sub- region, China and ? Japan {Leech).. Fig. 49. Dichorragia nesimachus. Genus STIBOCHIANA. Adolias, pt., Felder, Ein Neues Lep. 1861, p. 35. Stihochiana, Butler, P. Z. 8. 1868, p. 614 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 120; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 76. Type, S. coresia, Hiibner, from Java. Range. The Himalayas from Kulu to Sikhim; the hill-ranges of Assam, Burma and Tenasserim, extending to Western China and the Malayan Subregion. c? 2 • I have retained this genus, following Messrs. Butler, Moore, and deMceville, but it is very closely allied to Dichorragia. The only structural difference I can find is that in Stihochiana the discoidal cell in both fore and hind wings is very much shorter proportionately than it is in Dichorragia, measuring barely a third of the length of
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