Lepidoptera indica, Moore V9

LEPIDOPTERA INDICA.
BY

COL.

C.

SWINHOE,

M.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.E.S.,

MEMBER OF THE BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY

THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OP PRAXCE,

SOCIETY, OP

AND OP THE BRITISH ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION.

VOL.

IX.

RHOPALOCERA.
FAMILY LYC^NID^

{continued).

SUB-FAMILIES HORAGINiE, DEUDORIXIN^, HYPOLYC^NINiE, ZESIUSIN^, APHN^IN^, BIDUANDIN^Sl,

CHERITEIN^, LOXUBIN^.

FAMILY HESPERIIDiE.
SUB-FAMILIES ISMENEIN^, ACHALARIN^.

LONDON:

LOVELL REEVE &

CO.,

LIMITED,

PUBLISHERS TO THE HOME, COLONIAL, AND INDIAN GOVERNMENTS,
6,

HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
1911—1912.



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71

DESCKIPTION OF PLATES.
Plate 706.

Plate 711.

9, 16, $, Ic, larva and
pupa. Catapoecilma Elegans
2a, 2> 26, ^
Catapoecilma
2, £
Delicatum
Catapcecilma Subochrea
3, i 3a, (J
4a, 9
4, (J
46, pupa. Rathinda Amor
5a ? 56, (J
Horaga Onyx
5, (J

Fig. 1,

.

Fig.
^ig-

Fig.

....

,

,

.

,

,

,

1

.

,

la

i,

2a,

i,

2,

^

3a,

,

9,

Fig.

5,

26,

.

.

.

5a,

la,

(J,

9,

.

2,

Fig.

Chandrana
3,
^, 3a, 9,

2a,

Amba

,

4a,

9,

26,

,


.

Fig.

2,

.

^

,

ic,

9

9,

^.

16,

2a,


,

9,

26,

Hysudra Selira
Hysudra

.....

^

3,

9

3a,

,

4,

9,

26,
,

jj

,

2c,

(J.

Deudorix

9

Deudorix

,

Deudorix Hypargyria
Rapala
9, 46, ,J

.

....

4a,

(J,

16,

33

34
35
36

.

Melampus

38

Plate 713.

Fig.

1,

9) 1^1 Rapala Jarbas
Rapala Suffusa
9 26, 9, 36, (J. Rapala Testa.

la,

(J,

Fig. 2,
Fig. 3,

Fig.

.

,

2a,

^,

3a,

(J

.

.

,

la,
Rapala
9, 16, (J.
Intermedia
Fig. 2, ^, 2a, 9, 26, ^, 2c, larva and
pupa. Rapala Xenophon
1,

.

.

.

.

Fig. 3,

(?

3a,

,

9

,

36,

39
41

42

.42
.

43

(Wet-season Brood),
{Dry-season Brood).

^

3d, 9
(J
Rapala Petosiris

19

Fig.

,

^,

1,

la,

Brood),
Brood).

20
22

Fig.

24

Fig. 3,

S,

2,

9,

.

.

.45

16,

^

Id,

(J,

.

3a, 9

,

{Wet-season

(J

9, {Dry-season
Rapala Nissa
2a,
Rapala
9, 26, .J.
Ic,

,

.

....

Rogersi, nov.

.

36,

^

Rapala Sphinx

.

46

47
48

Plate 716.

^, la,
Moorei

^

,

2a,

^

^, 3a,
Ines, nov.

3,

4,

.31

.....
.....

la,

2a,

,

3c,

Plate 710.

Fig.

.

Plate 715.
la,

Phocides

2,

Fig.
Fig.

17

.

Fig.
Fig.

^

Sinthusa

Hades

1,

.

,

Plate 714.

14

.

.

^,
Diara

pupa.

.15
Sinthusa
.16

Fig- 3, ^, 3a, 9 , 36, ^ Araotes Lapithis
Fig. 4, (J
4a, 9 , 46, (J
Bindahara

Fig.

.

)

30

9

Sinthusa

Virgo.

Plate 709.
Fig. 1 ^,

.

Lehera Eryx
Lehera
9.
.

26,

.

1,

8

.

(J.

.

46,

.

.

36,

.

9

(J.

9 36, ^ 3c, larva and
Deudorix Epijarbas .

Geetulia

8

Sinthusa

(J.

Fig.

Horaga

^.

56,

16,

Fig.


16,

9,

3a,

,

(J

pupa.

Fig. 2,

.11

.....
9,

Nasaka

4,

Plate 712.

11

Plate 708.

Fig.

5
6

9,
2a,


Skinneri

.

.

(J,

1,

Fig. 3,

Horaga

.

,?

Viola

Fig.

3
4

2,

Horaga

^.

Horaga Albimacula
Horaga
9, 46,
.

4a,

^,

Rana

.

16,

Moulmeina
Fig. 3, (J
Fig. 4,

.

....
....

9,

Cingalensis
Fig.

Fig.

,

Plate 707.
Fig.

2

.

.

Fig.

Fig. 1, (J, la,

la,

(J,

(J,

9,
.

^.

Bindahara

Bindahara Areca
Bindahara
9, 36, .

....

Fig.

25
26

.....

46,

$.

1,

(J,

la,

9,

Nicevillei, nov.

Fig.

2,

(J,

27

Bindahara
28

16,
.

$.
.

...

2a,

9,

Scintilla

.

4a, 9,

Kamorta

16,

26,

^.

Rapala
.

.49
.50

Rapala

Fig. 3, (J, 3a, 9, 36, g.

Rapala Tara
Fig. 4, (J, 4a, ^.
Rapala Francesca,
.

nov.

.

.

...

51

.52


.

.

DESCBIPTION OF PLATES
PAGE

Plate 717.
Fig.
Fig.

(J, Irt,

1,

2,

.....
....
.....

2a,

(J,

Lankana
Fig.

3,

Fig.

4,

Rapala Rosacea
Rapala
?, 26,
(J.

36,

^.

Rapala

46,

^

Rapala

9,

Recti vitta
4a,

,

(J

9

Ranta

,

.

Plate 724.
Fig. 1, ^,
Fig.

.

3a,


53

2,

la,

$.

9,

26,

CreusaCulta.
Charana
$.

....

Mandarinus

54

96

99

Charana Cepheis 100
$ 4c, larva and
Tajuria Indra
.102
.

Fig. 3, $ 3a, 9 36, Fig. 4, (j
4a, 9
46.
,

54

16,

9,

2a,

(j,

,

,

.

,

1

pupa.

.

56

Plate 725.
Plate 718.
Fig.

1, (J

Fig.

2,

9

16, (J

,

2a,

9,

3a,

^,

3,

9,

4,

li

^

ia,

,

....
....
36,

Refulgens
Fig.

Rapala Vai-una
Rapala
26,

.

Fig. 2,
Fig. 3,

(J

60
61

^

.

4a,

,

pupa.

.

.....

3a,

9,

Isocrates
(J

Rapala Subguttata
Rapala Abnormis

(J.

2a,

,

^,

Fig. 4,

36,

Virachola

.

,J

9 46, (J ic, d, larva and
Virachola Perse
)

62
62

64

,

.

,

.

,

)

Fig.

1,

la,


Nela
Fig. 2, ^, 2a,

9,

i,

,

^

,

2a,
3rt,

^,
pupa.

9,

16,


$

26,

,

,

36,

Zinaspa Todara

Drina Donina

.

(J

.

$,

ia,

3,

9,

9

(J

4a,

,

5a,

,

larva

and

2c,

$
Kina
9, 36, ^.
26,

,

larva

and

74
76

Tajuria Donatana
Fig. 3, (J, 3a, 9, 36, ^.
Tajuria Jehana
Fig. 4, (J, 4a, 9, 46,
Tajuria
,J

Plate 727.
Fig. 1, ^,
Fig.

2,

la,

9,

,

.

(J

(J

.

80

Chliaria Merguia
Chliaria Watsoni,

jjov.

iarva

and

Plate
Fig.

Chliaria

1,

(J

9
S
Zeltus Etolus

pupa.
Fig.

^

2,

,

1''.

,

2a,

9

,

,

,

3a,
4a,

If,
.

....

26,

Cleoboides
Fig. 3, ^
Fig. 4, 9

,

i

.

.

.

.

.

.

.

Tajuria Jangala

5o, 2,5b, (J.

(J,

119

.120

.

.

1)

Fig. 2, tJ
Fig. 3,

?,

1«,

(Ji

Brood),

Brood).

Fig. 4,

121
122
123

1&,

,

Id,

(J,

.

.

,

,

(J

(Wet-season

(?

9 (Dry-season
Tajuria Maculata
.124
2a, 9 26, S
Tajuria Illurgis
126
Tajuria
S, 3a, 9, 36, 9.
Ic,

4a,

^

1",

?)

.

.

.

Tajuria Drucei, nov.

.

.127
.

107

86

Plate

Britomartis

$. BuUis Buto
BuUis Valentia
9 46, ,

114
114
115

.

3a, 9 , 36, Tajuria Megistia
^, 4a, (j. Tajuria Yajna
,

Illurgioides
la,

,

Ill
112
113

728.

81
82

83

Tajuria Thria
Tajuria

16, (J.
9, 26,

2a,


^

Fig. 5,

Plate 722.
Fig.

.

Thyia

Fig. 3,
Fig. 4,

78

.....

3a,


(J

If,

Chliaria

Cachara
Fig. 4,
Fig. 5,

^,

16,

Chliaria Othona

jnipa.

Fig.

Tajuria

S.

Virachola
73

9
9

Ifl,

2,

16,

(J.

Istroidea

Fig.

.110

.

.

Plate 721.
1,

.

.

.

la,

Similis

Fig.

107

.108

.

Fig. 5, Tajuria Thyia, var. Pallescens
.
Fig. 6, (J, 6a, 9,66, Tajuria Diajus

1,

Fig. 2,
Fig. 3,

.104

.

3a,

,

(J

104

larva and

Tajuria Cippus
Tajuria Mantra
9 36, ^
4a, 9
I'ig- 4, 9
Tajuria Tyro
Fig. 5, (J
5a,
Tajuria
56,
9
,J
Albiplaga

.
Fig. 3,

69

Plate 720.
Fig.

2c,

,

Plate 726.

(J, la,

1,

^

>

,

Plate 719.
Fig.

Tajuria Tarpina

.

,

,

pupa.

58

Rapala

(J.

Rapala Deliochus

.

56

.

Schistacea
Fig.

Fig. 1, $ la, 9 16, (J
Fig. 2, ^
2a, 9
26,
,

la,

,

89
90
91

Fig.

729.
Ij

6

J

1&,

S

Fig. 2, Fig. 3, Ops
Fig. 4, (J 4a, 9 46, (J
,

.

,

Manto Martina
OpsOgyges
.

^ta

.

.

Ops Melastigma

130
133
134
1 35

PL.A.TE 723.

Fig.

1,

(J,

la,

9,

16,

$.

Fig.

93
2a,

Thecloides
Fig.
Fig.

$, 3a,
Nilgirica

3,

4,

(J

,

Lisides

Plate 730.

Hypolyciena

Erylus
9,

26,

$.

.....
.....

4a,

9,

9

36,

,

46,

$.


83

Chliaria

.

?, 1&> (? l'"! 'arm and
Creon Cleobis
.138
Fig. 2, ^ 2a, 9 26, (J
Pratapa Ctesia 1 40
Fig. 3,
3a,
Pratapa
9 36, (J
(J
Argentea
.141
Fig. 4, 4a, 9
46, (J, 4c, larva and
pupa. Pratapa Deva
.143
Fig.

Ij

(J,

1«,

>

pupa.

Chliai

.

,

.

J

,

84

Suasa

.

,

97

.

.

.

,

.


.

DESCBIFTION OF PLATES.
Plate 738.

Plate 731.
Fig.

1,

(J

Fig.
Fig.
Fig.

2,

^

3,

(J

4,

^

Pratapa Icetas
2a, ^
Pratapa Icetoides
3a, 9,36, $
Pratapa Ister
Pratapa Cotys
4a, 9 46, (J
la,

,

9

1^> (?

J

•

.

,

,

.

,

.

J

144

Fig.

la, 9 16) 3 !">
Aphnseus Lohita

1, (J

14.5

146
147

Fig.

2,

Fig.

1,

la,

(J,

9,

^ {Wet-season
9 {Dry-season

16,

Brood), le, ^ , Id,
Brood). Arrhenothi'ix Penicilligera

Kg.

^,

2,

Fig. 3,
Fig. 4,

9

Burmana
^ 3a, $
,

(J

(J

9

46,

1

(J

I

.

.

•

....

Schistacea
46
(J , 4a, 9

.....

,

nov.

Fig.

1) (J

2,

36,

$

9,

;

9

I'*!

,J,

Aphnseus Acamas
9 {Wet-season
$,2d, 9,2e, 9 {Bry-

l^j

J

2a,

(?

9,

•

Fig.
Fig.

(J, 2a, (J

2,

3,

162

.

9,4a, 9.
^,5a, 3.

Fig. 4,
Fig. 5,

Fig.

1,

Biduanda Cyara
Biduanda Nice villei

la,

(J,

9

'Ig,

9,

Marmessus

36,


.

Eooxylides

193

J

^

4,

195

4a,

,

9

46,

,


^,

Lilacinus
Fig.

4,

Plate
164
167

198

Fig.

Fig.

741.

1,

2,

Mota Massy la

^, la, 9, 16, ^.
^, 2a, 9, 26,
(J

3o,

,

9

.

.

.

.

_

201

Neomyrina

9

36,

>

200

Cheritrella

(J.

203

Hiemalis

Plate 742.
169

Fig.

Aphnseus

36,

9,

9 {Wet-season Brood),
9 Is; 9 {Dry-season.
Ticherra Acts

Brood),
204
Cheritra Freja 206
^ 2a, 9 26, 3

Aphnseus

46,

9,

Abnormis

171

la,

1, (J ,
Ic,

170

.

4a,


Thamala

.

Miniata

Aphnseus

26,

9,

3a,

9

4c,

,

169

.

Orissanus
3,

.191

.

^.

Tharis
Fig.

Aphnseus

16,

.

26,

Truncipennis

$, lo,
Peguanus
Fig. 2, i, 2a,

187
188
189

Marmessus

(J.

.

2,

Fig- 3,

1,

.

186

pupa,

.

>

16,

J

.

3, 2a, 9,
Moorei
3a, 9
Fig. 3, (J

Fig.

163

Plate 735.

Fig.

.185

.

.

Biduanda Scudderii
9, 36,
3a,


Biduanda

(J.

.

.

Lisias

26,

Aphnaaus Hypargyrus
3a, 9 36, (J

Aphnseus Syama
(J
,

181

183

Plate 740.
162

projections, all magnified.

21i, "pillar

Fig.

181

larva {much

3c,

,

16,

.

,

Brood), 2c,
season Brood), 2/, larva,

Fig. 3,

la,

^,

1,

Aphnseus Gabriel,

.

(J

158
160

Plate 734.
Fig.
Fig.

.179

.

Aphnseus

^.

MeHsa
la,

(J,

,

Fia. 4,

26,

Plate 739.
Fabricii

154

9> 1^1 (? Ic, larva and
pupa.
Aphnteus Vulcanus
Fig. 2, (J 2a, 9 26, 9
Aphnseus Fusca
Fig. 3, i, 3a, 9, 36, 9.
AphnKus
1,

9,

enlarged, with ants on it), 3d, pupa
{in ants' nest, with part of the covering torn away).
Aphnseus Zoilus
Aphnseus Minima
.
Fig. 4, (J , 4a, (J.

Plate 733.
Fig.

and pupa.

.

149
151
152

Zesius Chrysomallus

pupa.

1

,

larva and

4c,

,

.

.....

2a,

(f,

Jci^vo.

)

Dacalana

.

Maneca Bhotea

.

4a,

)

26,

,

>

Concanus
3a, 9
(J

Fig. 3,

Plate 732.

,

9

16,

J

Id,

(J,

1

.

Fig. 2,
Fig. 3,

,

3a,

(J,

.

.

,

9,

Pseudojafra

9.

36,
.

.

Cheritra
.

.208

Plate 736.
Fig.

Ij

(J)

Iflfj

Aphuajus Greeni

(?•

Fig. 2, (J , 2a, 9 26, $ Aphnseus Nipalicus
Aphnseus Sani
Fig. 3, $ 3a, 9 36, (J
Aphnseus
Fig. 4, $
4a, 9
46,
(J
.

I

,

Rukmini

Fig.

737.
1,

$,

la,

Maximus
Fig.

2,

$,

9,

2c,

3,

(J

,

26,

i,U,

Brood)

Aphnseus

Ictis

3a,

Lunulifera

9

1

Plate 743.
Fig.

1,

36,

elima,

(J

.

J

>

l",

green larva

larva.

Cheritra

2,


208

2a,

9,

Amrita
3 3a, 9
,

Fabronia

.

26,

(J.

Neocheritra

36,

^

ISIeocheritra

210
,

.

.

.

.

.211

176

Plate 744.
9) 16, i, Ic, larva and
Loxura Atymnus
Fig. 2, I., 2a, 9, 26, ^, 2c, larva and
pupa.
Loxura Surya
Fig. 3, (J, 3a, 9 36, (J.
Loxura Prabha
Fig.

2e,

,

....
....
=

Fig.

Fig. 3,

{Wet-season
$ {Dry-

i
9

175

Aphnseus

9-

16j (J
(J, la, 9
and pupa. Id, pink

Jaffra

.

,\h,

'i

2a,

Brood),
season
Fig.

.....
.....
1

,

Plate

.

J

172
172
174

1,

(J,

la,

pupa.

Moore.
177

Aphnseus
178

>

.

.

.

.

213
214
215


DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
Plate 751.
Fig. 1, ^,

Plate 745.
Fig.

1,

$, la, ?, 16, 9, Ic, larva and
pupa. Loxura Arcuabi
$ ,'2a, 9 26, $ {Wei-sea»on Brood),
2e, ? {Dry-season
2c, i , 2d, $
.

Fig.

2,

.

216
Fig.

,

Fig.

,

Yasoda Ti-ipunctata

Brood).
Fig.

S,

3,

3a,

?,

Nevymond

36,

.

.

217

.219

^, la, ? 16, S, Ic, d, larva, \e, f,
pupa. Pola Ataphus
Pola Tuckeri
Fig. 2, ,J 2a, ^
Pola Amara
Fig. 3, $, 3a, ?, 36, $.
,

.

.

.

.

.

.

1,

$, Ic, d, larva and
pupa. Gecana^Fergussoni
Gecana Jaina
Fig. 2, $,2a, ?, 26, $.
Tothrix
Fig. 3, $, 3a, 9, 36, $.
.

Plate 748.
$,

la,

?,

....
16,

$.

.

,

,

.

.

Burara Harisa
Burara Etelka
26, $
3c, larva and
3o, $
F'g- 3, (?
36, $
pupa. Ehopalocampta Benjamini
16,

$.

.

,

,

Fig. 1, (J, la,

$,16,
Crawfurdi

pupa.
Aiiura

....

(J.

9,

Parata Sim-

.

1

,

252

Parata

9.

26,

253

larva and

d,

.

.

Parata Butleri
16, (J.
Parata Chuza
9 2b, $
3a, 9 36, ^ 3c, 9 3rf, e, f,
Fig. 3,
larva and pupa. Badaniia ExclamaFig. 1,
Fig. 2,

234
235

,

d,

26,

253

36,

.

?.

.

.

,

,

.

.....

,

,

>

1,

la,

(J,

9.

,

259

Orthophoetus

(?

16,

,J

,

2a,


3a,

^

Orthophcetus Lidderdali
Calliana
36,

.

9

262
263

.

,

,

Pieridoides

Fig.

255
257

754.

Fig. 2,
Fig. 3,

.

.

.

.264

755.
1, (J, la,

^

Fig. 2,
Fig. 3,

,

2a,

(J

,

9)
9

Capila Jayadeva

16, (J.
26,

,

3a,

9

1

Penicillatum

241

^

.

Pisola

Zennara

....

36,

.

(J

266
268

Crossiura

269

Plate 756.
Fig.

246

la,

9,

16,


Liliana
Fig.

2,

Fig.

3,

(J,


9,

26,

S

9,

36,

9

.

<

>

270

Achalarus

.

<

.

3a,

lufernus

Achalarus

.

<

2a,

Casyapa

244

Hasora

S,

1,

242

larva and

.....
$,

9,

2a,

^
3

Lalita

236

238
239

,J, la,

tionis

Fig.

Rhopalocampta

$, 2c,
?
Bibasis Sena

^, 3a,

^

16,

9 36, $ 3c,
Parata Alexis

3a,

,

(J

,

2a,

(J,

pupa.

Plate

,

,

Plate 750.

3,

9

Malayana
Fig. 3,

Plate

Plate 749.
Fig. 1, $,la, 9,
Fig. 2, $,2a, ?

2a,

231

,

,

=

230

Burara

Vasutana
Burara Anadi
Fig. 2, Fig. 3, (J 3a, $ 36, ^ 3c, d, larva and
pupa. Burara Gomata
,

2,

233

Mahintha

1,

226
228
228

16,

.

S

la,

,

(J

249

Plate 753.

Plate 747.
Fig. 1, $,\a, $,

Fig.

Fig.

,

....
.....
....

247
248

.

pUcissima

1,

Fig. 2,

.

,

Plate 752.
Fig.

Fig.

.

,

Plate 746.
Fig.

,

Sithon

(J.

.

.

9, 16, $ Ic, d, larva and
Hasora Badra
.
Hasora Coulteri
2, ^ 2a, 9 26, ?
Hasora
3,
^, 3a, 9, 36, Chabrona
la,

pupa.

.

*

•

271

Hantanus
•

273


LEPIDOPTEEA INDICA.
Sub-Family
Eyes naked

genera Rathinda

the

in

HORAGIN^.
and Horaga, haiiy

in

Catapwcilnia, which

forms a link between the sub-families Ruralinse and Horagince, having the hairy eyes

of the former,

and the neuration and three filamentous

slender

the latter

above brown, purple and black with blue markings,

oriental, colour
tails at

tails of

the ends of veins

the shortest, the inner

tail

2,

3

and

4,

the middle

tail

;

all

tail

twice as long again.

CatapcBcilma and Rathinda have no secondary sexual characters, but in
//. viola

have three

the longest, the outer one

generally twice as long, the middle

Indian species of Horaga (except

are purely

all

and H. albomacula) there

is

all

the

known

on the underside

of the forewing of the male an oval glandular patch of closely packed scales, on or near

the middle of the sub-median nervure, the hinder margin of the winor beinbr

outwards opposite this patch

;

all

bowed

have but two sub-costal nervules.

Genus CATAPCECILMA.
Catapoecilma, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1877, p. 547.

Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 234 (1884).

Eyes

hairy.

Forewing with vein 2 emitted a

about one-fifth before lower end of
cell,

outer margin

little

iii.

p.

7 bifurcate,

p.

97 (1881).

beyond the middle,

3

10 from about one-fourth before upper end of

cell,

somewhat convex and

scalloped, hinder

margin slightly concave and

from about one-third before upper end,

8

cell,

extends to the apex of the wing,

margin very slightly scalloped, with three slender

is

rounded,

tails.

Type, Hypochrysops elegans, Druce.
VOL. IX.

from

cell, 8

margin convex at base, then nearly straight to the apex, which

posterior

i.

420 (1890).

liindwing, veins 2 and 3 emitted close together near the lower end of the

sinuous,

costal

cell,

Lep. Ceylon,

and 9 absent, 12 terminates on the costa opposite
wing sub-triangular, costal margin slightly convex, apex obtuse,

11 from the middle of the

the end of the

JNIoore,

de Niceville, Butt, of India,

B


LEPIDOPTEBA INDICA.

2

CATAPfflCILMA ELEGANS.
Plate 706,

(J, la,

figs. 1,

9

>

lb, (J, Ic, larva

Hypochrysops elegans, Druce, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873,

and pupa.

pi.

39,

figs.

3,

3a,

Distant, Rhop.

(1881).

i

Staudinger, Ex. Schmett. p. 282,

Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1886,
Butt, of India,

iii.

pi.

96,

5,

de Niceville,

Imago.

figs.

id.

— Male.

and narrow black

8a,

8,

1898,

p.

$

fig.

17,

Wood-Mason and de

Hampson,

.

22,

pi.

id.

1888,

358.

p.

$

i.

p. 98,

(1884),

Niceville,

de Niceville,

;

Davidson, Bell and Aitken, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1896,

larva and pupa.

388.

235,

p.

•

Moore, Lep. Ceylon,

? (1890) id. Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1890, p. 386.
Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, 305. H. H. Druce,

p. 421, pi. 29, fig. 228,

Proc. Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 612.
389, pi.

Malayana,

? (nee ^), (1888).

p. 368, pi. 15, fig. 6,

Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 641.

p.

9

p. 350, pi. 32, fig. 12,

Caiapoecihaa elegans, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc. Zool. 1877, p. 548.

Watson,

Aitken and Comber,

id.

id. vol.

1897,

p.

Mackinnon and

Forewing with a black

Upperside dark violet-blue.

costal band, with a series of black lunular spots

anal spot black, the black spots in the next two

667.

xv. 1903, p. 49.

costal line

on the outer margin,

interspaces prominent, the anal spot

and the next one edged on both sides with glistening silvery scales, the other with pale
Cilia of both wings white with black spots at all the vein ends.
bluish-white.

Underside pale greyish-chocolate, markings darker, chocolate-brown, ornamented with
brilliant metallic scales,

which are blue-green in some

Forewing with several sub-basal

cell

commencing in a
conjoined, which end on the median

a medial transverse band,

spots,

curved double form of irregular spots more or
vein outside the

lights, silvery-white in others.

less

with a thick streak below the middle of their ends, the streak

narrowing hindwards to a point in the pale hinder marginal space.

A sub-marginal broken

band, commencing singly from the costa in a similar form, with a thick streak below

like the

middle streak and parallel with

it

;

a series of sub-marginal ringed spots.

it,

Hind-

wing with the inner portion suffused with dark chocolate-brown, a number of larger
sub-basal spots, two -bars closing the

marks and two below the
spot and another in the

cell bars,

cell,

followed closely by three lines of lunular

a series of small sub-marginal spots, a black anal

All these markings very difficult to describe.

first interspace.

Antennae black, ringed with white, the club with an orange tip

;

head and body above

and below concolorous with the wings.
Female.
]>lack borders,

Upperside pale

violet.

Forewing with broad

costal

and outer marginal

Hindwing with

narrowing somewhat on the costa towards the base.

the costal space broadly blackish, veins blacki.sh, outer margin with blackish spots, a

white anteciliary

line,

terminal line black.

Cilia of

both wings

Expanse of wings, t ? l-nr to lx% inches.
Larva, feeds on " kindal " (Terminalia paniculata),
and

tail

segments looking very similar

;

is

violet,

with white

tips.

onisciform, flattened, head

head completely concealed

;

it

is

roughish in


HOBAGINM
texture, but not pubose

of the back

;

it is

colour dirty green, with a patch of dark green in the centre

;

good deal mottled everywhere.

also a

Pupa, fastened by the
of

a

3

tail

along a

narrow, without projections of any kind

leaf,

greeuish-brown, minutely dotted with darker brown.

(Davidson,

;

and

Bell

Aitken.)

— India, Burma, Ceylon, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra.
Distribution. — The type came from Borneo, Wood-Mason and de Niceville record
Habitat.

it

from Cachar, Mackiunon and de Niceville from Mussuri, 3,000

feet elevation,

from Ceylon, Distant from the Malay Peninsula, Elwes from the Karen

Hills,

Moore

Watson

Aitken and Comber from Bassein and Thanna, near Bombay,

from the Chin

Hills,

Hampson from

the Nilgiris, de Niceville from Chin Lushai, Orissa, Cannanore, South

Shevroy

India, the

Hills,

Mergui and Myitta

Tenasserim

in

and have received many examples from the Khasia
are from a Khasia Hill pair

;

it is

M.

in the B.

Hills

;

;

we have

it

from Sikkim,

our description and figures

from Sumatra.

also

CATAPfflCILMA DELICATUM.
Plate 706,

figs. 2,

(J,2a, ?

,

2b,

Catapacilma delicatum, de Niceville, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887,

^.

455

p.

;

id.

Butt, of India,

iu.

p.

422

(1890).

Catapoecilma hubases, de
fig.

11,

Imago.

—Male.

Upperside, both wings

purple in some lights.
dull blue scales,
silvery lines

Niceville (nee Hewitson),

Journ.

As. Soc. Bengal,

1885, p.

118, pi. 2,

^,1,?.

smoky

Forewing with the lower

which are obsolete

in

purplish-black, obscurely shot with

discal

and basal areas powdered with

some specimens.

liindw'mg with two very fine

on the margin of the anal angle.

Tail black, tipped with white.

Cilia

marked with white towards the anal angle of the forewing, and throughout
Underside, both wings chrome-yellow, densely and evenly striated with
the hindwing.
black, and with scattered greenish-silvery metallic spots and streaks, some of which

blackish,

form a marginal
Female.

series.

outer margin blackish.
pale blue

;

Forewing pale blue, with the

Upperside.

Hindwing with

all

towards the anal angle there

costa,

apex widely, and the

but the outer margin, which

is first

blackish,

a fine blue line, then a yellow one

defined on both sides with a black one, and then another pale blue

both wings as in the male,

is

line.

Underside,

(de Niceville.)

Expanse of wings, $ $ 1^%
Habitat.
Sikkim.

inches.

—

B 2


;

LEPIDOPTEBA INBICA

4

CATAPCECILMA SUBOCHREA.
Plate 706,

^

figs. 3,

,

?

3a,

Cataposcilma suhoclirea, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 640,

Imago.

—Male.

Two

Thandaung,

in tlie

Karen

.

pi. 44, fig. 10,

(J.

males of this lovely species were taken by Doherty at

They

about 4,500 feet elevation, in April, 1890.

Hills, at

appear to be quite distinct from C. elegans, which was found in the same locality and

may

be distinguished best by the colour and arrangement of the beautiful markings of

On

the underside, which are easier to figure than to describe.
colour

a

is

little

brighter than in C. elegans, the black border of the forewings not

broader at the apex

from

;

huhases,

C.

on the forewing,

costal border

the upper side the

it is

Hew.,

distinguished

it is

by

the absence of a

smaller in size and the different markings below.

(Elwes.)

Expanse of wings, $ ly-gHabitat. Karen Hills.

inches.

There

M. from the Shan

—

is

a male in the B.

States.

INDO-MALAYAN ALLIED GENEEA AND SPECIES.
Cata^aecilma?

huhases,

Hypochrysop

CatapcEcilma bubases, Distant,

Hewitson, Ent.

bubases,

Rhop. Malayana,

459,

p.

Mo.
pi.

Mag.

44,

xii.

38

p.

26 (1886).

fig.

(1875),

Habitat,

Malacca.
Catapoecihna niamna, Catapoecilma elegans niasana, Friihstorfer, Berl.

Ent.

Zeit. 1899,

p.

157.

Habitat, Nias.

Seinanga superha, Ilerda

?

superba, Druce, P.Z.S. 1873, p. 350,

Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 239,

pi.

21,

fig.

? (1884).

13,

pi.

32,

Semanga superba,

11.

fig.

Habitat, Malacca, Borneo.

Genus RATHINDA.
Bathinda, Moore, Lep. Ceylon,

Eyes naked.
opposite end of

i.

p.

99 (1881).

absent,

6

from

outer

11 emitted at the middle of the

upper
little

end of

cell

;

it

cell,

is

413 (1890).

p.

discocellulars

Ilindiving,

discocellulars

of

slightly

cell, is

equal

;

wing

vein

7

length,

nearly
short,

erect,

its

equal length

of

triangular,

emitted

some

costa arched,

distance

outwardly oblique,

sinuous, the lower straight, vein 3 emitted just before lower end of

uervure straight, internal nervure with

bowed upwards

well separated, 10 from one-third, 8 and 9

before lower end of cell

margin slightly convex.

upper end of

iii.

Forewing, veins 12, 11 and 10 well separated; 12 ends on costa

cell,

towards 12, from which, however,
vein 3 from a

de Niceville, Butt, of IncUa,

cell,

the

before

upper

sub-median

base straight, lying close to the base of the


EOBAGINm.

5

sub-median nervure, then suddenly bowed outwards, rather

much

sliort

;

palpi of the female

longer than those of the male.

Type, Papilio amor, Fabricius.

RATHINDA AMOR.
Plate 706,

figs. 4,

Papilio amor, Fabricius, Syst. Ent.

Herbst, Pap.

65 (1787).

p.

(J

p.

4a,

,

J

518 (1775)

Polyommatus amor, Godart, Enc. Meth.

id.

Mathinda amor, Moore, Lep. Ceylon,

i.

Butt, of India,

iii.

113 (1781)

;

id.

Mant.

Ins.

ii.

10 (1804).

490,

p.

pi. 81, fig.

6 (1844).

184 (1869).

p.

99, pi. 42,

figs.

and pupa

lb, larva

la, pi. 34, fig.

1,

Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 359.

of

de Niceville,

$ (1890). Davidson, Bell and Aitken, Journ. Bo.

and pupa. Aitken and Comber, id. vol. xv.

p. 414, pi. 29, fig. 227,

Nat. Hist. Soc. 1896,

p.

ii.

620 (1823).

ix. p.

p.

Sp. Ins.

Hampson, Journ. As.

ex errore (1881).

Spalcjis epius,

and pupa.

figs. 9,

Zephjrus amor, Guerin-Menevile, Icon. Reg. An. Ins.

Myrina amor, Butler, Cat. Fabr. Lep. B. M.

4c, d, larva

260 (1793).

(1), p.

iii.

,

(J

;

302,

xi. p. 43, pi.

Hesperia amor, Fabricius, Ent. Syst.

4b,

,

p. 389, pi. 5, figs. 7, 7a, larva

1903, p. 49.
Sitlion

amor, Staudinger, Ex. Schmett.

Papilio iriopus, Cramer, Pap. Exot.

Myrina

triopus, Horsfield

277,

—Male.

pi. 95,

320,

figs.

9 (1888).

G,

H

(1780).

and Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C.

Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1865,

(1857).

Imago.

p.

iv. pi.

p.

i.

49, pi. 12, figs. 7, larva, 7a,

p. 776.

Upperside brownish-black with a

spots in an outwardly oblique
tails

row from

it.

cell,

yellow

;

Cilia blackish,

with white

tips.

the markings pale chocolate.

with two smaller

Ilindwiag with two black lunular spots

and indications of a third black spot

in the

next upper interspace,

three capped with orange, with a fine blue thread on their outer sides

with white.

Forewing with a

violet-tint.

white spot (sometimes slightly ochreous) beyond the end of the

between the

pupa

;

tails black,

all

tipped

Underside white, sometimes tinged with

Forewing with the apical third chocolate,

its

inner edge in an even curve from the middle of the costa to the hinder margin near the
angle, containing a sub-marginal series

white

;

of small black lunules inwardly edged w^ith

the middle portion of the white space with

mark near

some chocolate

suffusion, a thin

by three or
Hindwing with a lunulated, outwardly curved discal line, the inner
wing space covered with spots and small lunular marks, a sub-marginal orange-yellow
linear

the hinder angle, two short streaks from the base followed

four small spots.

band, lined on

inner side with dark chocolate, on

its

its

outer side

by

metallic blue-

green small spots, some pale chocolate sufiusion near the apex, a black spot between
the two upper

tails,

ringed with pale dull blue, white spots on each side of

white on the outside of the yellow band near the costa
narrow, chocolate band ochreous tinted.

with an orange tip

;

;

it,

some

both wings with a terminal,

Antennge black, ringed with white

;

the club

head and body above and below concolorous with the wings.


LEPIBOPTERA INDICA.

6

Female, above and below like the male, but the white spots on the forewing above
are larger.

Expanse of wings, ^ $ 1 to If':^- inches.
Larva, pale green, the segments armed with elongated divergent

"Pitkuli"

common

(Eugenia zeylanica), but also on Hopea and other things (we reared one on a

garden croton)

;

Feeds

processes.

Feeds on the flowers or young shoots of

on Eu2?horbiacse (Moore).

of a pale green, with a line of long, pink protubarances along the

is

the last curved outwards and upwards, two protuberances curved outwards on the

Ijack,

sides of the last segment,

down

laterally

;

and on the fourth segment a

low

straight, sharp-pointed one,

the line of dorsal protuberances branches near the head into two.
it nears the imago state, marked on the wingabdomen with pink, perfectly smooth, fastened along a
(Davidson, Bell and Aitken.)

Pupa, green, becoming browner as
covers and on the back of the
stalk

by the

tail only.

Habitat.

— Central and Southern India,

Distribution.

—We

We

Trevandrum.

have

took

it

it

from Kandy and Trincomali, in Ceylon,

Bombay and Poona

in

Nilgiris, 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation

Niceville says there

in

is

Wade

at

Taylor took

C.

Kandy and

it

Hampson

;

Moore records

;

it

records

also

from

from the

it

from Calcutta and Kanara

;

de

Museum,

Calcutta, from Sibsaghar,

in Orissa,

Minchin in Ganjam and

a single example in the Indian

Upper Assam, and that W.

Bangalore, and

Ceylon.

Galle.

Genus HORAGA.
Horaga, Moore, Lep. Ceylon,
Butt, of India,

Eyes naked,

in

iii.

p.

11 emitted

do

Veins 12, 11, and

Rathlnda.

near to

from the middle of the

more

in a straight line

before the lower end of the
acute, outer

10

Ratldnda, 12 ends on costa opposite the end of the

in

cell,

and

much

shorter than the

than in Eathinda, vein 3 emitted some
cell

wing

;

margin even, slightly oblique.

lie
cell,

only slightly bowed upwards towards 12,

is

10 at more than one-third before end; middle discocellular
lower,

de NicevOle,

414 (1890).

neuration very

closer together than they

Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 459 (1886).

98 (1881).

p.

i.

short, triangular, costa

Antennse

less

little

distance

gently arched, apex

than half the length of the

costa of forewing, gradually thickening to a pointed club.

Type, Theda onyx, Moore.

HORAGA ONYX.
Plate 706,

figs. 5,

Thccla omjx, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C.

i.

Horaga onyx, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882,
Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892,

p.

640.

p.


,

5a,

?

,

5, b,

$.

30 (1857).

p. 247.

de Niceville, Butt, of India,

iii.

Swiahoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 305.

de Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1898,

p.

387,

pi.

V,

figs.

18a, 18b, larva.

p.

416 (1890).

Mackinnon and


EOBAGINM.
Imago.

—Male.

the end of the

cell,

Upperside cyaneous-blue.
divided into 4

the spot below vein 4 small

by

7

Forewing with a patch of white outside

veins 2, 3 and 4, the upper piece the smallest,

the costa with a black band, narrow at the base, in-

;

creasing in width outwards, occupying the whole apical space

and broadly down the outer margin.

Hlndwlng with the

beyond the white patch,

costal area broadly blackish,

a narrow macular, outer marginal black band, terminal black line, anteciliary bluish-

white thread

;

tails black,

tipped with white.

both wings black, tipped with

Cilia of

white on the hindwing and at the hinder angle of the forewing.

Underside pale

Forewing with the hinder marginal space

ferruginous-brown, with a pinkish-tint.

below the sub-median vein white, a broad white band with dark brown edges crossing
the wing, from the white hinder space to near the costa,
outside the end of the

oblique from vein

4,

cell, fairly

somewhat

erect,

Hindwing with a narrower band

inwardly with dark brown, somewhat diffuse on

first

its

interspace,

sinuous, its outer margin inwardly

narrowing the upper end of the band to a point below the costa,

terminal line dark brown.

constricted in

inner edge passing just

its

its

outer side, the band somewhat

middle, extending from the costa (where

where

it is

angled and

metallic blue-green spots on

it

;

two

continuation, edged

in

it

down

broadest)

is

to the

runs inwards in a straight black line, with

some

and three or four on

similar spots below the angle,

the abdominal margin above the anal angle, a black anal spot, a black spot in interspaces

and

1

2,

each with a metallic blue-green spot attached to

brown, a white thread inside

Antennae black, ringed with white

line.

it

;

marginal line dark

both wings white, containing a medial brown

Cilia of

it.

;

head and body above and below concolorous

with the wings, abdomen whitish beneath and at the

sides.

Upperside paler and duller blue, the discal white patch on the forewing
more complete and usually oval-shaped. Underside as in the male but paler,

Female.
larger,

and the white bands broader.

Expanse of wings, ^ $ 1^ to 1^% inches.
Larva, feeds on the leaves of Coriaria nepalensis,
of viola, Moore,
different,

and

is

furnished with the same

its

is

shaped exactly

like that

of processes, but the colour

is

some parts being green, and others brown.

Pupa, attached by the
for

number

tail

only, with no medial girth,

length, anteriorly light green, the

wing

cases

is

short and very thick

dark brown, the abdominal

segments also brown, on the back of the sides and the body green.

(Mackinnon and

de Niceville.)

Habitat.

—Northern
—The type

India.

Distribution.

Karen

Hills

and Shan Hills

;

is

labelled " Himalayas."

Mackinnon and de Niceville from Mussuri

from Sikkim and from the Khasia Hills

Kumaon, 3,200

Elwes records

;

de Niceville records

feet elevation, the Pilebhit Terai,

it

it
;

from the

we have

it

from Kulu, Deyra Doou,

Jorehat Assam and Orissa.


.

LEPIBOPTEBA INDICA.

8

HORAGA CINGALENSIS.
Plate 707,

figs. 1,

(J

Horaffa chujaJensh, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883,
(1890).

onyx, Davidson, Bell

,

lb,

.

de Niceville, Butt, of India,

525.

p.

$

— Male.

Upperside of a brighter and clearer blue than
usually smaller, not

tail (at

half as long as

p.

417

in onyx.

//.

onyx, the

Hinchcing with

we have

seen, very short, not

Underside, ground colour similar.

Fureicing with the

the end of vein

it is

in

usually extending

the black outer marginal border narrowing hindwards.

2,

iii.

p. 78.

i. p. 99, pi. 39, figs. 2, 2a,
^ (1881).
and Aitken (nee Moore), Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. So3. 1896, p. 389.

outer margin more convex, the white patch

the upper

?

Moore (nee Hewitson), Lep. Ceylon,

ciniata,

Horaga

below vein

la,

Manders, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soo. 1904,

Horaga

Imago.

,

the specimens

3), in all

margins of the white band more even, making the band somewhat bottle-shaped.

Hindimng with the band narrower,
markings somewhat
spot in the

first

similar,

interspace

straighter, not constricted at

is

white, speckled with black atoms, there

capped with metallic blue-green

is

Upperside dull

Female.
basal portion

;

middle, the anal

but the space between the anal black spot and the black

terminal small black spot in the third interspace and each spot and
space

its

some blue scales on the
Hindwing with some white on the

Foreivivg, with

onyx.

//.

in each inter-

Antennae, head and body as in onyx.

scales.

Ijluish-grey.

the white patch as in

an extra sub-

is

mark

middle of the costa and a small suffused whitish space in the middle of the wing, the

ground colour of the wing paler than

it is

on the forewing.

Underside as

in the male.

Expanse of wings, ^ ? 1 to 1^% inches.
Habitat. South India, Ceylon.

—

Distribution.

from Kanara

;

it

—The type came from Ceylon

is

we have both

;

sexes from

Kandy and

H. onyx, but can always be recognized by the

closely allied to

shortness of the tail at the end of vein

3.

HORAGA MOULMEINA.
Plate 707,

figs. 2,

$,

2a,

Hiiraga moulmeina, Moore, Proe. Zool. Soe. 1883, p. 525.

Horaga siMchna, Moore, Proc. Zool.
(1890).

Soc.

?

,

p. 305.


de Nieeville, Butt, of India,
de

1883, p. 525.

Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893,

2b,

Nice^-ille,

iii.

p.

Butt, of India,

418 (1890).
iii.

p.

418

AVatson, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1897,

p. 667.

Horaga

species,

Imago.
//.

onyx,

vein

2,

—

de Nieeville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1883,

]\Iale.

Upperside.

but not divided

l)y

p. 235.

Forewing with a white patch in the upper

the veins,

its

disc as in

lower portion extending broadly below

the costal portion including the whole of the

cell, all

the space beyond the


EOBAGINM.

9

white patch, and the outer margin (broadly) black, the small remaining portion of the

wing cyaneous, a little darker than in onyx, the costa is longer, making the apex more
Hindwing with the costal space above the sub-costal vein, and a little
produced.
below that vein outside the cell, black the rest of the wing cyaneous with some
darker irrorations towards the base, outer margin marked as in onyx tail at the end of
;

;

vein 3 as short as

Forewing with the white band extending upwards only a

ochreous-brown colour.

beyond the sub-costal

Underside paler than in onyx and of a clear

in that species.

it is

vein, not

narrowing to a point near the costa as

it

little

does in onyx.

Hindwitig with the band similarly shaped, but narrower and without the metallic bluegreen spots

a small black anal spot, a large black spot in the first interspace, with

;

on

a metallic blue-green dot

it,

the space between irrorated with black and a few white

atoms, capped with pale blue-grey and then black thin lunules, the metallic blue-green

markings of onyx not present.
Female.

Upperside.

wing space black, except
costal vein

cyaneous,

dull

is

paler in colour, the upper part of the wing above the sub-

and the basal half of the

all

whole

larger, the

below the median vein, which

for the basal two-thirds

Hindwing

dark cyaneous.

Forewing with the white patch somewhat

cell blackish,

the rest of the wing dull dark

much

the veins from vein 4 hindwards black, the outer marginal markings

as in onyx, all the tails as long

that species, and in both sexes are as

as they are in

Underside as in the male, but there are usually a

usual black, tipped with white.

few metallic blue-green small spots near the anal angle.

Expanse of wings, ^ $ 1^^ to 1^% inches.
Habitat.
Assam, Sikkim, Bhutan, Burma.

—

Distribution.

we have

—Watson records

it

from the Chin

de Niceville from Bhutan,

Hills,

received several examples of both sexes from the Khasia Hills, the type

came

from Maulmein, the type of sikkiina from Sikkim.

HORAGA ALBIMACULA.
Plate 702,
Sithon albimacula,

Wood-Mason and de

Horaga albimacula, de
pi. 25, fig.

Imago.

148,

—Male.

Niceville,

I.e.

figs. 3,

(J

,

3a,

(J

.

Niceville, Jouru. As. Sec. Bengal, 1S81, p. 249.

1888,

p. 284,

pi. 14, fig. 9,

(J

;

id.

Butt, of India,

iii.

p.

420,

(1890).


Upperside.

Forewing brown-black, of a vinous

tint,

with a large

conspicuous oval white discal spot equal in length to half the breadth of the part of the

organ on which

its

equally distant from the opposite margins, and so placed that

it lies,

major axis and more pointed anterior end are directed towards the middle of the

costa.

Hindwing dark

margin

to the apical

VOL. IX.

violet-lilue,

bordered increasingly from the base of the anterior

angle and thence decreasingly to the anal angle with fuscous
C


LEPIDOPTERA INDICA.

10

lilack,

aud from the sub-median iiervure

with a fine black anteciliaiy

to the

abdominal margin with greyish-black,

and immediately internal to

line,

this a

very faint and

fine silvery-grey line decreasing from the anal angle and dwindling to nothing before

reaching the apical angle, with

the

aud with the

.shorter

ones edged internally with

tails

median one white-tufted at

tipped with silvery-

cilia,

inner extremity.

and

the longer intermediate

Underside, both wings

much

and prominent white band bordered both sides
a darker shade than the rest of the ground colour, passing oflF from

Forewing with a broad

lighter.

with fuscous of

the

of

distance

of the inner

portion

the greyish-white basal

short

silvery-white

its

evenly

sub-median and second median

black-brown, the unequal

white,

first

dark brown,

cilia

costa,

increasing

median nervule, and thence decreasing
with fuscous), so that

its

in

to

margin across the organ to within a

its

its

course

to a little

anterior extremity

beyond the
(which

is

first

washed

outline, while almost straight internally, is bluntly obtuse-

angled externally, and with the outer margin at the inner angle obsoletely trilineated
with white as in the hindwing.

Hindioing with a narrower and

less

conspicuous discal

whitish band of uniform width throughout, not sharply defined, but on the contrary
dift'used

externally,

and bordered internally with a

than the ground, sharply bent inwards

at

line

right angles

of fuscous which

is

darker

to itself to the abdominal

and externally margined with brassy at the posterior end, with the deep

margin

black spot of the small anal lobe, a large grey patch of grey scales between the ends
of the sub-median nervure
to

and about half the

uervules, and

spicuous

and the

between the ends of the

size of this

a very short

median nervule, an intense black spot next

first

spot between the ends of the

black

first

and second median

and transversely elongated or narrow similar but inconfirst

aud second median nervules,

all

internally margined with a discontinuous line of brassy scales which extends from the

point where the dark discal striga with
all alono' the outer

described spots,
finely lineated

up

maroin of the
to

its

brassy edging reaches the abdominal margin

oro;ans, followino-

the inner contours of the above

the second sub-costal nervule, and with the external margin

wdth three regularly concentric silvery-white

lines separated

another by the black anteciliary line and the brown bases of the

and de

cilia.

from one

(Wood-Mason

Niceville.)

Female unknown.
Expanse of wings, $ 1 to
Habitat. Andamans.

I-j-q

inches.

—

We

have not seen this species

Ave give copies of

;

it is

de Niceville's figure

de Niceville, in having no sex mark.

;

it

said to

have no secondary sexual character

appears to be only separable from

11.

;

rana,


EOBAGWM.

11

HORAGA RANA.
Plate 707,

Horaga rana, de Mceville, Journ. As.
India,

Imago.
scales

iii.

p.

417,

—Male.

pi.

25,

fig.

149,

figs. 4,

4a,

,

(J

4b,

^

.

fig.

10,

^

id.

;

Butt, of

(1890).


Forewiny with some cerulean-blue

on the basal half of the wing below the median nervure, faintly indicated in
in others

some examples extending

5 to vein 2, in

a

;

into the next lower interspace, the

little

Hlndwing somewhat paler than the
the disc, varying in

forewing, a patch of cerulean-blue scales in

examples

black, tipped with white, the upper tail

tails

abdominal fold

transverse medial

band right across the wing, edged on

in

ditlerent

Forewing with a white

Ijoth sides

inner margin nearly straight, passing just outside the

erect to vein 4, then curving inwards, the

size

at the end of vein 3 rather

Underside, chocolate-brown.

pale.

from vein

discal white patch outside the cell,

an oval

;

patch divided into three pieces by the veins.

its

,

Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 283, pi. 14,

Upperside brownish-black.

some examples, absent

short,

?

cell, its

with dark brown,

outer margin nearly

band thus gradually narrowing

to the costa

brown suffused space outside the upper part of
Hindioing with a narrow, transverse, white band in continuation of the band
the band.
on the forewing, its inner margin edged with dark brown, slightly sinuous down to the
sub-median vein, then curving inwards in a black line to the abdominal margin above
which

it

does not quite touch

;

a dark

the anal angle, with some metallic blue-green scales on the

line,

the outer margin of

the white band diffuse.

much

Forewing with the white patch

Upperside similarly brownish-black.

Female.

larger, extending

hindwards to near the hinder margin, with some blue scales on

Hindwing without any markings,

the basal half of the wing below the median vein.

sometimes with some scattered blue
colour, the

Underside a

the disc.

little

paler in

bands broader, the upper part of the band on the forewing slightly hooked.

AntenuBS black, ringed with white

Expanse of wings, ^

1

Habitat.— Andaman

We

scales in

have

it

to

l-f-^,

;

head and body black above, grey beneath.
% ly% to 1^^ inches.

Islands.

in our collection

from Port

Blair.

HORAGA VIOLA.

Plate 707,

Horaga

viola,

figs.

Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882,

Mackinnon and de

.5,

$

p. 248.

,

5a,

9

,

5b,

^

.

de Niceville, Butt, of India,

iii.

p.

419 (1890).

Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1898, p. 388.

Horaga onyx, Hampson (nee Moore), Journ. As.

Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 358.

C 2


LEPIDOPTERA INDICA.

12

Imago.

—Male.

Upperside blackish-brown with a slight violet

with a somewhat oval white patch outside the

Hindwiiig without markings,

examples.
line of

varying

cell,

tails black,

in

different

in

size

tipped with white, outer marginal

Undersider paler with a stronger violet

both wings finely black.

Forewlng

tint.

I^orewinc/

tint.

with the white patch continued to the hinder margin somewhat constricted at the

Ilindwing with a black anal spot, another usually (but not always)

sub-median vein.

and some obscure blackish spots in the others. Antennae black,
head and body above and below concolorous with the wings rn)

in the first interspace

ringed with white
.sex

mark
it

;

Upperside dull greyish-blue.

Female.

than

;

in the male.

is

band rather broad, widening gradually from the

the male, costal black

in

Forewlng with the white patch larger

base to the apex, filling up the whole apical space outside the white patch and broad

down

the outer margin to the hinder angle.

l^lackish,

Ilindwing with the costal space broadly

with a small white patch on the middle of the costa, the outer margin with a

narrow, more or less macular black band, marginal line finely deep black, with an inner

Underside as

white thread.

in the male.

Expanse of wings, ^ % \ inch.
Larva. A single specimen from a larva found feeding

—

of

Coriaria nepalensis.

It

a

is

most curious-looking

in

Mussuri on the leaves

creature, about half an inch

long, of a reddish-brown colour, of the usual lycaenid shape, but furnished with eleven

two on the third segment, one each on the

tentacular processes,

and ninth segments,

all

dorsal, the

eleventh has two lateral ones.

Habitat.

fourth, seventh, eiglith,

has three, two lateral and one dorsal, the

fifth

(Mackinnon and de

Niceville.)

— India.

Distribution.

—The type

and de Nieeville record
3,500 feet elevation

;

came from Dharmsala, N.W. Himalayas

from Mussuri and Sikkim

it

it

from the

Nilgiris,

though widely distributed.

a rare species,

it is

we have

;

Mackinnon

;

INDO-MALAYAN ALLIED SPECIES.

Horaga

lefevrei,

Soraga

ciniata,

SithoQ lefevrei, Felder,

Wien

Sithon ciniata, Hewitson,

111.

Eiit.

Mon.

vi. p.

291 (1862).

Diurii. Lep. p. 35, pi.

1-f, tigs.

Habitat, Philippines.
30, 31 (1803).

Habitat,

Celebes.

Horaga

iiiseiiala,

Sithon ma-nala, Hewitsou,

Zool. Soc. 1895, p. 612.

Horaga

halba, Distant,

Horaga

onijchiita,

Horaga

decolor, Staudinger,

Horaga

affinis,

fig. 9,

(J.

Rhop. Malayana,

Staudinger,

Staudinger,

I.e.

p. 7, pi. 3, figs.

85, 86 (1869).

H. H. Dnice, Proc.

Habitat, Borneo.

Iris,

I.e. p.

I.e. p.

p. 460, pi. 4:4, fig.

1889, p. 113.
112.

23 (1886).

Habitat, ^Malay Peninsula

Habitat, Java.

Habitat, Philippines.

113 (1889).

H. H. Druee, Proc.

Fruhstorfer, Berl. Eiit. Zeit. 1898, p. 180.

Zool. Soc.

1895,

Habitat, Borneo, Nias.

p.

ijll,

pi.

34,


—

;

HORAGINM
Horager anytus, Staudinger,

I.e. p.

113.

Habitat, Java.

Horaga anara,

I.e. p.

180.

Habitat, Java.

Friihstorfer,

Horaga camiguina, Semper, Rhop.

Horaga

holotlmra, Swinhoe,

1895,

p.

Habitat, Mindanao, Philippines.

Philipp. V. p. 216 (1890).

Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1894,

Habitat, Java

611.

13

4.30.

p.

H. H. Druce, Proe.

Zool. Soc.

Kina Balu, Borneo.

;

Sub-Family

DEUDORIXINvE.

Foreicing triangular, costa arelied, apex more or less acute, outer margin convex,
oblique, hinder angle sub-acute, hinder

margin straight

Hindw'mg short produced hiudwards, the wing
the end of vein

anal lobe

;

3,

a single filamentous

in four

without them.

idth three sub-costal nervules.

slightly produced in a short angle at

the end of vein 2, and a well-developed

tail at

genera with secondary sexual characters in the male, in six genera

The antennae

eyes are hairy in

;

long and slender, with a gradually formed club

fairly

the genera but two

all

;

in four genera in

the forewing vein

;

1 1 is

bowed towards 12 and nearly anastomoses with it; in six genera vein 11
from 12. The coloration on the upperside is generally dark brown tinged more

strongly
free
less

the

with blue, in a few

various shades from

following order

it

is

brown

orange, or scarlet red
to yellow.

The

;

on the underside the colour

different genera

may

is

or

is in

be tabulated in the

:

iSinthuga,

Moore.

Hysudra, Moore.

At IN

Bindahara, de N.

iLehera, Moore.

n

TT

(7

(Bapala, Moore.

V

I

7

M

iZinaspa, de N.
Drina, de N.

Genus SINTHUSA.
Sinthusa, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1884, p. 33.

de Niceville, Butt, of India,

Eyes very
end of the

towards 12, which

11
it

p.

483 (1890).

Leech, Butt, of China,

ete.

ii.

p.

394 (1893).

Forewing, vein 12 terminates on the costa beyond the upper

hairy.

cell,

iii.

Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 461 (1886)

emitted at two-thirds from the base,
almost touches for some distance

the end, 9 short, from 7

beyond

its

;

and

is

bowed upwards

10 from about one-fifth before

middle, discocellulars nearly straight, upright, the


.

LEPIDOPTERA INDICA.

11

lower

tlie

longer, vein 6 emitted

middle, 4 from lower end of

from near the upper end,

cell,

somewhat bowed,

5

from a

from a

3

little

above the

little

before the lower

end, 2 from about the middle, wing short, costa arched at base, apex rather acute, outer

margin convex, hinder margin bulged out just before the middle
a tuft of hairs attached to the margin and turned upwards,

arched, emitted from the middle of

wing

of the
5

;

which

cell,

is

in the male,

and has

llindwing with vein 7

broad, triangular and half the breadth

from upper end of the

discocellulars oblique, of equal length, vein 6

cell,

from the middle of discocellulars, 3 from very near the lower end, 2 from the middle,

a small anal lobe

and a short filamentous

tail at

the end of vein

2,

the male with an

cell.

Type, Thecla nasaka, Horsfield.

SINTHUSA NASAKA,
Plate 708,

figs. 1,


,

la,

?

,

lb,

$.

Thecla nasaka, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E.I.C. p. 91 (1829).

Deudorix nasaka, Hewitson,

III.

Diurn. Lep.

p. 24, pi. 5, figs. 45, 46,

Hypoli/csena nasaJca, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882, p. 249.

1883, p. 77,

pi. 9, fig. 2,

(1863).

?

Sinthusa nasaha, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1884, p. 34.
(1890).

$

de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal,

Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892,

de Niceville, Butt, of India,

Mackinnon and de

p. 644.

iii.

p.

484

Niceville, Journ. Bo. Nat.

Hist. Soc. 1898, p. 389.

ImA-GO.

—Male.

Upperside blue-black.

Forewing with the outer margin very

broadly black, the blue merging into the black, but in certain lights a broad even
black outer marginal band occupying a third of the wing

is visible.

the basal and abdominal areas pale, in certain lights there

is

liasal

area

and another on the outer

black, tipped with white

and the anal lobe, where
little

the

;

side of the

terminal line black.
it is

a black streak below the

abdominal area, and on the veins
Cilia black, except

white, tipped with black.

darker than the ground colour, edged with white.

;

tail

between the

tail

Underside grey, markings a

Forewing with a

line closing

a discal, slightly outwardly curved line of lunules from near the costa to below

cell,

the sub-median vein.

Ilindwbu] with a thin bar across the end of the

band of thicker lunules passing

;

cell,

a discal

close outside the cell bar, the third lunule outside the

others, the lower portion of the series indented

margin

Hindioing with

and curving inwards

to the

abdominal

a double sub-marginal series of small lunular marks, all capped with bluish-

white, a black anal spot, a larger one in the first interspace, both capped with pale

orange, a pale orange line between

them

;

terminal line on both wings black, with a

white inner thread on the lower half of the hindwing.
white

;

Antennas black, ringed with

head and Iwdy above concolorous with the wings, white below.


.

BEUDOBIXINJE.
Forewing somewhat paler

Upperside somewhat glossy brown.

Female.

15
internally.

some black sub-marginal lunular spots capped
interspace larger and more conspicuous than the

Ilindiving with the abdominal fold pale,

with white, the spot in the

lower fourth of the wing
paler and the markings

more prominent.
1 to

— Himalayas,

Distribution.

—A

Java the

Underside as in the male, the ground colour

bluish-white.

is

Expanse of wings, ^ ?
Habitat.

first

caps in some examples are large, in one example from

others, the white

ly%

inches.

Sikkim, Assam, Java.

widely distributed species from

the Himalayas to Java, but

never common, varying somewhat in colour and markings on the upperside, especially
in the females

from Shillong

;

came from Java, we have

the type

Elwes records

;

it

Upper Assam, Mackinnon and
from Sikkim, Kaugra and Kulu it is in the

from Margharita

de Niceville from Mussuri, de Niceville
B.

M.

in

;

from Eanikhet and the Khasia

also

from Preanga, and both sexes

it

Hills.

SINTHUSA CHANDRANA.
Plate 708,

figs. 2,

^

2a,

,

Hypolycaena chandrana, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882,

Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1883, p 78,

pi. 9, fig. 1,

?

2b,

249,

p.

$

,


pi.

.

11, figs.

2a,

2,

$.

de Niceville,

.

Chliaria chandrana, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1884, p. 33.

SintJmsa chandrana, de Niceville, Butt, of India,

Leech, Butt, of China,

p. 645.

Nat. Hist. Soc. 1898,
Hypolycsena

grotei,

etc.

ii.

p.

iii.

p.

486 (1890).

395 (1893).

Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1893,

Mackinnon and de

Niceville, Journ. Bu.

p. 389.

Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1883,

p.

527,

pi. 49, fig. 5,

Sinthusa grotei, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1884, p. 34.

^

Swinhoe, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893,

p. 307.

ThecJa pratti. Leech, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889,
Butt, of China, etc.

id.

Imago.

—Male.

ii.

p. 110, pi. 7, fig. 4,

p. 354, pi. 30, fig. 10,

(J

;

id.

Entom.

xxiii. p.

44 (1890)

,:

^ (1893).

Upperside, dark violet-brown, shading darker towards the outer

Hindioing with the costal area dark, the rest of the wing showing more

margin.

violet colour in certain lights
line black,

abdominal area

;

pale.

anal lobe black, with a pale blue

Forewing with a broad bar at the end of the

white edgings.

broad, square, conjoined spots, the

first

two from the

the next four in a slightly outwardly curved

sub-median vein,
the discoidal bar.

spots below

it,

its

mark ou

it,

terminal

Underside grey, markings darker grey with prominent
cell,

a discal band of six

costa, slightl)^

band decreasing

outwardly oblique,

in size

upper ends touching the lower ends of the

first

hindwards to the

two spots and of

Hindwing with a sub-basal black spot below the

one above the other, both inside the

bar, constricted in its middle, a discal

cell,

costa,

the upper one small

band of similar sized spots

and two
;

a thick

in four pieces, the


LEPWOPTEBA

16

composed of two conjoined spots from the

first

upper outer end

INDICA.

costa, the h^wer inner

end touching the

two conjoined spots outwardly

of the discoidal bar, the next piece of

curved, the upper inner end touching the lower outer end of the spots above
piece

composed of two conjoined

them and

spots above

the third

upper ends touching the lower ends of the

spots, the

of the discoidal bar, the last piece in a very acute angle to the

abdominal margin, with a spot on the margin above

it

;

both wings with a sub-marginal

angular lunules, with a series of minute lunular marks between

series of

;

margin on the hiudwing, a small anal black
capped with orange, with a white edge on

it

and the

spot, a large one in the first interspace,

its

outer side and a very small dark spot

ringed with white in the interspace between the two black spots.

Upperside blackish-brown.

Female.

Hlndwing with a black outer marginal
an orange spot in

with

F'oreiving

the

and an inner white thread

line

Underside paler than the male, markings

it.

black, ringed with white

central
;

part

pale.

anal lobe with

similar.

Antennse

head and body above and below concolorous with the wings

;

;

eyes ringed with white.

Expanse of wings, ^

$

to

1

Ij^

inches.

— Himalayas, Burma, Sikkim, Assam, China.
Distribution. — Recorded by de Niceville from Dehra
Habitat.

Upper Burma, by Elwes from the Karen
]\Iu3suri

Kangra

;

;

we have both

Hills,

sexes from the Khasia Hills

the type of j^raiti

is

in the B.

Dhun, Sikkim and Tsenbo,

by Mackinnon and de
it

;

is

Niceville

from

in the B. 31. also

from

M. from Foochow, and

also

examples from

Kiukiana; in China.

SINTHUSA AMBA.
Plate 708,
Hypolycsena amha, Kirby, in Hewitson's

figs. 3,

111.


,

3a,

?

,

3b,

(J

Diurn. Lep. Suppl.

.

p. 32, pi. 5b, figs. 44, 46,

cJ

;

45,

2

(1878).

Sinthusa amha, Distant, Rhop. Malayana, p. 461,

As. Soc. Bengal, 1889,

p.

427.

pi. 44, figs. 12,

(J, 19,

de Niceville, Butt, of India,

iii.

p.

J (1886). Doherty, Journ.
485 (1890). Elwes, Proc.

Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 644.

Imago.
middle.

—Male.

Hlndwing

Upperside purple-brown.

Foreiolng flushed with purple in the

and abdominal

of a brighter purple, the costal space

brown, the purple of the wing

is

edged with black towards the

costa,

fold pale

and hindwards

it

extends in a narrow detached streak just outside the anal spot, edged on both sides

with black
its

inner

;

anal lobe black, with some blue scales on

side.

with a bluish

Cilia
tint,

and

tails

it,

and a small orange spot on

black, the latter tipped with white.

shading darker towards the margins

;

Underside grey

markings ochreous-grey.

Foreicing with a douljle line at the end of the' cell, a post-medial, almost straight band
of oval marks, with orange centres.

Hlndwing with

a

double line at the end of the


.

BEUDORIXINM.
cell

17

an outwardly curved irregular band of short, double, linear marks, which curves

;

in on to the

abdominal margin above the anal angle

spot in the

first

median

interspace,

some blue

a black anal spot, a larger black

;

between them,

scales in the interspace

capped with a continuous band of orange and outwardly lined with white, some

all

above them.

indistinct sub-marginal double markino;s

white

;

club with an orange tip

;

Antennse black, ringed with

frons white, collar finely white

head and body above

;

and below eoncolorous with the wings.
Upperside brown, with a rufous

Female.

tint.

Forewing with the colour shading

Hindicing with the lower half bluish-white, anal

darker towards the outer margin.

spot black, a small black spot in each of the next three interspaces, terminal line black.

Underside as

in the male.

Expanse of wings, $ $ -^^ to 1 inch.
Habitat. Mergui, Burma, Malay Peninsula.

—

Distribution.
records

it

—The

types came from the Myitta, Tenasserim and Mergui

from Eastern Pegu, Distant from the Malay Peninsula

figures are from

Burmese examples

;

Elwes

our descriptions and

;

M.

in the B.

SINTHUSA VIRGO.
Plate 708,

figs. 4,


,

Hypolycsena virgo, Elwes, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1887,
Hypohjcsena

(1

4a,

?

p.

446.

,

4b,

^

,

4c,

Sinfhusa) virgo, Elwes, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1888, p. 396,

Sinthusa virgo, de Niceville, Butt, of India,

iii.

p.

?

.

^

pi. 8, fig. 7,

488, frontispiece,

134,

fig.

,J

(1890)'.

Elwes,

Proc. Zool. Soc. 1892, p. 645.

Imago.

— Male.

wings shining light blue.

Upperside, both

Cilia

white, but

becoming dusky towards the apex of the forewing, tipped with black on the anal
Forewing with the costa as

apex

still

more broadly,

far as the costal nervure, the outer

black.

Hindwing with the

abdominal margin whitish, an anteciliary
less

broadly bordered with black

;

tail

discocellular

fine black line, the veins

black, tipped with

outwardly more or

white.

discal

Underside, both

macular broken

outwardly defined finely with black, a short similar band on the

nervules.

portions, the upper
little

margin broadly, the

costa very broadly black, the

wings bluish-white, an indistinct sub-marginal dusky band, a
ochreous band

lobe.

Forewing with the

composed of three

inwards, the lower portion

sub-median interspace.

of

spots,

band composed of three distinct
the middle of two, which are shifted a

discal

one spot also shifted inwards, placed in the

Hindwing with the

discal

band composed of three

pairs of

spots from the costa, then three or four single spots recurved to the abdominal margin

;

the inner portion of the sub-marginal band bearing a bright yellow line from the

second median nervule to the abdominal margin, the anal lobe black, a small round
VOL. IX.

D

LEPIDOPTEBA INDICA.

18

spot

l)lack

the margiu in the

oil

median interspace surrounded with

first

Body black

metallic blue scales, a few of these scales in the sub-median interspace.

(de Niceville.)

above, bluish-white below,

Forewing black, with a large

Upperside.

Female.

discal patch of

Ijecoming dull black on the costal margin, with a single narrow black
Cilia white,

white, and a emxall fuscous lobe at the anal angle.

tail,

Forewing with a

two-thirds of the length, not extending cpite to the hinder margin

and an

with similar bands, of which the

indistinct outer

a short double-

;

band near the edge.

extends in the usual broken

first

tipped with

narrowly edged with black on both sides about

distinct transverse sinuous yellowish band,

cell,

and

black,

narrow towards the

Underside, both wings bright French- grey.

lined bar at the end of the

French-grey

Hindwing grey, powdered with

extending to the hinder margin inwardly.

apex of the forewing.

brilliant

W to

Hindwing
the inner

margin, and in addition a short band of three blackish spots within the discal bar
the anal angle two blue spots, of which the outer

pale grey beneath.

;

Antennse ringed with
black, with grey hairs,

If'o,

? l^^ to lf% inches.

— Sik kim.

Distribution.
Hills

half black.

(Elwes.)

Expanse of wings, J
Habitat,

;

at

body above

is

black and white, with a fuscous tip to the club

;

— The types came from Sikkim, Elwes records

we have not seen the

it

also

and therefore give copies of de

species,

from the Naga

and

Niceville's

Elwes' figures.

INDO-MALAYAN ALLIED SPECIES.
Sinllmsa maliha, Theela malika, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E.I.C.
Cat. Lep. Mus. E.I.C.
p. 43, pi. 5, figs. 18,

i.

5.

Horsfield and Moore,

90 (1829).

de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1894,

5 (1857).

p. 37, pi. la, tig.

(J, 6,

p.

Habitat, Java, Sumatra, Nias.

Slnthisa amata, Distant, Ehop. Malayana, p. 461,

44,

pi.

fig.

20,

Habitat, Penang,

? (1886).

Borneo.
SiniJiusa peregrinus, Staudinger, Lep. Pal. p. Ill, pi.

Sintlmsa verriculata, Deudorix

i.

fig.

11,

,J

(1889).

Habitat, Philippines.

verriculata, Snellen, Tijd. voor Ent. xxxiv. p. 257,

pi.

15,

fig.

3 (1892).

Habitat, Celebes.
Sinihisa aspra, Doherty, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1891,
fig.

17,

(J

.

p.

180.

de Niceville,

id.

1894, p. 44,

pi.

5,

Habitat, Mt. Arjuno, East Java.

Sintlmsa verena, Grose-Smith, Nov. Zool.

ii.

p.

514 (1895).

Habitat, Celebes.

Genus HYSUDRA.
Hysudra, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882,

Eyes very

hairy.

p.

250.

de Niceville, Butt, of India,

iii.

p.

453 (1890).

Forewing, vein 12 ends on costa opposite upper end of

11 emitted from upper two-thirds of the

cell, is

cell,

bowed upwards, almost touching 12

in


DEUDORIXIN^.

19

the male, well separated in the female, 10 from three-fourths, 9 from 7 at one half,

outwardly oblique, both slightly concave,

discocellulars nearly upright, very slightly

the lower the longer
discocellular, 4

vein 6 from upper end of

;

from lower end of

fourth before the end

bowed

cell,

from near lower end of upper

cell, 5

from before the end, 2 from one-

3

;

costa nearly straight, slightly curving inwards

;

beyond the

middle, outer margin convex, hinder margin straight, without the usual long tuft of
hairs turned

upwards from near the base

in

many

the male as in so

allied genera.

liindwing, vein 8 very short, not nearly reaching the apex of the wing, discocellulars of

nearly equal length, straight and outwardly oblique, vein 3 emitted just before lower

end of

cell

the sub-costal nervure,

nervule

and touching

a semicircular glandular patch of scales in the male, above

;

its

outer edge not reaching the origin of the

first

sub-costal

costa arched at base, apex rounded, outer margin slightly convex, a moderate-

;

sized anal lobe,

and slender

tail

at the

end of vein

of moderate length.

2,

Antennae

slender, with a well-formed club.

Type, Deudorix

selira,

Moore.

HYSUDRA SELIRA.
Plate 709,

Deudorix

Hysudra

Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1874,

selira,
selira,

Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1882,

de Niceville, Butt, of India,

iii.

p.

Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1898,

Deudorix

nissa,

Hewitson

figs. 1,

454,

$.

lb,

p. 272.

Doherty, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1886,

p. 2.50.

pi. 29, fig.

Leslie

p. 388.

(part, nee Kollar),

?,

111.

240,

(1890).

$

and Evans,

Diurn. Lep.

id.

p.

Mackinnon and de

1903,

p.

126.

Niceville,

675.

p.

23, pi. 10,

44,

fig.

^

(nee

figs.

42,

43), (1863).

Imago.

—Male.

Upperside brown, with a slight bluish

tint.

Forewing with a

large sub-quadrate orange patch in the upper disc, generally limited hindward

sub-median vein,

upper part narrower and more or

its

less

rounded,

its side

by the

margins

Hindwing with a rather broad outer marginal orange band,
narrowing upwards, its inner margin irregular, with the brown veins running through

somewhat
it

;

tail

irregular.

brown, tipped with white

brown.

Underside orange-grey.

Cilia orange-grey.

showing through the wing

anal lobe orange

;

;

a thin

pale

brown

;

outer marginal line blackish-

Forewing with the orange patch

discal

band or thick line, slightly
Hindwing with a similar

outwardly curved and outwardly edged with pale whitish.

band which

discal

abdominal margin
first

is
;

sinuous and curves inwards with two blunt angles on to the

anal lobe black, capped with orange-white

interspace, capped with orange

inside

it,

and indications of

;

a pale

brown marginal

a double sub-marginal band.

;

line

a black spot in the

with a white thread

Antennae black, ringed with

white

;

head and body above and below concolorous with the wings

white

;

eyes ringed with white.

;

abdomen below
D 2