THE COMMON BV TTERFLIEi^ OF THE VLAINS OF INDIA. im 



that forms a more or less cateuulated, short band extend from the costa 

 to vein 3, the inner lines of the two continued to vein 1 ; two more obscure, 

 subterminal, composed of inwardly-convex lunules and a single, straight, 

 terminal line, the area enclosed between the subterminal lines and between 

 the terminal line darker in the interspaces, giving the appearance of 

 two obscure, subterminal lines of spots edged inwardly and outwardly by 

 white lilies. Hind wing : crossed in the middle by nine very broken and 

 irregular lines, by fewer above and below : tracing them from the costa 

 downwards their middle short pieces are found to be shifted outwards and a 

 few are short and not complete, the inner two are posteriorly bent abruptly 

 upwards, the subterminal two are lunular and the terminal line nearly 

 continuous ; posteriorly, between the subterminal pair of lines, in interspace? 

 1, there is a small black spot inwardly edged with orange and in inter- 

 space 2 a ni\ich larger, round, black spot : both black spots are touched with 

 metallic blue scales. Antennae (the tip of stub and orange inside opalescent 

 at base), head, thorax and abdomen bhxck ; beneath, the shaft of the antenn,-' 

 banded with white : palpi, thorax and abdomen narrowly white Female. 

 (Pi. G, fig. 41a) — Similar to the male generally but with the following difier- 

 ences : — llpperside, fure wing: ground-colour fuscous opaque black, tlv\ 

 velvety black, blue basal area more restricted and not so deep a blue nor 

 at all metallic. Hind wing : the black costal and terminal margins very 

 much broader, the blue on the basal area consequently much restricted and of 

 the same shade as tlie blue on the fore wing ; terminal margin v\ith a suL- 

 terminal, anteriorly obsolescent series of spots of a shade darker than 

 that of the terminal black area on which they are superposed ; these spots 

 posteriorly more or less distinctly encircled inwardly with slender lines < f 

 blue and outwardly of white ; anteriorly these lines are almost obsolete. 

 Cilia of both fore and hind wings and the filamen.ous short tail, as in tl.c 

 male. Underside: similar to that of the male, but the ground-colour 

 generally paler and d idler ; the transverse, white lines broader and more 

 clearly defined. Antennse, head, thorax and abdomen as in the male. Ko 

 fringe of hairs to the inner margin of fore wing in either sex. Expanse : 

 Male and female, 34-38 mm. 



Larva. — Normal. Head hidden under segment 2, small, round, shininL' 

 yellow; mandibles dark ; segment 2 broadly semi-circular in outline rather 

 Battened, the front margin with a small, shallow sinus in dorsal line, the 

 dorsal depression 4-sided as usual and covered closely with n.innte. black 

 tubercles ; segment 3 slightly higher than 2 and a good deal broader, 1 

 again higher and a little broader than 3 ; segments 4-10 about equal 1i> 

 each other in breadth and h^ight : 11-14 dorsally flattered. sJopiug gentlv 

 to the rounded end. Surface of body dull ; a slight, central, ilor.sal depres 

 sion on segments 3, 4 ; a lateral, somewhat accentuated, lengthened de- 

 pression parallel to and behind front margin and another, similnr, centra', 

 spiracular one in which, at the upper end. the spiracle is situated : one oF 

 each to each segment 4-1 1 ; gland of segment 1 1 transverse, linear : organs 

 of segment 1'2 circular-mouthed, protruding cylindrical, white tubes at will; 

 some few simple, moderately long, erect, white hairs from marpin of anal 

 segment: the surface densely clothed all over with minute conical, fine 

 erect, black hair^s from tiny, star shaped bases mixei' with a few golde?! 

 similar ones. Spiracles of ordinary shape and size. Colour: dirty, soiled 

 rose, with a moderately broad, lateral, neutral-tint coJoun d line and 

 a similar, dorsal, longitudinal line L : 11 mm. : B : 5 mm. ; H. -4 mm. 



Pupa. — Normal. Head with the frons perpendicular to the longitudinal 

 axis of pupa, high, the vertex just visible from above beyond tl e froiit 

 margin of segment 2 ; this seement with the free, front margin rounded, 

 of ordinary length, the dorsal line very gently sloped towards thorax : 



