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iasect anywhere, and is in most places of its range even very rare. We recognise 

 sis geographical races, of which that inhahiting South India is the most couspicnonsly 

 different. The pattern of this South Indian form seems to ns to be the most typical 

 in so far as the discal band of the forewing is more complete than in the other 

 races, the chestnut discal patches of the underside of forewing, which represent 

 certainly a specialisation in the pattern, are here absent or just faintly indicated, 

 the upper median bar is mucli less distal than in the Mahxyan raees, and the 

 discal, postdiscal and snbmedian bars of the forewing below are more distinctly 

 marked, especially in the costal region of the wing. 



It. E. schreiber wardi (Nov. Zool. V. t. Xll. f. 'Z, 6). 



Chiiiiixes schreihm, Nici'ville, Butt, uf Inil. II. p. 274. n. 5G7 (188G) (pt. ; Travancore ; Wynaad) ; 



Fergus., Jmn-ii. Bombay X //. S"r-. VI. p. 440. n. 79 (1891) (Travancore ; Pirmerd) ; Davids.. 



Bell & Aitk., ibid. X. p. 257. n. G4 (I89r,) (Canara ; habits, metam.). 

 Euhpis u-artli, Moore, Lep. Iml. II. p. 2l)"2. t. 188. f. 2. 2a. b., ^, larva, pupa (1890) (Karwar, type ; 



Calicut ; Pirmerd ; Wynaad ; Anjirucady, near Tellichery) : Butl., Jouni. Linn. Soc. Limd. 



XXV. p. 404 note (1896). 



<J. Winffs, upperside. Forewing : median baud narrower than in Javau 



e.xamples, closer to cell, patches R' — M- concave outwardly, a spot 3 to 4 mm. in 

 length before vein W, spot R- — II' a little smaller, close to the former, less distal 

 than in the other races, with a small s2)ot in front; discal ])ale blue scaling much 

 extended. Hindwing : band narrow, not clearly defined beyond cell, being pos- 

 teriorly much shaded over with blue scaling; blue area more extended than in 

 any other form of scl/reiber, about 4 mm. wide at SC-, deejily sinnate between tlie 

 veins ; admarginal tawny sjwts obsolete, blue ones heavy ; snbanal abdominal 

 triangular patch creamy buff, well marked. 



Underside. Forewing : snbmedian and median black lines parallel, median 



bar R- — R' at lower angle of cell, bars SC* — R- only 4i and 3\ mm. resp. 

 from cell ; discal bars all well marked ; postdiscal and submargiual bars longer, 

 forming larger half-moons than in the five other races ; no reddisli tawny discal 



patches between R- and M'. Hindwing : discal band less triangular than in the 



other forms, nearly even in width from R'— IF, measuring 4 mm. at SU-, 1^ at R-, 

 If atR^ 



?. Wings above. Forewing: white band continuous from SC' to internal 



margin, two uppermost spots and 7 mm. long, a little more distal than the 

 following ones, last patch comparatively narrower than in the Javan form, all 



concave outwardly ; a small, indistinct, white, submargiual sjiot behind SC'. 



Hindwing : white baud nearly as in S , the blue scaling not quite so extended ; 

 atlmargiual ochraceous spots as in the Javau form ; snbanal abdominal jiatch 

 creamy white. 



Underside. Forewing : black lines as in S ; discal arclie(l bars R- — M' 



heavier than in S , with a slight trace of the reddish brown patclies found in the 



other races. Hindwing : white band distally concave from C! — R', thence 



subtriangnlar. 



Ilab. South India: Karwar, 1 J, 1 ? ; Calicut; Travancore; Pirmerd; Canara; 

 Wynaad ; Anjirucady, near Tellichery. 



Messrs. Davidson, Bell i<c Aitken, I.e., say of tcardi : 



" This splendid species is certainly one of our rarest and most beautiful 

 butterflies. The mules have the habit, common to all the genus, of basking during 



