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united at base and generally also exteriorly below cell, a broad streak divided 

 by longitudinal lines into three in it ; a basal spot in interspaces 2 and 3 ; an 

 irregular discal series of three spots with two streaks above ; two series of 

 submarginal spots, the inner large, one in each interspace, curved in along the 

 costa, the outer small, two spots to each interspace. Hindwing : interspaces 

 la lb, with broad streaks from base ; 1 and cell with two streaks joined at base 

 in each, the latter with short streak obliquely between their apices ; 2-8 with 

 broad, elongate, inwardly pointed spots ; irregular double submarginal series of 

 spots. The underside is similar, the markings rather larger. Antennas black : 

 head and thorax black spotted white ; abdomen black-brown, ochraceous 

 beneath. The male has patches of scent scales on hindwing near apices of veins 

 la, 1 and 2 with a thickening of veins la, 1, through the patches. 

 Exp. 70-lOOmm. 



The Northern and Eastern form, rnelanoides hafi the blue-white markings in 

 interspace 1 of forewing and cells of both wings much broader, and ground- 

 colour in them may be reduced to a slender line. Typical agha is South 

 Indian as far north as Poona. However, aglea has been taken in Burma and 

 the other in Mysore. 



Larva. — The shape of the larva is normal : cylindrical ; there are two pairs of 

 subdorsal tentacles, one on segment 3, the other on 12, the first pair moveable 

 and long, the latter fixed and half the length ; there is a shiny patch dorsally 

 on anal flap. The head is round, shiny black in colour with white clypeus and 

 abrum and eight white spots : one on apex of each lobe, another on face just 

 below, one at bottom hinder margin above base of mandible, one at each basal 

 angle of clypeus. The colour of the tentacles is claret-red marked on the 

 inside and outside for half their length with a white stripe. Colour of body is 

 blackish brown-claret, concolourous on belly, spotted yellow and blue-white 

 on dorsal half ; segments 3 and 4 have each a pair of large sub-dorsal spots on 

 each side, a dorsal yellow spot all near front margin besides five white spots 

 below laterally and three parallel rows of blue-white ones over dorsum on 

 posterior part ; segments 5 to 12 are similarly marked except that they have 

 one subdorsal yellow spot instead of two and an extra one, spiracular, below ; 

 segment 13 has a front row of four large yellow spots and a hinder row of 

 four similarly arranged, i.e., one subdorsal and one spiracular on each side. 

 Legs and prologs shiny black with two white spots on base. L. 33mra. ; B.5-5 ram. 

 Pupa. — The shape is like that of D. plexippus except that the pupa is 

 somewhat slighter and there is no beading to the ridge on segment 7. The 

 surface is smooth and shiny. Colour is yellowish-green with a row of 10 

 black spots along centre of segment 7 instead of the usual ridge, a parallel 

 row of 8 black spots on segment 8, segment 9 with 4, anal segment with 4 

 black long marks, one subdorsal and one lateral on each side ; on segment 

 6 there is a golden dorsal, lateral and spiracular blotch : 5 in all ; on segment 

 5 a lateral golden mark; on segment 3 is a golden spot at apex of thorax, 

 a subdorsal one just behind apex and two lateral ones at equal height on each 



