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THE COMMON BUTTEPvFLIES OF THE PLAINS OF INDIA 



(INCLUDING THOSE MET WITH IN HILL STATIONS OF THE 

 BOMBAY PRESIDENCY). 



BY 



T. R. Bell, i. f. s. 



( Wkh Plates D and II.) 

 {Continued from page 438 of this Volume.) 

 Sdb-Family— iV VMPHALINjE. 

 A. Costa of forewing serrated. 



o. Cell of both fore and hindwings closed Qiaraxes. 



h. Cell of forewing only closed Eulepis. 



An " open " cell means the absence of discocellular nervules The 

 above two genera can be seperated, for our purposes, by Eulep^s 

 having a broad white or yellow fascia across both wings which the 

 other has not. 

 B. Costa of forewing not serrated, 

 a. Cell of both fore and hindwing closed. 



a^. Eyes hairy,. ..„. jj. 



'' Vanessa. 



i'. Eyes naked, 

 a-'. Vein 12 of forewing not swollen at base. 

 a^ Forewing vein 3 from before end of the 

 cell, vein 4 from the end, 



a\ Both wings above tawny spotted black. Argynnis. 

 b\ Both wings above black with white 



TU V , . T'^^' ""' ^^"""^ '''^^''''^ 'P°*^ Bypolimnas. 



The female ot Hypolimnas misippus only is tawny and is a mimic 



ot Vanais chryszppus, white apical band and all, but may be at once 

 distmguished from it by having only one black spot on the discocel- 

 lalars of hmdw.ng on the underside instead of three as in Banais 

 b\ Forewing with veins 3, 4 from lower 

 angle of cell. 



a'. Hindwing with veins 3, 4 from lower 

 angle of cell, 



a'\ Ground colour green ^^/.Aia. 



h^. Ground-colour tawny, or whitish, 

 a\ Hindwing outer margin not scal- 

 loped only slightly waved ; exp. 



<->ii 9,,-,// 



"""'' Atella. 



b\ Hindwing outer margin deeply 



scalloped between veins ; exp, 

 3". 4" 

 JJ ' Cethosia. 



