NYMPHALID/E. 117 



Larva. — Green; a white stripe along each side, above the 

 legs ; four branched spines, of moderate length, on each 

 segment but the last, which has but two spines; head brownish- 

 red. 



Pupa. — Green, darker on the back, inclining to yellowish 

 beneath ; margin of wing-covers defined with blackish ; along 

 the back from neck to tail are several little, pointed, tuber- 

 cular processes, short and apparently shining blackish. 



The above descriptions of Larva aud Pupa are made from figures in Hors- 

 field ami Moore's "Catalogue of Lcpidoptera" (1857), pi. 5., f. 7, 7. a. 

 The specimens figured are slated to have been found in Java, iu the month 

 of November, feeding on a species of Lvora. — Vide p. 152, Cat. Lep. Mas. 

 E. I. C. 



This warmly tinted "fritillary" Butterfly is subject to considerable 

 variation of hue ; especially as regards the distribution and particular shade 

 of the violet colouring of the nnder-swface. The number aud size of the 

 black spots is also variable, as noted in my description. The only noticeable 

 distinction in the specimens named Aiella Eurytis by Mr. Doubleday, is the 

 absence of the three black spots immediately below the median nervure of 

 forewing. The specimens presenting this variation ^yere brought from 

 Congo. Some examples from Sierra Leone, in the British. Museum, are 

 deeper in tint, than usual, and possess broader hind-marginal markings than 

 the generality of specimens. 



Natal (C. Morland).— Coll. mihi. 

 ]\Iauritius.— Coll. S. A. IVIus. 



Port Natal. Congo. Sierra Leone. India. China. 

 Java. — Coll. Brit. Mus. 



Java. North India.— Coll. E. I. C. Mus. 



" Madagascar. Bourbon. Mauritius." — Boisd. 



Genus PYRAMEIS. 



Pyrameis, Hiihn. 

 Cynthia, Fab. 

 Vanessa, Latr. 



Imago. — Head moderately wide, clothed with short hair ; 

 eyes finely clothed with hair ; palpi long, ascending a little 

 above, and projecting considerably beyond, forehead, — more 

 or less convergent at tips, scaly, and finely hairy ; antenme 

 rather long, with an abruptly formed, flattened, rounded club. 

 Thorax rather long, robust, hairy. Fore-wiyigs more or less 

 markedly produced in apical portion, causing a corresponding 

 concavity in central portion of hind-margin ; costa slightly 

 or moderately arched ; apex usually rather angulated ; hind- 

 margin more or less sinuate ; anal angle rounded. Hind- 

 wings broad : costa very slightly arched, except at base ; iiind- 

 margin sinuate, sometimes with short, angular projections or 

 tails ; inner-margins deeply grooved, and wholly concealing 



