NYMPHALID.E. NYMl'HALIN.E. HYPOLIMNAS. 



IV.— HYPOLIMNAS PALLADIUS. $ . Fig. 4. $ . Figs. 5, 6. 



Iliiiuiliiiiii((s Palhidiits,!:!. Grose-Smith, " Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History," Scr. 0, Vol. XIX., p. 175, February, 1897. 



Exp. i 3f inches; 5 3|- inches. 



]\[ak'. Upperside. Both wings dark velvety l)rown, anterior wings crossed 

 halfway l)ctwcen the cell and the apex by a broad oblique band of five white spots, 

 divided by the black veins, and situate between the subcostal and the lowest 

 median nervules. Posterior wings with an obscure orange-rufous patch near the 

 anal angle, in which is placed a black spot centred with violet ; a subniavginal 

 row of other black spots is faintly visible, centred with minute violet spots. 



Underside. Anterior wings crossed by the white band, wider than on the 

 upperside, and extending between the median nervules nearly to the outer 

 margin ; between the lowest median nervule and the submedian nervure is an 

 obscure dark spot, centred with violet. Posterior wings like those of H. Paiuhiras, 

 Linn., l)ut the submarginal row of whitish lines is almost obsolete, and the inner 

 edge of the discal tawny band is bordered by an almost white irregular band, 

 widest in the middle, and the middle black spot in the tawny band is small and 

 not centred with white. 



Female. Upperside paler brown, with the white band on the anterior wings 

 broader than in the male and extending over the subcostal nervules towards 

 the base ; a small white spot towards the apex, and a similar spot below the 

 lowest median nervule. Posterior wings with the disk crossed by a broad 

 irregular band of white, narrowing and becoming obsolete towards the costal 

 margin ; below this liand is a row of black spots centred with white, except the 

 third and fourth spots, the two spots nearest the anal angle partly surrounded 

 by dusky tawny, and the next two bordered outwardly by a whitish space 

 irrorated with black scales ; outer margin broadly dark brown, the inner edge 

 of which is sinuate. 



Underside paler than above ; towards the apex of the anterior wings are 

 three white dots, the spot above the submedian nervure is centred with white, 

 and there is an obscure dusky white patch in the upper part of the cell towards 

 its end. On the posterior wings the discal row of spots is smaller than in 

 H. Panihints. 



Hab. Fergusson Island (Meek). 



Nearest to H. Pandarus and H. Saunclergi, Wall. 

 In the Collections of Mr. Grosc-Smitb and others. 



