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dark brown, with a broad fulvous band towards the margins ; 

 these are narrower, and spotted with black in the females of S. 

 dirtca (Fabricius) and its allies. These species are met with in 

 the Indian and Austro-Malayan Regions generally, and are large 

 and conspicuous Butterflies, measuring from three to four and 

 a half inches across the fore-wings, which are longer and more 

 pointed than in S. nais, which is the type of the genus. The 

 males are black, with a sub-marginal green band, tapering in- 

 wards, on the fore-wings, and a broad sub-marginal purple band 

 on the hind-wings ; the under surface is rusty-brown, with the 

 lower and outer half of the fore-wings black, spotted with 

 white. The females are brown, with white or pale yellowish 

 spots in the cell of the fore-wings ; an oblique band slop- 

 ing inwards from the costa nearly at its extremity, and angu- 

 lated below, where it runs to the base ; and a sub-marginal 

 row of spots more or less tinged with orange. The sub- 

 marginal spots are continued round the hind-wings, where 

 there are three rows of spots running outwards from the 

 inner-margin ; at their extremity they converge slightly, and 

 the outermost curves upwards to the costa ; the under side is 

 often suffused with pale blue. These Butterflies are easily 

 attracted by fruit, especially pine-apple. 



SUB-FAMILY VI. APATURIN^E. 



Eggs. — Large, few in number, globular and hard, not so 

 high as broad, with obscure ribs and cross-lines at the base 

 only, usually forming tetragons, with minute projecting points 

 at their intersection. 



Larva. — Generally green, smooth, slug-shaped (spiny in 

 Aganisthus), tapering at the ends, with two or four protuber- 

 ances on the head, and often a bifid tail. It feeds on trees. 



Pupa. — Short and broad, often with a bifid head, generally 

 green, but not metallic. 



