73 NYMPHALID^. DANAIN/E. EUPLCEA. 



53- Suplea CftStelnaui, Felder. 



E. casielnaui, Felder, Reise Nov., Lep., vol. ii, p. 315, n. 427 {\%6s), female', E. phtelui, Butler 

 Proc Zool. Soc. Lend., 1866, p. 270, n 3 : Macroplaea fhcebus, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zoology, vol. liv 

 p 292 (1878) J E. castelnaui. Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 24, pi. ii, fig. 6 (1882), female. 



Habitat : Tenasserim, Penang, Nicobars, Java. 



Expanse : $ ,/^'S to 5*3 ; ? , 4*9 to 5*3 inches. 



Description: '^ Forewing elongate. Upperside golden-fuscous, the costa fuscous, and 

 the infernal area fuscescent ; the outer margin with three rows of white submarginal spots, 

 and one spot near the end of the cell ; the external row composed of small oblong spots ; the 

 middle row with spots increasing in size near the costa, and arranged in a curved line ; 

 the inner row angulate, with oblong spots increasing in size near the costa. Hindiving, 

 purpurascent, the costal area ochreous-white, and the middle of the cell ochreous [in the 

 male], the external and internal areas rufous-swarthy. Of the FEMALE with three continuous 

 rows of rufescent-white submarginal spots on the outer margin : of the male with three inter- 

 rupted rows not reaching the anal angle, and the anal angle appears as if oiled. Underside, 

 forewingf fuscescent at base, purpurascent in the middle in certain positions ; the inner 

 margin pale, with a rather large white subanal spot ; the outer margin with rows of spots 

 as on the upperside, the two external rows, however, with smaller spots, and the inner row 

 beyond the end of the cell sometimes obsolete, and of larger spots. Hindwing, coppery- 

 fuscous, the outer margin in the male fuscescent, with a marginal row of white dots, and three 

 subapical, and an arched series of five violet dots beyond the end of the cell ; in the female 

 with two rows of dots, an inner arched series of seven violet dots, and one near end of the 

 cell. Body with the thorax black, spotted with ochreous ; abdomen ashy ; antenna black. 

 This species is quite distinct from E, prothoi, Godart, being much smaller, of a more golden- 

 colour, and quite differently spotted." {Butler, 1. c.) 



A female, taken by Captain C. H. E. Adamson at Nyounting, near Moulmein, in Septem- 

 ber, has the whole apical area of the forewing powdered with violescent-white, the two inner 

 rows of spots above the third median nervule being almost lost in the ground-colour, which 

 in that part is almost pure white ; the spots on both wings are also larger, and more diffused. 

 The inner margin of the forewing is straight, while in the male it is enormously lobed to 

 cover the ochreous patch of scales on the hindwing, which is present in that sex though 

 absent in the female. The female is altogether a much paler insect, especially on the 

 underside, where all the markings are larger than in the male. The spots outside the cell on 

 the underside of many males are eight in number, there being two short parallel streaks 

 between the first median nervule and submedian nervure. 



Mr. de Roepstorff has taken two male specimens in the Nicobars. Dr. J. Anderson 

 took one male and seven females in January, also two females in March, in the Mergui 

 Archipelago. These female examples are darker than the Moulmein specimen ; the three 

 series of spots on the forewing are also distinct, though exhibiting a tendency to coalesce. 

 54. Enploea ellsa, Butler, (Plate VIII, Fig. 14, $). 



E, eltsa, Butler, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1866, p. 270, n. 4; Macroplma elisa, id., Journ. Linn. Soc , Zoology, 

 rol. xiv, p. 292 (1878); id., Moore, Lep. Ceylon, p. 9, pi. v, figs. 2 male, 2a female (1880). 



Habitat : Ceylon. 



Expanse : $, 4*25 to 4-80 ; $ , 4-1 to 47 inches. 



Description : " Forewing above golden-fuscous, the inner margin fuscescent, with three 

 rows of white spots, the inner row short with three spots placed between the median 

 nervules, the outer row not reaching the apex ; the middle row in the male much 

 interrupted, in the female continuous, curved near the costa; one spot near the end 

 of the cell. Hindwing of the male coppery-fuscous, the costal area ochreous-white, and 

 the middle of the cell ochreous ; with three discal spots placed beyond the cell ; the outer 

 margin fuscous ; the anal margin as if oiled. Of the female the hindwing is golden- 

 fuscous, with the costal margin pale ; the outer margin with two submarginal series 



