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of white dots, indistinct at the anal angle ; and a series of tliree spots placed beyond 

 the cell. Body swarthy, darker and white-spotted in front ; the atiiedttts black. Under- 

 side : Forewing as on upperside, but the spots are larger, and the external submarginal row 

 is continuous in the male. Hindwing, of the male, paler; on tlie outer margin with a row 

 of five marginal dots in the middle, and an angulate row of violet dots beyond the end of 

 the cell ; some minute white spots at the base, hiitdwini;, of the Female, as on upperside, 

 but the internal series beyond the end of the cell has six dots, and one near the end of the 

 cell. Body with the thorax black, spotted with while ; abdomen fuscous ; antcnniE black." 

 {Butler, 1. c.) 



"Larva* purple-brown, with two black-tipped red fleshy filaments on second, two on 

 third, and two on twelfth segments ; each segment with transverse black streaks ; lateral line 

 purple ; head and legs black. Pupa thick, broad, purple-grey, fasciated with golden-yellow j 

 abdominal segments black-beaded." {Moore, Lep. Ceylon, p. 10, 1880.) 



"Taken on low ground at Colombo among hedges round native gardens at any time, but 

 not very common. Of slow heavy flight ; settles on leaves, and is easily caught " {Hutchison). 

 *' Commonly found at Galle among cocoanut trees and low bushes " {Wade). There is as yet 

 no record of its occurrence except in Ceylon. 



The figure is taken from a male specimen from Ceylon in the collection of the Hon'ble 

 F. Mackwood. 



Third group. — Calliplcea, Butler. — " The species of Calliplced are all of small size ; they 

 have the inner border of the forewing in the males, strongly developed, and covering a large 

 subcostal yellowish patch upon the hindw'ni° ; but without any trace of a bratid on the 

 interno-viediaii area of \\\q forewing.'''' {Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zoology, vol. xiv, p. 296, 

 1878.) 



Only one species of this group has been recorded from Lidia ; the exact locality is not 

 stated, but probably it is from the north-eastern corner into which the JVIalayan fauna extends. 

 It appears to be rare. 



Ke7 to the Indian species of Calllploea. 



A. Costal margin and apical half oi forewing deep chestnut, shot with violet or blue. 



a. With the spots on foreiving violet-silvery speckled with white j two cellular spots sometimes 

 confluent. 



55. E. {.Calliplcea) ledereri, Eastern India. 



55- Baplcea ledereri, Feider. 



E. ledereri, Feider, Wien. Ent. Monatsch., vol. iv, p. 397, n. 14 (i860); id., Reise Nov., Lep., vol. ii, p. 317, 

 n. 431, pi. xl, figs. 5, 6 (1865), male; Euplcea inquinata, Butier, Proc. Zool, Soc. Lond., 1S66, p. 288, fig. 2 male, 

 p. 291, n. 65 ; E. ledereri. Distant, Rhop. Malay., p. 26, pi. ii, fig. 10 (1882), male. 



Habitat : Eastern India, Malacca interior. 



Expanse : 2*75 to 3 inches. 



Description : " Male.— With the cilia marked with white. Upperside dilute chestnut- 

 swarthy. Forewing with the costal margin and anterior half spread with deep chestnut, and in 

 certain positions shot with violet ; with two cellular spots sometimes confluent, two subcostal, 

 a third below the second discoidal nervule sometimes rather larger, a fourth rather large, sub- 

 apical and tiifid, and four submarginal, silvery violet more or less powdered with white. 

 Uindwing with the border beyond the cell much paler, the costal area silky-hoary with two 

 white spots ; the usual discal patch shortened, and well separated from the origin of the dis- 

 coidal nervure. Underside, pale shining fuscous. Foreiuing with a subcostal spot, three 

 discal, others external small, and marginal dots. Hindwing with external decreasing spots, and 

 rather larger marginal dots, white." {Feider, 1. c. ) 



• Figured on pi. iv, fig. 8; chrysalis, 8a, of Horsfield and Moore's Cat. Lep. E. I. C, vol. i (1857), fron 

 drawings of E. L. Layard, as the larva of E. protho'e. 



