NYMPHALID.E. DANAIN^. EUPLOlA. 8i 



larger and more cloudy al the edges on the famving. Undersiok paler, darkest on the disc 

 of the forewiiig, the marginal spots as above but more prominent and whiter. Forewing \\\ 

 both sexes, with a subcostal spot, three or four on the disc (one in the cell), and an internal 

 streak, violet-white. Hitidwin^ with a spot in the cell, and five on the disc round the end of 

 the cell, violet-wliiie ; in the male the second of these spots is sometimes wanting : the usual 

 basal spots. 



Papilio corns (Fabricius, Ent. Syst., vol. iii, pt. i, p. 41, n. 122 (1793), '^ usually identified 

 with this species, but according to the original description " Daiiais cora appears to differ 

 from D. coreta ( = £. cote) only in having on the upperside four white dots on the middle 

 of the y^;v7OT«^', and two similar ones in the middle of the hiinhviiig" (_GoJart, Enc. Meth., 

 vol. ix, p. 178, n. 7, 1S19). 



L\RVA. — Above lilac, with three transverse darker lines on each segment, the spiracular 

 region being ochreous, the abdominal region deep brown ; with two tentacula on the second 

 segment springing from the spiracular region one on each side and pointing forwards in front 

 of the head ; and two curled ones each on the third, sixth, and twelfth segments, springing 

 from the subdorsal region. The spiracles have each a dark brown border. "Reared on 

 Neiiunt oJorum." {Lan>). Pupa. — Smooth, rounded and fulvous, beautifully marked with 

 silvery or golden dots and streaks. Figured on plate iv, figs. 9, 91?, of Horsfield and 

 Moore's Cat. Lep., E. I. C (1857). 



E. core is by far the commonest and most widely spread of all the Euphvas, being found 

 in suitable localities throughout the continent. It does not appear to extend into Tenasserini, 

 where it is replaced by the closely allied /?. subiiila. In the N.-W. Himalayas it occurs up 

 to an elevation of about 8,000 feet, but is nevei common at this altitude. 



The figure shows the upperside of a male and female from Calcutta specimens in the 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



62. Euplosa vermleulata, Butler. 



E. vermleulata, Butler, Proc. Zool. Sjc. Lond., 1866, p. 276, n, 24, 



Habitat: Northern India. 



Expanse: 3-25 to 41 inches. 



Description : *' Upperside : Foreioino swarthy, the outer margin paler ; with nine sub- 

 marginal spots, rather large at the apex, and marginal spots much smaller, white. Hindiving 

 paler, fuscescent at base, with two submarginal rows of white spots, the inner row of large 

 elongate spots. Body swarthy, //i?^:^ black, dotted with white. A nle nucs hla.ck. Underside, 

 paler. Foieiaing with one costal spot, two discal, and one near end of cell, white ; sub- 

 marginal rows as on upperside, but larger. Hindiving with submarginal spots near apex 

 and anal angle coalescent ; otherwise as on upperside ; five discal spots in an angulate row 

 beyond the cell, and one near end of cell. This species appears to be allied to E. core, 

 of which it may possibly be the northern form ; it differs from it chiefly in having the sub- 

 marginal spots exceedingly large and distinct, especially near the apex." (Buller, I. c.) 



We retain this species on Butler's authority, but it does not seem a satisfactory one. 

 The E. cote of north India approaches the E. verintculala type in precisely the same way as 

 the E. core of extreme south India approaches the E. asela type. A few picked specimens 

 of E, vermicitlata taken separately, appear very distinct, but the type is not constant even in 

 the same locality. In a large series collected at Naiashahr in the Saharanpur district, by Mrs. 

 Deane, there were several specimens of typical E. vermiculata, male and female, several of 

 typical E, core, and numerous intermediate forms. 



63. Euploea asela, Moore. 

 E. asela, Moore, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., foiuth scries, vol. xx, p. 45 (1877) ; id., Lep. Ceylon, p. ir, 

 pi. vi, figs. 2, imago, 2a, caterpillar and ckrysalii (1880). 



Habitat : Ceylon. 

 Expanse : 3-25 to 3 'So inches. 



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