NYMPHALID^. DANATN^ EUPLCEA. 8$ 



Description : " Winf^s nbove fuscous, paling on t'ue outer mari^in, Fon'-ving with the 

 apex widely tinted with rosy violet, and white dots as in E. akathoe. llinihaiii^ as in E, core. 

 Underside as in E. core, but with the discal spots larger." {Lucas, 1. c.) 



The above is the original description by Lucas, which is hardly sufficiently full. The 

 UPPERSIDE is more brown than swarthy, dark and velvety on the basal half, the outer border 

 broadly paler, and somewhat rufescent. On the forexving the violet apical patch, which is 

 formed by a powdering of the spaces between the nervules, varies much both in extent and 

 intensity ; in some it extends from the costal margin to the first median nervule, and almost to 

 the end of the cell ; in others it is almost entirely absent. The spots too vary very much ; the full 

 complement is one subcostal spot, one at end of cell, two on the disc, a few marginal, a few 

 submarginal, and three subapical, the latter being circled with dark brown, and some- 

 times veiy prominent ; but some of these spots are more or less obsolete in every specimen, 

 and in some they are almost entirely wanting. In the MALE also there is a single small 

 interne-median silky streak, and the inner margin is somewhat convex ; in the female the 

 silky streak is wanting, and the inner margin is nearly straight. Hindivittg marked with two series 

 of spots on the margin, as in E, core, but the spots are smaller, especially the inner series 

 and more or less sullied with brown. The costal margin is whitish, with a white subcostal spot. 

 Underside paler brown, darkest on the disc of the forewing. Fore-ving with the internal 

 margin whitish, and an indistinct whitish streak on the interno-median area ; a subcostal spot, a 

 spot at end of the cell, one or two on the disc, and an elongate oval median spot below, violet- 

 white ; a few marginal spots near anal angle, three subapical, very variable in size, sometimes 

 absent, and a few posterior ones sometimes wanting in a submarginal series pure white. 

 IJhidzving with spot in the cell, and five or six round the end of it, discal. violet-white ; the 

 two marginal series of spots as on upperside but more prominent'and pure white. The usual 

 basal spots. In the female the median s^ot. on fotrwing is rounded, not elongate-oval, other- 

 wise the markings are similar. 



In a female specimen, taken by Captain C. H. E. Adamson. at Moulmein, in September, 

 the submarginal series of spots on the forewing is complete, those below the third median 

 nervule being large, pure white and very prominent. 



E.godartii is a very distinct species, with its violet powdered apical patch. It appears to 

 be common in Burma from February to July. It was found by Captain Bingham in the 

 Meplay valley in Februaiy, and in the Upper Thoungyeen forests in April. By Limborg it was 

 found in Upper Tenasserira, also at Ahsown, Moulmein to Meetan, Hatsiega, Houngduran 

 and Naththoung to Paboga. In Rangoon it is common in June, July, and September 

 probably throughout the year. Dr. J. Anderson found it abundantly in the Mergui Archipelago 

 during the winter. 



69. Euplcea schorzeri, Fekier, 



E. scherzer{'7e,\Aer, Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien, vol. xii, p. 479, n. 88 (1862) ; id., Rcise Nov. Lep. 

 vol. ii, p. 335, n. 463 (1805) ; id. Moore, Lep. Cey., p. 12 (1880). 



Habitat : Ceylon, Java. 



Expanse : 3*5 inches [Moore). 



Description: "Male: Upperside deep swarthy, much paler and brownish on the 

 outer margin. Foreivmg with a single short velvety streak in the interior. Underside : both 

 wings concolorous, but a little paler. Foiewiug with two internal whitish streaks (the upper 

 one narrow, linear) ; a spot and two dots discal, a spot below the middle of the costa, and two 

 subapical, bluish-white. Himlwiug with five very small discal spots (one in the cell), bluish- 

 white." (FeUer, 1. c. in Verb, zool.-bot. Gesellsch. Wien.) 



This species is unknown to us. It seems to be closely allied to E. camorta from the 

 Nicobars. It has never been figured, but Moore gives the following detailed description in 

 his Lepidoptera of Ceylon: — "Male: Upperside purplish olive-brown, darkest on basal 

 area. Forewiug with a minute white subapical spot, and a lengthened sericeous streak between 

 first median nervule and submedian nervure. Hindwing with a subapical series of three small 



