94 NYMPHALIDiE. DANAIN^E. EUPLCEA. 



So. EuplOSa mlcrOStiOta, Butler. 

 Stictoplxa mtcrosticta, Butler, Journ. Linn. Soc, Lond., Zoology, vol, xiv, p. 303, n. 6 (1878) ; id., Trans. 

 Ent. Soc, Load., 1879, p. 7. 



Habitat : Cachar. 



Expanse : 4-2 inches. 



Description : " Upperside : Forewing like [£■.] 5. hopii, except that it is larger, all the 

 spots are considerably smaller, and the purple shot is less vivid. Hindwing with only the 

 three first of thediscal series of white spots." {Butler, 1. c.) 



A species of .£'«//a;j, E. wflj-^r/fk-a,* has been described from Thibet. It is not clear to 

 which group it should be referred, and Butler makes no mention of it in his revision of the 

 genus Euplaa, subsequently published. The description is subjoined for reference. 



* E. ma^ifica, Butler. Habitat: Thibet. Expanse: 4 inches. DESCRipjioif : "Female? Wings 

 above bright sepia brown. Forewing shot with vivid blue ; subapical area densely irrorated with lilacine ;a 

 conspicuous subcostal white spot, a second within discoidal cell, and a third on second median interspace, forming 

 together a triangle ; a minute whitish point on lower discoidal interspace, and another on first median interspace. 

 Hindwing, with a double series of ill-defined, disco-submarginal, pale-ochraceous spots from third median nervule 

 to anal angle. ^(7(/)' black, white spotted in front. Underside, rich chocolate-brown. Foyeiuing with three 

 white spots as above, a fourth oval spot on first median interspace ; a small point between lower discoidal, and 

 third median nervules, a subapical point, one submarginal on second median interspace, five nearly marginal 

 points from the third median nervule to the external angle, and some anal-marginal dots on the fringe, whitish. 

 Hindwing, with a spot near end of cell, and five unequal spots in a semicircle round extremity of cell, pearly- 

 white ; a double submarginal series of yellowish-white spots ; fringe dotted with whitish. £ody hXzzk, thorax 

 white-spotted." (Butler, Trans, Ent. Soc, Lond., 1874, p. 423.) 



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