NYMPHALID^. ELYMNIIN^. ELYMNIAS. 265 



the forewing only ; E. saiieri and E. Icitcocyina both have the large blue patch, with paler 

 blue spots on it on the forewing only, but the outline of the wings differs, and the underside is 

 quite distinct, being in E. saiieri beautifully marbled throughout with shades of brown and 

 yellow and a little grey, while in ^. leiuocyma it is an uniform shade of brown, with numer- 

 ous yellowish or ochreous transverse stria;. 



Ze7 to tho Indian species of Elymnias. 



A. Hindwing with the lower disco-cellular nervule highly concave. 



(T, Males with a patch of loosely attached scales* at the base of the interspace between the median 

 and submedian nervures on the upperside of the forewing. Hindwing with the upper disco- 

 cellular nervule suberect, or inwardly oblique, the outer margin dentate or slightly caudate. 



a'. Male blackish brown, with a submarginal series of blue spots on the upperside 

 of the forewing ; outer margin of hindwing broadly ferruginous. Female marked 

 somewhat as in Danais chrysippus or D. alcippus, 



256. E. UNDULARis, North and East India, Burma. 



257. E. TiNCTORiA, Tenasserim. 



^'. Male with the blue spots on the upperside of the forewing obsolete ; the outer 

 margin of hindwing fulvous. Female similar to E. nndularis. 



258. E. FRATERNA, Ceylon. 



c'. Male and female dark brown, with a submarginal band of dull ferruginous on the 

 upperside of both wings. No blue spots on the forewing. 



259. E. coTTONis, South Andamans. 



b. Males with no patch of loosely attached scales* at the base of the interspace between the median 

 and submedian nervures on the upperside of the forewing. 



«'. Hindwing with the upper disco-cellular nervule suberect. 



«2. Hindwing almost entire, not caudate. Male, upperside purplish-brown, with 

 a large blue patch on both wings. Female bUiish-brown, with a large 

 whitish patch on the forewing. 



260. E. PBNANGA, Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula. 

 b"^. Hindwing distinctly caudate. 



«■■', Male, upperside blackish-brown ; forewing with a series of white spots. 

 Female marked like Danais gemiiia. 



261. E. CAUDATA, South India. 



b^. Male and female, upperside brown, with a pale brown submrrginal 

 band to both wings. Underside, hindwing with prominent ocelli. 



262. E. MIMUS, Nicobars. 



c'^. Male and female, upperside fuscous, with a pale ferruginous band to 

 both wings. Underside, hindwing with the ocelli small. 



263. E. OBNUBILA, Tenasserim. 



b^. Hindwing with the upper disco-cellular nervule obliquely directed outward. 



a". Outer margin very slightly dentate, almost entire, hindwing not caudate. 

 Male and female, upperside coloured and marked almost as in Ev.Alcea. 

 midainus. Underside marked with pale ochreous strias, more prominent 

 in the female. 



264. E. LEUCOCVMA, North-East India, Burma. 



b"^. Outer margin dentate, hindwing slightly caudate. Upperside dark chestnut- 

 brown, forewing shot with violet, with a violet patch on the disc and 

 pale violet discal spots. Underside thickly marbled with dark chocolate- 

 brown strigae. Female unknown. 



265. E. sAUERi, Tenasserim. 



c^. Outer margin more dentate. Forewing somewhat falcate, hindwing dis- 

 tinctly caudate. Upperside marked with pale greenish or yellowish 

 or bluish streaks between the nervules. 



266. E. TiMANDRA, North-East India, Burma. 



•These scales are precisely similar in form and structure to those of the rest of the wing, but they are 

 shehtly larger and less densely packed, allowing the wing-membrane to show in tiny points and givin-' a slight 

 sheen to the patch in certain liyhts. They come off easily with a slight rub leaving the patch bare. ° 



