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the median nervules, and outwardly above below the lower discoidal nervule, and three outer 

 lunular spots closely approximating to it, whitish. Ilinthving with the velvety patch broader 

 than in D. cdindc. Underside as in D. cdinde, but thc/jrreww^ with the discal striga arch- 

 ed and slightly drawn back, and the powdery whitish border streak very macular and slightly 

 arched. Hiiuhoiiig wiih. the discal striga more directed inwardly at the hinder end, the upper 

 ocellus much smaller, the lower minute, the whitish border spots evanescent. Female : 

 Uri'EKSlDE as in Z). a-Z/Wt", but the /;;ra'/;/^'- with the fascia lather broad, extending a little 

 beyond the first median nervule immediately beyond the cell, and three outer spots, large, ad- 

 herent, pale ochraceous. ///wf/'rc//;/^'- with spots almost all as in Z>, celinde, but more obscure, 

 much smaller, and more obsolete. Underside as in the male, but very pale, the striga; scarcely 

 visible. Larger than D. celiinh:" (Fehhr, 1. c.) 



Larva cylindrical, slightly tapering at each end, pale purplish brown ; with a dorsal whitish 

 line marked on each side on each segment with a black dash, a lateral darker line defined 

 on both sides with still darker brown. On either side of this line is a series of tubercles 

 one on each segment furnished with long pale brown hairs. The lower portion of the insect 

 bearing the legs paler brown than the rest of the body, this pale portion sharply defined ; 

 the anal segment furnished with a bifid tubercular process. Pupa boat-shaped, reddish-brown, 

 streaked with darker brown, tapering to a point at either end. (Described from liorsfield's 

 figures). 



The single male specimen we have received from Upper Tenasserim has the submarginal 

 series of spots on the forewing larger, the constant spot of the discal series much larger and 

 another below it, the spot of the median series also much larger, with a short streak above and 

 a spot below, all paler ochraceous than in D. celinde, but not whitish ; the five last mentioned 

 spots are almost coalescent into a subapical fascia, and the specimen is clearly intermediate be- 

 tween D. necho and D. celinde ; on the underside the lower ocellus of the hindwing is obsolete, 

 but has a prominent white pupil ; it is a good deal larger than our largest male specimen of 

 D. celinde. It was taken by Captain C. T. Bingham, at Houndraw, on the i8th December. 

 Limborg's specimens, which came from the same locality, were identified by Mr. Moore 

 as D, necho, 



2S1. BlSCOpllOra lepida, Moore. 

 Eiiispe lepida, Moore, Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C, vol. i, p, 213, n. 435 (1857) ; Discophora 

 lepida, id., Lep. Ceylon, p. 36, pi, xviii, figs, i, male; la, \b, female (1880). 



Habitat : Hills of South India, Ceylon. 



Expanse ; ^ , 3 6 to 43 ; ? , 4'o inches. 



Description : Male : Upperside, velvety brown, slightly purplish, darkest in the mid- 

 dle, paler at the base and outer margin of both wings. Forewing with an oblique band beyond 

 the cell of three coalescent bluish-white spots, sometimes a fourth separate below, and some 

 faint marginal dots near the hinder angle. Eindwing unmarked, except for the oval patch of 

 plush-like scales on the disc, though sometimes with a discal and submarginal series of obscure 

 ochreous spots. Underside almost exactly as in D. celmde, but darker and the dark 

 markings less distinct. Female paler brown. Forewing with a bluish-white band from the 

 costa beyond the cell to the third median nervule, below which are three series of three bluish- 

 white spots, the first marginal linear, the second submarginal lunulate, the third discal irregular. 

 Hindwing paler brown, with three series of fulvous spots in continuation of the series on the fore- 

 wing, the first reaching the anal angle, the second reaching the first median nervule, and the third 

 only extending to the end of the cell ; outer margin of both wings fulvous, divided by a brown 

 line. Underside pale ochreous, indistinctly covered with numerous slender brown strigsj 

 other markings as in the male, but less distinct. 



Z>. le/ida is found in Ceylon and in the hills of South India. We have as yet only re- 

 ceived it from Travancore, where both sexes have been taken by Mr. H. S. Fergusson in tlie 

 Ashamboo Hills ; it is a rare butterfly everywhere. In Ceylon it has been " taken in forest 

 land near Galle in July ; very rare." (Hutchison.) Mr. Moore in his ' Lepidoptera of Ceylou' 

 includes this genus among the Nymphalince. 



