320 NYMPHALID.^. ACR^IN/E. TELCHINIA. 



end of the cell ; second, third and fourth at about equal distances apart beyond the end of the 

 cell ; (fiscoiiiij/ cell long ; ih'sco-ce//u/ars very oblique, upper bent near the subcostal nervure, 

 concave below, lozuer straight ; discoidal nervules from the angle and end of the upper disco- 

 cellular ; second median nervule emitted at a short distance before the end of the cell, first 

 at one-half the \e\igKl\ oi \he cell ; snbmedian nervure slightly recurved. Hindwing small, 

 short, broadly ovate ; costa straight, outer margin convex ; costal nervure extending to the 

 apex, pro-costal nervure slightly bent outward at its end ; first subcostal nervule emitted at four- 

 fifths from the base ; discoidal cell long ; disco-cellulars very oblique, the upper concave, the 

 loiuer straight, discoidal nervule from their middle ; second median nervule emitted at a short 

 distance before the end of the cell ; third ?nedian nervule from more than one-half the length 

 of the cell; submedian and internal nervures slightly recurved. Body slender, abdomen long, 

 last segment of the female furnished with a corneous appendage ; palpi ascending, stout, 

 finely pilose, second joint projecting slightly beyond the head, third joint very short ; legs 

 slender ; anterior tarsi of the male clothed with short spiny scales, fore tarsi of the female 

 armed with a pair of spines on each joint ; antenuie abruptly clavate." (Moae, 1. c.) 



This genus is represented by but a single species in India, which seems chiefly confined 

 to the plains, seldom ascending into the mountains. It occurs in the moister tracts of 

 eastern continental, and throughout peninsular India and in Ceylon, where it has been taken 

 up to 4,000 feet elevation. There are numerous species of this group in Africa and Madagascar. 



298. Telchinia viola, Fabricius. 



Papilio viola, Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 460, n. 74(1775) ; Acraaviola, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E. I. C, pi. viii, 

 figs. 2, larva ; 2 a, pjipa (1829) ; Telchinia viola, Moore, Horsfield and Moore, Cat. Lep. E. I. C, vol i, p. 135, 

 n. 272, pi. V, figs. I, larva ; 1 a, pupa (1857) ; idem, id., Lep. Cey , p. 66, pi. xxxiii, figs, i, tnale ; la, female ; 

 \b, lari'a and pupa (1881) ; Papilio cephea, Cramer, Pap. Ex., vol. iv, pi. ccxcviii, figs. D, E (1780); 

 Telchinia cephea, Hubner, Verz. bek. Schmett , p. 27, n. 213 (1816). 



Habitat : India, Ceylon. 



Expanse : rS to 25 inches. 



Description : " Male : Upperside, both wings ochreous-red. Fore^ving with a small 

 black spot and an oblique streak within the cell, a large disco-cellular streak, an upper 

 discal oblique series of four small spots, a single spot below these, and another between 

 the median and submedian nervures; costal margin black speckled, exterior margin and up 

 the veins for a short distance, black. Hindwing with a small black spot at the end of the 

 cell, another on the costal border, and a black marginal band traversed by a series of pale 

 yellow spots. Female paler, with the markings and marginal band broade>-, the hindwing 

 also having two black spots in the cell, two on the disco-celhdar nervule, and a curved 

 discal series beyond. Underside: Male glossy red ; black spots and marginal border 

 of the forewing as on the upperside, the latter bordered inwardly with yellowish-white. 

 Hindwing with a basal cluster of five black-ringed Avhite spots, two costal black spots, tliree 

 discoidal and a discal outer series of smaller spots ; the marginal band with larger yellowish- 

 white spots and inner border. Female duller coloured. Hindzai)ig pa.le yellowish-ochreous, 

 marked as above, also with a basal cluster of ochreous-white black-ringed spots, and the 

 marginal band with larger spots." 



