LYCANIDZ. . APHNAUS. 359 
is not composed of three portions, but is entire, asin 4. lohita, Horsfield, but it agrees other- 
wise with the description of this species. I possess six male and two female specimens from 
Orissa which have the peculiar red ground-colour and blurred indistinct red bands which are 
typical of his species. It will probably be found to merge by insensible gradations into 4. lohita. 
912. Aphnaus Zoilus, Moore. 
A. z0ilus, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1877, p. 588; Spindasis zoilus,id., Journ. Linn, Soc. Lond., Zoo- 
logy, vol. xxi, p. 43 (1886); A. dohita, var. soilus, Wood-Mason and de Nicéville, Journ. A, S. B., vol. xlix, 
pt. 2, p. 232, n. 43 (1880). 
HasitTaT: South Andaman Isles ; Mergui. 
EXPANSE: @, 1°25; 9, 1°46 inches. 
DESCRIPTION: ‘* MALE. UPPERSIDE, J0/h wings dark blue, black on the outer borders. 
Forewing with transverse bands of black. AHindwing with a large red anal lobe, the black 
spots silver-speckled. UNDERSIDE, b0/h wings pale golden-yellow, bands jet-black, and 
traversed by a silver line. Forewing with seven transverse bands, a marginal line, and two 
short, basal, longitudinal streaks, the upper streak crossing the vein and touching the costal 
margin ; the first and second transverse band near the base of the cell, the first joining the upper 
and the second joining the lower basal longitudinal streak, third crossing the end of the cell 
towards the posterior angle, fourth and fifth subapical and joined together, the other two 
marginal. Azndwing with six bands and a marginal line, the first or basal broken and joining the 
third above the red anal spot, the second entire and running into the first and third at its lower 
end, fourth and fifth short, sixth narrow; a short streak above anal angle ; red anal lobe as 
above.” (JZoore, 1. c.) ‘ FEMALE, larger than the male. UPpERSIDE, doth wings smoky 
brown, marked obscurely with darker bands corresponding to those of the underside. UNDER- 
SIDE, both wings with the intervals between the bands wider owing to the greater breadth of 
the wings. In all other respects as in the male.” (Wood-Mason and de Nicéviile, 1. ¢.) 
“ Differs from typical A. /ohzta, Horsfield, in its larger size, the differently-coloured bands 
beneath, and the narrowness of the marginal band on the forewing.” (JZoore, 1. c.) 
The only distinguishing character of any importance in the description of this species is the 
bands of the underside being black. They are not jet-black, but are faintly tinged with red. 
A. zoilus can be kept distinct if confined to the Andaman Isles, but Mr. Moore records 
it from Mergui on the strength ofa specimen which is intermediate between 4. zoi/us and 
A. lohita, the bands being black, distinctly tinged with red. I possess just such a specimen 
from Ceylon, which I have called A. /asu/avia, Moore. Should specimens of A. zoi/us ever 
be found inthe Andamans with the bands distinctly tinged with red, then the species should at 
once be sunk as asynonym of A. Jofita, but for the present it may be kept separate. 
913. Aphneus zebrinus, Moore. 
A. zebrinus, Moore, Journ. A. S.B., vol. liii, pt. 2, p. 28 (1834). 
HaBiTaT: Ceylon. 
EXPANSE: ¢,112; 9, 1°25 inches. 
DESCRIPTION : ‘MALE. UPPERSIDE, 40/h wings dark brown, base dark brownish violet- 
blue. AHindwing with the anal spot large, broadly bordered with red. UNDERSIDE, doth 
wings very pale ochreous, all the bands purplish-black as in A. zot/us, Moore. Forewing 
with the posterior border whitish, the extreme costal edge black, the bands also extending 
from the costal edge, basal streak long and joined to the black costal border, with a cross bar 
from its upper end, and a band crossing the middle of the cell (both of which join the streak 
below the base of the cell), the oblique discal band and the transverse submarginal band 
are joined together at their lower ends, and the two short upper discal bars are also joined 
together, the marginal band is broad with avery narrow interline between it and the sub- 
marginal band. JZimdwing with the upper basal streak slender, the subbasal band entire and 
continued to the angle of the discal band above the bright red anal area ; black lobe-spots 
large, the discal and outer bands broad. FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, 40th wings darker violet-brown 
