364 LYCASNIDZ:. APHNEUS. 
This form runs into typical A. ictis, Hewitson. The second group agrees with the first in the 
prominence of the markings on the underside, and.in the vermilion anal lobe, but the ground- 
colour is reddish-ochreous. The third group has all the markings obscure and partly obliterated, 
the ground-colour entirely deep red, and the vermilion colour of the anal lobe obsolete. 
In the large series of specimens of this species from Sikkim in Mr. Otto Moller’s collection, 
I find that these three groups almost run into one another, and these characters cannot be used 
to split up the specimens into distinct species. The female of course lacks on the upperside the 
blue gloss altogether, the base of the wings is sprinkled with plumbeous-silvery scales, and there 
is a moderate-sized orange patch on the forewing. 
Typical A. /unu/ifera appears to be confined to Sikkim, but I possess specimens from Dehra 
Dun, from Bholahat in the Malda District, from Barrackpore near Calcutta, from Pachmarhi 
in the Central Provinces, and from Bangalore in South India, which differ only from typical 
specimens in the ground-colour of the underside being rather less deep red and more 
inclined to ochreous, these specimens being matched exactly by other aberrant specimens 
from Sikkim. A perfectly graduated series can be made from typical A. /unulifera to typical 
A. ictis. In Sikkim it occurs at any rate in April and July. The variations in the markings 
and coloration are not apparently due to seasonal causes. 
o19. Aphneus clima, Moore. 
A.elima, Moore, Ann. and Mag. of Nat. Hist., fourth series, vol. xx, p. 51 (1877) ; idem, id., Proc. Zool- 
Soc. Lond., 1882, p 251; id., Butler, 1. c., 1883, p. 147, n. 11; id., Swinhoe, 1. c., 1885, p. 134, n. 743 idem, 
id., 1. c., 1885, p. 428, n. 58. 
Hasitat: Manpuri, N.-W. India ; Kangra Valley (J/vore) ; Mhow, December (Butler) ; 
Poona, November to May, Mhow, November, December, January, and March (Sze). 
EXPANSE: 6, VIZ; 9, 1°25 inches. 
DESCRIPTION: ‘‘ Wings acute at apex,:anal lobe prominently distended. MALE, Up- 
PERSIDE, oth wings brown, posterior half of forewing and middle of hindwing glossed with 
smalt blue. Forewing with a not very prominent subapical reddish patch, in which are two 
brown spots. Aindwing with the abdominal margin pale testaceous, anal lobe reddish 
testaceous. UNDERSIDE, doth wings dull pale testaceous, transverse spots and bands very pale, 
being defined only by outer margins, each traversed by a silver streak, no marginal row of dots. 
FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings brown. Forewing with a large triangular maculated red 
patch. AHzndwing with reddish discal streak and anal lobe.” UNDERSIDE as in the male. 
“ Most nearly allied to A zcfis, Hewitson, from which it may be known by the less pro- 
minent apical red patch [on the upperside of the forewing], the difference in colour, and less 
apparent markings of the underside.” (JZoore, 1. c.) 
“ Not common here (Mhow); taken in November, December, and January : five specimens 
in all ; Poona, November to May.” (Swzoe). 
The obsolescence of all the markings of the underside makes this species an easy one to 
identify.. I possess specimens from Dehra Dun, Bholahat, Sikkim, Orissa, the Central 
Provinces, the Satpuras, Bombay, Sirur, and the Nilgiris. Colonel Swinhoe correctly records 
it from Mhow and Poona, and he possesses typical specimens from Umballa, Every specimen 
bearing a date in his collection and my own has been taken in the dry season, so I have not 
the smallest doubt that 4. e/ima is a dimorphic seasonal form of A. zc¢és, more especially as I 
possess many intermediate specimens which cannot be assigned typically to either species. 
920. Aphnaus uniformis, Moore. 
A. uniformis, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1882, p. 251. 
HABITAT : Mount Meru, Wurdhan (J/07e).* 
EXPANSE: 1°42 inches. 
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* Mr. A, Grahame Young informs ne that th’s locality should be ‘* Meru Wurdwan, Kashmir,” 
