452 LYCANIDA. ZINASPA. 
Eey to the species of Zinaspa. 
A. Male, upperside, hindwing uniformly brown; female, upperside, forewing with the discal area blue 
988. Z. Tovar, Nilgiri Hills, 
B. Male, upperside, hindwing with a large patch of shining purple; female, upperside, forewing with 
the discal area bluish-purple. 
989. Z. pvisToRTA, Sikkim, Assam, Burma. 
988. Zinaspa todara, Moore. 
Surendra todara, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 530; Rapala distorta, Hampson (ec de. 
Nicéville), Journ. A. S. B., vol. Ivii, pt. 2, p. 359, n. 138 (1888). 
HasiTaT: Coonoor, Nilgiris. 
EXPANSE: ¢, 1°25; 2, 1°55 inches. 
DESCRIPTION: ‘‘ MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings dark violet-brown. Forewing with the 
basal area below the costal nervure pale violet-blue. Mindwing uniformly brown. UNDER- 
SIDE, doth wings pale ochreous-brown, indistinctly grey-speckled. Forewing witha discal trans- 
verse indistinct white lunular line, and two less distinct marginal lines. Hixdwing with a sub- 
basal and two discal transverse white lunular zigzag lines, and a small black subanal spot 
surmounted with ochreous-red.” 
‘€ In this species the forewing is narrower than in its allies [of the genus Swzendra], and 
the hindwing is more convex. It is quite distinct from the Madras species, S. dip/agiata, Butler, 
the figure of which does not well represent the angular margin of the hindwing of the type 
specimen.” (Joore, 1. c.) 
_ Nilgiris, 3,000 feet. One female in August of this year on the southern slopes, and eight 
females on the western slopes, 1,000-2,500 feet, in September, 1888. Differs from the descrip- 
tion and figure of 2. [=Z,] distorta, de Nicéville, in having the blue area on the upperside of 
both wings more restricted, and on the underside the white lines more regular and split up into 
well defined lunules.” (Hampson, 1. c.) 
I have notseena male of this species ; it appears to differ from that of 2. déstorta, mihi, 
in having the upperside of the hindwing uniformly brown, while in Z. déstorta there is a large 
patch of shining deep purple on the disc. The female of Z. todara differs from that of 
Z. distorta in having the discal patch on the upperside of the forewing blue instead of purple, 
and more restricted. The markings of the underside appear to be much the same. 
Mr. G. F. Hampson examined the type of this species, and kindly informed me that 
it is not a Surendra ; 1 should otherwise have been unable to have recognised the species. He 
has also given me two specimens. 
989, Zinaspa distorta, de N. (PLATE XXIX, Fic. 239 ¢). 
Rapala distorta, de Nicéville, Proc, Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887, p. 461, pl. xl, fig. 6, female. 
HapitaT: Sikkim, Assam, Burma. 
EXxpANSE: &, 1°40 to 1°55; 9, 1°60 inches. 
DESCRIPTION : MALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings black. Fovewzng with the basal and lower 
discal areas very deep shining purple, the costal margin broadly, the outer margin still more 
broadly and the apex broadest of all, of the ground-colour, the purple coloration occupying 
about two-thirds of the surface of the wing. Aindwing with the basal and lower discal areas 
very deep shining purple, the costa and apex extremely broadly, the outer margin narrowly black, 
the abdominal margin pale fuscous. UNDERSIDE, doth wimgs as in the female but of a deeper 
vinous colour, all the markings rather less prominent. “ FEMALE. UPPERSIDE, doth wings 
almost black, somewhat paler on the hindwing. Forewing with all but the costa widely, the 
apex and outer margin still more widely (which are of the ground-colour), rich bluish-purple. 
Hindwing with a lengthened discal patch of bluish-purple, which occupies the lower half of 
the discoidal cell and extends beyond it into the discoidal and median interspaces, but does 
not nearly reach the outer margin, [this patch is sometimes entirely wanting], 7az/ dull ferru- 
ginous, tipped with white. UNDERSIDE, d0¢h wings dull ferruginous or cinnamon-coloured, 
