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at the apex, lliird joint elongate, conical, rather shorter than the first joint; anteiimv, about 

 three-fourths the length of the body, terminating in a rather short obtuse club. Thorax, oval, 

 stout, hairy. Abdomen, about two-thirds the length of the inner margin of the hindwing. 

 FoREWiNG, nearly triangular, the apex very slightly truncate, costal f/iargin but little 

 curved, outer margin about three-fourths the length of the costal, slightly emarginate, 

 inner margin nearly straight, equal to the outer; costal nervure rather stout, extending 

 beyond the middle of the wing ; subcostal nervure five-branched, its first branch thrown off 

 considerably beyond [before] the middle, its second shortly before the end of the cell, the third 

 at a greater distance from the origin of the second than from that of the fourth, this last nearer 

 to the apex than to the origin of the third ; 2tf>/>er disco-cellular nervule very short, middle 

 disco-cellular much curved, about half the length of the lower, which is nearly straight, and 

 anastamoses with the third median nervule where this last makes a slight angle. Hindwing, 

 angular, the base with a rather prominent shoulder ; costal margin curved, outer margin 

 curved as far as the third median nervule, then produced into a short tooth, thence 

 sinuate to the anal angle, all the margins of about equal \Qx\g\.h ; pracostal nervure h\M ; 

 discoidal nervule separating from the second subcostal close to its origin ; discoidal cell open ; 

 third median neivule scarcely curved. Forelegs, of the viale with the /^;««;- scaly ; the 

 //to, except at the base, and the tarsus, densely clothed with very long hairs, femur longer 

 than the tibia, tibia and tarsus equal in length, the former slenderer at the base than at the 

 apex, the latter cylindric, scarcely curved, rounded at the base and apex. Of the female 

 with the femur, tibia, and tarsus scaly, and furnished with long delicate hairs, least numerous 

 on the tarsus, tibia much shorter than the femur, equal in length to the tarsus, tarsus four- 

 jointed, the first cylindric, spiny below, the spines small, the apex unarmed, second joint about 

 one-fourth the length of the first, armed with a few small spines below, and two stronger 

 ones at the apex, third and fourth joints combined scarcely longer than the second, both 

 armed with two spines at the apex, those of the fourth having a tuft of hair at the base. 

 Middle and hindlegs, with the tibiae and tarsi of equal length, shorter than the femora, 

 which are rather short, tibia spiny within except at the base, the spines short, slender, 

 arranged in two nearly regular series, tarsi spiny below and at the sides, except the fifth 

 joint, which wants the lateral series of spines ; spines of the lower surface in two somewhat 

 regular series ; first joint longer than the rest combined, second joint less than one-third the 

 length of the first, third joint rather more than half the length of the second, longer than the 

 fourth, fifth joint longer than the second ; clazas short, curved, grooved below ; paronychia 

 bilaciniate, outer lacinia slender, pointed, as long as the claw, inner lacinia shorter, slender, 

 pointed ; pulvtllus jointed, shorter than the claws." {Donbleday, 1. c) 



6j'Wi^/^y/M/o is a truly Oriental genus, being found only in India and the Malay Archi- 

 pelago extending into China, being absent however from Ceylon, the Andaman and Nicobar 

 Islands and the Malay peninsula. The species are all of small size, the upperside black with 

 ochreous or fulvous bands arranged as in Neptis, the underside is usually paler, and marked 

 with black tesselations with some blue or green conical spots and a marginal line on the hind« 

 wing in some species, in others the underside is streaked and lined with ferruginous, with some 

 violet powdering on the hindwing. In all the species the third median nervule of the hindwing 

 is produced into a short tooth or tail. They have a rapid flight, but frequently settle. Mr. 

 Wallace remarks of them that they "are strong and active insects, frequenting sunny places 

 on the skirts of the forests.* 



Key to the Indian species of Syiabrentliia. 



A. Underside profusely marked and spotted with ferruginous, no black tessehilions. 

 a. Upperside, hindwing withdiscal .-ind submarsinal fulvous bands. 



a'. Bands broad, submarginal band on hindwing not dotted with black. 



532. S. HippocLUS, Himalayas, Assam, Burma, Eastern Ghats, Java, 



China. 

 b^. Bands narrower, submarginal band on hindwing dotted with black. 



533. S. KHASiANA, Khasi Hills. 



Trans. Ent. See. Lond., iSrp, p. 314, 



