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vein 1 ; hind wing : the black bands that cross the cell broader 

 and proportionately closer together. 



Exp. <$ $ 94-100 mm. (3'7-3'94"). 



Hob. The Andamans. 



Race alcibiades, Fabr. This is the most widely spread race of 

 antiphates, from which it differs as follows : 



<S $ Upperside : all the black markings shorter and narrower. 

 Pore wing : the discal and terminal bands separate, the former 

 rarely extended below vein 3, the latter in no specimen reaches the 

 dorsal margin. Hind wing : the broad grey area on the terminal 

 margin reduced to a small patch of grey at the apices of inter- 

 spaces 2 to 4 ; the subterminal black markings rarely present 

 anteriorly, generally confined to the limits of the grey patch. 

 Underside : the extent of the black markings similarly reduced, 

 otherwise as in the typical form. 



Exp. J $ 82-94 mm. (3-24-3'7"). 



Hub. Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Central and Western India ; Ceylon ; 

 Assam ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; extending to Siam, China, and tar 

 into the Malayan Subregion. 



The width and length of the transverse black markings on the 

 upperside of the fore wing, also the extent of the grey terminal 

 area and the presence or absence of the black subterminal 

 markings on the upperside of the hind wing, are all very variable. 



Var. nebulosus, Butler, is a melanistic variety recorded from 

 Sikhim. 



Var. continentalis, Eimer, has the caudal area of the hind wing 

 on the upperside suffused with black. 



Var. itamputi, Butler, has the postdiscal and terminal black 

 bands on the upperside of the fore wing united posteriorly, but 

 neither band extends up to the tornus. 



Var. ceylonicus, Eimer, has the basal two bands on the upper- 

 side of the fore wing extended beyond the median nervure, the 

 preapical cellular band not triangular and extended to the median 

 nervure. 



The larva and pupa figured by Messrs. Davidson and Aitken 

 (1. c.) were probably those of P. antipJiates, race alcibiades. 



Larva. " The most unusual feature of the larva is that in its 

 early stages it is pure white marked only with thin transverse 

 lines of black or dark green. At the last moult but one it becomes 

 yellow with thicker lines, and after the last moult attains the 

 colour shown in the figure, showing a distinct resemblance to the 

 larva of P. nomius." (Davidson <Sf Aitken.) The figure represents 

 a white caterpillar about 1| inch long, shaded with dusky green 

 along the dorsum, the divisions of the segments marked with 

 green and a prominent green lateral line. The head in the figure 

 is apparently tucked in below, but the 2nd, 3rd and 4th segments 

 have a patch of dark green above. 



Papa. " Supported by an uncommonly long band, and from its 

 green colour would seem to be normally found on the plant 

 (Unona laivii) and not under stones." (Davidson $ Aitken.) 



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