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682. Spalgis epius, Westwood (Lucia) in Dblday., Wesiw. $ Heiv. Gen. 

 Di. Lep. ii, 1852, p. 502, pi. 76, fig. 5 $ ; Moore, P. Z. S. 1879, 

 p. 137 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 71, pi. 34, figs. 1, 1 , 1 b, <$ $ , 

 larva & pupa ; de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, p. 55, pi. 26, fig. 136 rf . 



Race nubilus. 



Spalgis nubilus, Moore, P. Z. S. 1883, p. 522 ; Distant $ Pryer, 

 A.M.N. H. (o) xix, 1887. p. 266; de N. Butt. Ind. iii, 1890, 

 p. 56. 



^ . Upperside : dull brown, slightly darker towards the apex of 

 the fore wing ; also a more or less quadrate whitish spot beyond 

 the apex of the cell on the same wing ; in some specimens this 

 spot is slightly diffuse. Underside : pale, silky, brownish- white ; 

 fore and hind wings crossed by numerous, very slender, short, 

 sinuous, transverse, dark brown strigse which are outwardly 

 slenderly edged with brownish-white of a shade paler than that of 

 the ground-colour ; both wings with an anticiliary dark brown line 

 with on the inner side a similar edging. Fore wing, in addition, 

 with an oval white spot beyond the cell. Cilia of both fore and 

 hind wings of the same shade as the ground-colour of the wings. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen pale brown, club of antennae 

 ochraceous at apex ; beneath : the palpi and thorax brownish -grey, 

 abdomen pale brown. $ . Upperside : slightly paler brown. 

 Fore wing : the ceil and apex darker ; a white spot similar to that 

 in the <5 but larger, beyond the apex of the cell ; in most specimens 

 extended diffusely outwards and downwards. Hind wing : 

 similar to that of the c? . Underside : precisely as in the tf . 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen paler than in the <5 . 



Exp. S $ 22-28 mm. (0-86-O10"). 



Huh. Sikhim ; Bhutan ; Malda ; Calcutta ; Southern India ; 

 Ceylon ; Assam ; Burma. 



llace nubilus, Moore. A very slightly differentiated race distin- 

 guishable as follows : d 1 $ Upperside : ground-colour much 

 darker brown. Fore wing : apex of cell with a black spot, no 

 white spot beyond in d 1 , a duller brown slightly diffuse area in $ , 

 otherwise as in the typical form. Underside: ground-colour 

 darker, with a purplish-grey silky lustre; markings as in the 

 typical form. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen similar to 

 those of the typical form but darker. 



Exp. d $ 20-28 mm. (0'79-MO"). 



Nab. Ceylon ; the Andamans ; Nicobars. 



There are two almost typical specimens of this race of epius in 

 the British Museum collection labelled Trincomali, Ceylon. The 

 Nicobar specimens that I have seen are all slightlv paler both on 

 the upper and under sides, and one or two of the females are 

 barely separable from typical epius. 



