452 



much closer to apex of cell than to base of wing ; vein 8 very 

 slightly arched near base, then straight to apex of wing. Antenna) 

 about half length of fore wing, no distinct club but gradually 

 incrassate to apex ; palpi porrect, gradually tapering to apex, third 

 joint of moderate length, as thick at base as apex of second joint ; 

 eyes naked ; body heavy and robust, reminding one in its stoutness 

 of the body of Charaxes. 



775. Liphyra brassolis, Westwood, Proc. Ent. Soc. (3) ii, 1864, p. 31 ; 

 Distant, Shop. Malay. ]884, p. 204, pi. 22, fig. 18 ? ; de N. Butt. 

 Ind. iii, 1890, p. 491, pi. 29, tig. 243 $ . 

 Sterosis robusta, Felder, Novara Reise, Lep. ii, 1865, p. 219, pi. 27 



figs. 10, 11 $ . 



cJ . Uppers-ide, fore wing : black ; the basal half of interspace 1, 

 an oblique spot beyond apex of cell, the costal margin somewhat 

 broadly along the basal half, strongly narrowed towards the apex, 



and the cilia ochraceous yellow. 

 The yellow in the basal half of 

 interspace 1 narrows outwardly, 

 anteriorly spreads slightly into 

 the cell and base of interspace 2 

 and posteriorly to the dorsal 

 margin near base of wing. 

 Hind wing : ochraceous yellow 

 with the following black mark- 

 ings : a broad streak from base 

 of wiugin cell widened outwardly 

 that leaves an anterior small 

 portion below base of subcostal 

 vein and a posterior small por- 

 tion along apical half of median 

 vein of the ground - colour ; 

 terminal margin very broadly 

 black, that colour however, 

 not extended to the apex or 

 tornus ; between this marginal 

 band and the cellular streak is 

 an irregular patch connecting them ; cilia ochraceous ; abdominal 

 fold paler ochraceous. Underside : dull earthy ochraceous, paler 

 along the dorsal area and at apex of fore wing and on the termen 

 near apex of hind wing. Fore wing : a medial large irregular 

 brownish-black patch that occupies the apical half of the discoidal 

 cell and the basal thirds of the interspaces 3 and 4. Hind wing : 

 costal margin with transverse mottlings of reddish brown. In 

 some specimens the ground-colour on the underside is pale dull 

 purplish with shadings of darker purple ; on the fore wing the 

 medial black patch large and the basal area internal to the black 

 patch rich ochraceous yellow. Antennae, head, thorax and abdo- 

 men ochraceous ; beneath : in some specimens slightly paler. 



Fig. 102. Liphyra brassolis. 



