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darkening of the subbasal markings and discal area, the small 
ocelli on this area being tolerably sharply outlined; in the 
intermediate phase the central belt and border are not so 
white, and many of the specimens show a slight rosy suffu- 
sion ; in the dry phase the ocelli on the under surface are, as 
a rule, reduced to mere points, the general character of 
colouring is more leaf-like, varying from rosy brownish to 
ochreous brownish, the darker areas frequently much less 
defined. ‘The tendency in the dry phase evidently is for the 
resting butterfly to resemble a dead leaf. 
21. Precis epiclelia. 
Vanessa epicleha, Boisduval, Faune Ent. de Madag. p. 44, pl. vii. fig. 8 
(1833). 
Madagascar (Betsileo). B. M. , 
This is an island form of P. clelia, differing chiefly in the 
reduced size of the creamy-white markings on the primaries. 
As with other species found in Madagascar, the seasonal 
phases seem to be less defined than in those from the con- 
tinent of Africa. 
22. Precis enone. 
Papilio enone, Linnzus, Mus. Lud. Ulr. pp. 274, 275 (1764). 
Papilio hierta, Fabricius, Ent. Syst., Suppl. p. 424 (1798). 
China, Burma, Pegu, Mergui, Andamans, Nicobars, Cey- 
lon, India generally. B. M. 
Specimens from China are so large that they might be 
regarded as representing a distinct subspecies if it were not 
for the existence of occasional equally large examples from 
Northern India; the Museum has such examples from 
Karachi in the west and Assam in the east. 
The seasonal phases differ in the usual way, the markings 
in the wet phase on the under surface being fairly well 
defined, but in the dry phase blurred on the secondaries, 
which are of a more uniformly greyish ashy tint. 
23. Precis cebrene. 
Junonia cebrene, Trimen, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1870, p. 353. (“ crebrene,” 
Dunning, ¢. ¢. p. 524.) 
Africa generally and Aden. B.M. | 
The seasonal phases differ much as in P. enone, but the 
differences between the extremes are perhaps a little more 
pronounced. 
