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THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OP THE PLAINS 

 OF INDIA. 



(INCLUDING THOSE MET WITH IN THE HILL STATIONS 

 OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY). 



BY 



T. R. Bell, i.f.s. 



(^Continued from page 497 of Vol. XXIII.) 



Pakt XVIII. 



The classification of the family given by Colonel Bingham in his Butter- 

 flies of the Fauna of British India series for all the insects occurring within 

 India limits is as under : — 



A. — Legs abnormal ; either tibice or tarsi peculiar 



or elongated . . . . . . . . . . . . Gerydince. 



B. — Legs normal as described for the family. 



a. Fore wing : veins 5 and 6 approximate at base 

 or 6 out of 7 beyond apex of cell. 

 a}. Fore wing : vein 11 anastomosed with vein 



12 . . . . . . . . . . . . PoritiincB. 



¥. Fore wing : vein 11 not anastomosed with 



vein 12 . . . . . . . . . . . , Arhopalince. 



h. Fore wing : veins 5 and 6 not approximate at 

 base. 



a}. Fore wing: vein 7 terminating at or before 

 apex of wing on costal margin. 

 d^. Hind wing : without lobe . . . . Lycmninoe. 



W. Hind wing : lobate or sublobat^.. .. Theclinm. 



¥. Fore wing : vein 6 terminating after apex 

 of wing on terminal margin. 

 or. Fore wing : vein 8 absent . . .. .. Curetince. 



b'^. Fore wing : vein 8 present . . . . LiphyrinGB. 



Iq this key there are three sub-families which do not concern us. These 

 are Gerydince, Poritiinm and Liphyrines. Recasting it to suit our require- 

 ments, we get : — 



A. — Fore wing : veins 5 and 6 approximate at base 

 or 6 out of 7 beyond apex of cell and vein 11 not 

 anastomosed with 12 . . . . . . . . Arhopalince. 



B. — Fore wing : veins 5 and 6 not approximate at 

 base. 



a. Fore wing : vein 7 terminating at or before 

 apex of wing on costal margin. 



a^. Hind wing : without lobe . . . . . . Lyccenince. 



b^. Hind wing : lobate or sublobate . . . . Theclince. 



b. Fore wing : vein 7 terminating after apex of 



wing on terminal margin and vein 8 absent . . Curetince. 

 In the above adapted key there will not be much difficulty in finding out 

 whether vein 5 and 6 of the forewing are or are not approximated at their 



