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THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINS 

 OF INDIA. 



(INCLUDING THOSE MET WITH IN THE HILL STATIONS 

 OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY. 



BY 



T. R. Bell, c.i.e,, i.f.s. (retd.) 



{Continued from page 227 of Vol, XXT'II.) 



Part XXVIII. 



With plate 'iff. 



Family— B.mFERiiDM—icontinued). 



This key will probably be found to be applicable to all insects of thu sub- 

 families 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 9 enumerated on page 6. For subfamilies 4, 7 and 8 

 however, it will only serve for the limited number of skippers dealt with in 

 detail in these papers. 



Below will be found another key, for subfamilies, based chiefly upon struc- 

 tural characters : — 



A. — Wings : held horizontal in repose. Fore wing : 



vein 5 nearer to 6 than to 4 Celanorrhince (1). 



B. — Wings 3 held either erect or slanting in repose. 

 Fore wing : vein 5 various. 

 a. Wings : held either erect or slanting. Fore wing .» 



vein 5 always nearer to 6 than to 4 . . HesperiitKe (2). 



h. Wings ; always held erect in repose. Fore wing : 

 vein 5 various. 



al. Fore wing i vein 5 various. Palpi : robust, 

 the second joint held pressed against face, erect ; 

 the third joint long, naked, directed out hori- 

 zontally, or nearly so, in front of head . . . . Ismeneince (3). 

 61. Fore wing : vein 5 always nearer to 6 than to 4; 

 rarely from or nearly from the middle. Palpi : 

 never as in the Ismeneince. 

 a2. Antennce ; with the tip of club blunt, 



never with a point, be that point ever so small.. Pamphilince (6). 

 62. Ante7ince: with the tip of club with a point 

 (apiculus), well marked in the majoritj- of 

 cases, sometimes small, but invariably present. 



a3. Eyes ; blood red Erionotinoe (5). 



63. Eyes ; never red of any hue. 

 a4. Head: breadth divided into antenna — 

 length always over 2.3 mm., or, in one 

 case, equal to it . . . . . . Notocryptince (9). 



64. Head : breadth divided into antenna — 

 length always under 2-3 or, in one case, 

 just over it (in the case of Cupitha purreea), 

 an insect otherwise abnormal and diffi- 

 cult to place PlastingiincE (4) 



ErynnincB (7). 

 Baorince (8). 



