THE COMMON BUTTERFLIES OF THE PLAINS 01 INDIA. 485 



Bindahara. (38). 



Lo.rura {PL H, fig. 

 55) (34). 



6^ Underside, hind wing : with a 

 complete discal band of un- 

 sullied white ground-colour 

 from inner margin to, at least, 

 just before apex . . .'. Castalius. (15). 



The ground-colour of the upperside in males of 

 Tarucus is concolorous, slatey-blue in theophrastus, 

 F., ajidi plinius, F.; dark-brown or blackish in cmanda, 

 de N. In Castalius the ground-colour is white with 

 broad black borders and, in rosimon, F., a blue border 

 to the black. The females in both genera have the 

 ground-colour white like the males in Castalius, in 

 Tarucus unlike. 



D. — Hind wing : lobed or nearly so at anal angle 

 and with only one tail {see PI. H, figs. 54, 54a, 

 55, 57, 57a.). 



a. Hind wing : the tail feathery, long as hind 



wing ; colour deep velvety black on upper- 

 side in male with the tail cream-coloured 

 brown in female, the tail white . . 



b. Hind wing with the tail broad and nearly 



half as long as wing ; colour of both sexes 

 alike, golden-yellow or orange-yellow with 

 broad black border . . 



c. Hind wing : tail broad and much shorter 



{see PI. H, figs. 57, 57a). Colour on the 



upperside brilliant blue, with or without 



black border : blue, purple or brown in 



the female, with black border. 



In Surendra, Iraota, MaTiatJiala there are little 



points at the ends of the veins above the tail but 



these cannot be called tails, 



a^. Hind wing : costal margin (look at 

 the underside of wing) before apex pro- 

 duced upwards to form a triangular 



tooth ' Mahathala. (20). 



b^. Hind wing : costal margin even, 



a~. Hind wing : the tail at end of 

 vein 1 broader than a thread, the 

 point at end of vein 2 in Iraota 

 sometimes quite long. 



a^. Underside : variegated with 

 grey and white on a rich 

 chocolate ground which may 

 shade into brownish towards 

 outer margin . . . . . . Iraota. (IH). 



b'^. Underside : plain brown, ru- 

 fous, &c., at most dark or 

 blackish suffusion in places, 

 the only distinct marking 

 being a narrow, straight, line- 

 like fascia from apex of fore 

 wing curving to inner margin 

 of hind wing ; this fascia may 

 be obsolescent sometimes . . Amblypodia. (21). 



