138 MESSKS. H. J. EL WES AND JAMES EDWAEDS: 



4 (9). Hind wiug above brown, no bluish-white pubescence near tlie 



termen. 



5 (6). Hind wing beneath brown or grey-brown ravi, Moore. 



6 (5). Hind wing beneath in greater part bluish white. 



7 (8). Expanse 40-47 mm. Pore wing beneath without a bluish-white 



suffused patch near the tornus helferi, Feld. 



8 (7). Expanse 49-55 mm. Fore wiug beneath with a bluish-white 



suffused patch near the tornus khasiana, Moore. 



9 (4) . Hind wing above with a white or bluish-white patch on the lower 



half of the termen, or at least with bluish-white pubescence in 

 the same region. 



10 (23). Hyaline spots in cell of fore wing very small or absent in the male. 



11 (22). Hind wing below with distinct black spots. 



12 (17). Pale portion of hind wiug above suffused with bluish white, or, if 



the torual region of the termen is narrowlj^ white, then the 

 white passes into bluish white towards the base. 



13 (14). Hind wing below with the dark costal portion suffused with the 



bluish white of the disc. Hyaline spots in cells 6, 7, and 8 of 



fore wing onlj' in either sex alica, Moore, 



14 (13). Hind wiug below with the dark costal poition sharply separated 



from the white discal portion, at least near the termen. 



15 (16). Hind wing below : dark costal portion continued along the termen 



towards the tornus as an irregular line which is interrupted in 

 cells 3 and 4. Hyaline spots in cell of fore wing wanting in 

 both sexes obscurus, Mab. 



16 (15). Hind wing below : dark costal portion continued along the termen 



towards the tornus as an uninterrupted row of spots. Hyaline 

 spots in cell of fore wing visible in the male, well developed in 



the female japetus, Cr. 



17(12). Hind wing above: torual region of the termen more or less 

 broadly snow-white. 



18 (21). Hind wing below : torual region of the termen with an irregular 



row of 2 or more, more or less confluent, black spots, which is 

 interrupted in cells 3 and 4. 



19 (20). Hind wing below : no dark spot in the end of the cell .... gmui, Mcore, 



20 (19). Hind wing below: a dark spot in the end of the cell and one in 



each of cells 3-7, that in cell 7 feeble ; in the female the dark 



spots in cells 3-6 are subequal in size and form a regular row . karea, Mab. 



21 (18). Hind wing below: termen with a black border from veins 16 to 



6 interrupted by the intra-neural folds, which appear as white 

 lines parallel with the veins ; a feeble dark spot in the end of 

 the cell and another near the middle of cell 7 ; a well-defined 

 black spot in each of cells 4-5 and 6, the former geminate . . elegans, Mab. 



22 (11). No well-defined black spots on hind wing below lavata, \i\xt\. 



