126 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



on the outer area ; fasciae indistinctly darker, submarginal ocelli small, fully 

 developed. 



Female. Upperside much paler olivescent-brown. Forewing angled below the 

 apex ; with the subapical dusky-black confluent spots and costal patch obscurely 

 defined, the spots white pupilled, the upper pale bar very obscurely brownish- 

 ochreous. Hindwing with three small posterior submarginal white dots. Underside 

 pale bright ferruginous, with darker strigge ; the fascia prominently defined and 

 covered with more uniformly-disposed darker strigEe, their outer edges waved, that 

 of the discal fascife on forewing being distinctly sinuous, their interspaces and basal 

 area of hindwing and outer border of discal fascia paler ; the ordinary dusky black 

 cell spot on hindwing; the submarginal ocelli small, well developed. 



Expanse, <S 2^^, ? 2^^ inches. 



Dry-season Brood (Plate 124, fig. 1, larva and pupa, 1 d, e, f, c? ?)• 

 Melanitis Tamhra, Moore, Lep. of Ceylon, i. p. 15, pi. 9, figs. 2, a, b, c, (J ? , larca and j)«pa (1880). 



Imago. — Upperside dark olivescent-brown, apical area and outer borders slightly 

 paler and obscurely speckled with ferruginous or cinereous-ferruginous scales. Fore- 

 ^oing somewhat angled below the apex ; with two very obscure small .ordinary 

 subapical blackish confluent-spots, with a single white pupil on its upper portion, 

 but in some a lower white dot is slightly apparent. Hindicing without markings. 

 Underside very dark ferruginous or purplish-ferruginous ; veins alternately blackish 

 and pale ochreous speckled ; more or less numerously variegated with pale ochreous 

 strigse, which are more dense and confluent between the fascise on the forewing, and 

 the basal area and end of cell on the hindwing ; the transverse ordinary fasciaa 

 darker, those on forewing diffused, the outer one broadly greyish washed externally, 

 most apparent on the hindwing, but paler and more ochreous on the forewing, 

 especially on the dilated upper end before the apex. Both Avings with the sub- 

 marginal ocelloid spots small, ochreous-brown ringed, those on the hindwing being 

 most distinct. 



Female. Upperside paler and of a ferruginous olivescent-bi'own tint, the costa 

 and apex of forewing and outer borders su8"usedly speckled with pale brighter 

 ferruginous. Foreiving more acutely angled below the apex than in the wet-season 

 form ; with the subapical black confluent-spots large, each with a prominent white 

 pupil, the upper one large, the lower small, the pale ferruginous ring obscure, the 

 upper ferruginous bar more defined, the contiguous dusky costal patch blackish. 

 Hindwing with three, or four, posterior submarginal minute white spots. Underside 

 much paler and brighter ferruginous than in the male ; the fasciae more defined and 

 more uniformly strigose, their interspaces and basal area of hindwing not pale mottled. 



