NYMPHALIN^. {Gtoup cSARAXmA.) 231 



veins, the anal spot being also blue-speckled. Underside. Olivescent fulvous- 

 brown, darkest basally and externally, and washed with purplish-grey ; transverse 

 markings throughout, as in the male ; the subbasal interspace being slightly, and the 

 medial discal interspace distinctly fulvous-white or pale fulvous-yellow. Bodj/ 

 entirely dark fulvous-red ; palpi blackish above, white beneath ; pectus fulvous- 

 white ; legs above dark fulvous-red, whitish beneath ; fore-tarsi fulvous-white ; 

 antennae black ; eyes dark red. 



Expanse, c? 3^, ? 4 to 4J inches. 



Habitat. — Ceylon. 



DiaTEiBUTiON. — Major Hutchison obtained males near Trincomali in August, 

 fluttering over the ground on the edge of forest jungle. Capt. Wade took males and 

 a female at Kandy, and a female in the forest at Kottawa. A female was taken by 

 Mr. Skinner in March, 1875, at Arisvawalle. Major Yerbury took a female at sugar 

 in October, at Kanthalla. 



HARIDRA IMNA (Plate 169, fig. 1, la, b, c, c? ? , et larva and pupa). 



Charaxes Imna, Butler, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1870, p. 122, pi. 4, fig. 2, <? ; de Niceville, Butt, of 

 India, etc. ii. p. 285 (1886). Hampson, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 355. Davidson and 

 Aitken, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, 1889, p. 278, pi. A, fig. 4, 4a, larva. 



Cliaraxes Hindia (female only), Butler, Lep. Exotica, p. 99, pi. 37, fig. 5, ? (1872). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside of a somewhat paler fulvous-red than in the closely 

 allied Psaphon. Forewing with the black marginal band slightly narrower, the dis- 

 cocellular streak slightly defined. Hindwing with the black band comparatively 

 narrower apically, and posteriorly broken up into two or three spots, in addition to 

 the white-centred anal spots ; the slender costal streak also further from the apical 

 portion of the band. Underside paler fulvous-brown than in Psaphon ; markings 

 similar, but of a more generally uniform tint throughout ; the sinuous transverse 

 lines and fascias being much less defined. 



Female. Upperside similar to that of Psaphon, the fulvous colour somewhat 

 paler. Forewing with the white band comparatively narrower, and its inner black 

 edgings less sharply defined. Hindioing also similar, but the black macular band 

 somewhat narrower. Underside similar, but paler, and the transverse sinuous 

 marking's less defined. 



Expanse, c? 3f , ? 4 to 4^ inches. 



Caterpillar. — " Slug-shaped, elongated ; head very broad, surmounted by two 

 pairs of incurved rugose fleshy processes, the outer pair longest ; anal segment flat, 

 square, ending in two points ; last pair of legs almost aborted ; colour rich dark 

 green, with a large dorsal semicircle of pinkish-white on the seventh segment, and a 



