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somewhat produced at the anal angle, a discal series of minute white dots, varying in 

 number in different examples. Antennae black, the shaft dotted with white on the 

 underside, the basal half of the club white beneath, the extreme tip tinged with red ; 

 palpi with black and white hairs above, pure white beneath, with a few black hairs ; 

 head and body coucolorous with the wings ; face, pectus and thorax with white hairs, 

 abdomen beneath white, with grey bands. 



Female like the male, the forewing not produced, and consequently comparativelv 

 broader, the spots as on the upperside, but larger, the discal series of white dots on 

 the hindwing, sometimes complete on both sides. 



Expanse of wings, ^ $ 1^% to 1 j'V inches. 



Larva. — Head triangular-shaped when looked at from in front; body cylindrical, 

 somewhat depressed, thickest at segment 5, sloping at the last segment, with the 

 extremity of the anal segment rounded broadly ; head dark chocolate, nearly black, 

 with a white marginal band and a green clypeus ; for some distance round the clypeus 

 the fcice is marbled with greenish ; such is the rains coloration : in the dry weather, 

 and indeed sometimes in the rains, the black is obsolescent ; colour of body bluish- 

 white, or greenish-white, with a sub-dorsal and a lateral white stripe ; surface clothed 

 with very short, erect hairs, longest at the margin of the body. Length, 30 mm. 



Pupa. — Cylindrical, very slightly constricted dorsally only, behind thorax, 

 produced into a long, sharp, conical snout in front, the eyes prominent ; abdomen 

 tapering, and ends in a thin, long, more or less broadly triangular, curved cremaster : 

 the proboscis is produced to the posterior margin of segment 12 ; colour green, with 

 white longitudinal lines. 



Habits. — The imago rests with its wings over its back ; it is a fast-flying insect, 

 fond of basking in the sun, and is a greedy flower-feeder, the larva makes a lax cell ; it 

 pupates on the underside of a leaf, drawing the edges somewhat together ; it feeds on 

 soft, small grasses ; the pupa is attached by the tail and a body band. The butterfly 

 is of rapid, short flight, and is found always settled on the ground. (Davidson, Bell 

 and Aitken.) 



Habitat. — Sikkim, Assam, South India, Burma, Ceylon, Audamans, China, Malay 

 Peninsula and Archipelago. 



Distribution. — The types are from the Audamans ; it is a common species ; we 

 have many examples from Sikkim, Assam, the Andamans, Ceylon and many places in 

 Southern India ; our description and figures are from Andaman examples ; our figures 

 of the larva and pupa from Davidson's original drawings ; Plotz's type came from 

 Manila. 



