APHNJIUS CONCANUS. 

 Plate 738, figs. 2, <? , 2a, ? , 2b, $ . 



Aphnseus concanus, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1884, p. 27. de Niceville, Butt, of India, iii. 



p. 358. Davidson, Bell and Aitken, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1896, p. 386. de Rhe-Philipe, 



id. 1908, p. 886. 

 Aphnseus (^Spindasis) concanus, Hampson,' Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1888, p. 359. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside like the male of A. lohita. Underside pale reddisli- 

 ochreous, bands dark purple-red. Forewing with the bands disposed as in lohita. 

 Hindiving with the bands closer together, the ante-medial band free from the basal 

 band, the post-medial band at its lower end touching both the medial and sub-marginal 

 bands, the latter narrower than it is in lohita, leaving a broader space of the ground 

 colour between it and the marginal band ; anal patch and spots similar. 



Female. Upperside paler and more brown than the female of lohita. Underside 

 as in its own male, the sub-marginal and marginal bands more separated. 



Expanse of wings, ^ $ Ixo to 1^ inches. 



Habitat. — South India. 



Distribution. — Recorded by de Ehe-Philipe from Khandalla, near Bombay, by 

 Hampson from the Nilgiris, by de Niceville from the Shevaroy Hills and Orissa. We 

 have both sexes from Karwar, from whence Davidson, Bell and Aitken also record it ; 

 they are of opinion that it is the cold- weather form of lohita. 



APHNJ;US ZOILUS. 



Plate 738, figs. 3, (J , 3a, 9 > 3b, $ , 3c, larva (muoli enlarged, with ants on it), 3d, pupa (in ants' nest, 



with part of the covering torn away). 



Aphnseus zoilus, Moore, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1877, p. 588. de Niceville, Butt, of India, iii. p. 359 (1890). 

 Aphnseus lohita, var. zoilus, Wood-Mason and de Niceville, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1880, p. 232. 

 Spindasis zoilus, Moore, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. Lend. 1886, p. 43. 



Aphnseus zehrinus, Moore, Journ. As. Soc. Bengal, 1884, p. 28. de Niceville, I.e. (1890). 

 Spindasis lohita, Kershaw (nee Horsfield), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1907, p. 245, pi. 22 (life history). 



Imago. — Male. Upperside dark blue, much brighter and purer blue than in 

 A. lohita, the black bands more distinctly defined. Foreioing with the costal band 

 somewhat broadly, the apex very broadly and the outer marginal band decreasingiy 

 hindward, black ; the sub-median nervure and the median nervules also black. 

 Hindwing with the costal space broadly black, the abdominal fold blackish-brown, 

 the outer marginal line finely black, anal orange patch brighter and larger than in 

 lohita ; a black spot in the lobe, a minute black spot between the tails, with one or two 



