2ir) LEPIDOPTEBA INDICA. 



liuc finely black, outer black band shaped as in atymnus, but broader. Illndwing with 

 the costal and abdominal spaces suffused with pale brown, but to a lesser extent than 

 in surya, leaving more of the wing fulvous, outer marginal line suffusedly brown. 

 Cilia fulvous ; tail fulvous, with short brown cilia and white tip. Underside much as in 

 surya, the markings on the forewing obsolete and on the hindwing indistinct, but the 

 discal and sub-martrinal bands are visible. 



Female. Upperside very different to either atymnus or surya, the base has about 

 as much suffusion as in the male, the costal line is finely black, the outer black band is 

 a little deeper than it is in the male, especially down the outer margin, and all the rest 

 of the wing is fulvous as in its male. Hindicing entii'ely suffused with brown, except 

 for a small space in its middle where the fulvous colour shows, all the veins and the 

 tail fulvous, the latter edged and ciliated with brown. Underside very dull in colour, 

 the fulvous ground colour being tinted with brown, markings as in its male. 



Expanse of wings, ^ ? 1-ro to 1-^ inches. 



Habitat. — South Andaman Islands. A common form in these islands ; we have 

 many examples of both sexes. 



LOXTJEA ARCUATA. 



Plate 745, figs. 1, J , la, $ , lb, ? , Ic, larva and pupa. 



Loaura arcuatn, Moore, Lep. Ceylon, i. p. Ill, pi. 42, figs. 4, <J , 4a, $ ; 4b, larva and pupa (1881). 

 de Niceville, Butt, of India, iii. p. 437 (1890). Manders, Journ. Bo. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1904, 

 p. 78. 



Imago. — Male. Upperside very much of the same fulvous colour as in L. prahha. 

 Forewing with the basal suffusion and the outer black band similar. Hindwing without 

 the suffused brown costal band, the base and abdominal area narrowly suffused, the 

 abdominal suffusion becomes pale and fulvous towards the anal lobe, which is darker 

 brown, the tail is also brown, the shade of the ground colour of both wings varies 

 much in different examples. Underside with the ground colour more ochreous than in 

 any of the other species, markings as in prahha, but much more distinct. 



Female. Upperside paler than in the male. Forewing with the outer black 

 bands slightly broader. Hindwing with the base, abdominal margin (broadly) and 

 lower half of the wing suftused with brown, as are also the anal lobe and the tail. 

 Underside like the male. 



Expanse of wings, $ $ ly^- to 1 {'-^ inches. 



Earva slender, limaciform, anterior segments thickened ; head small, green, with 

 two dorsal white-striped marks. Feeds on Smilax. 



Pupa, green ; thorax oblique in front, anal segments attenuated. (Thwaites.) 



Habitat. — Ceylon. Occurs commonly throughout Ceylon ; our figures of the 

 larva and pupa are from Thwaites' original drawings. 



