EUPLCEINjE. 



of two, ar.d in some cases three, and even four, distinct species, belonging to as 

 many different genera pertaining to other sections of the group. 



An example of the resemblance, both in colour and pattern of markings, per- 

 vading the species of Euplceina, is given in the following table, which embraces 

 certain species of the various sections occurring only within our area. The sections, as 

 characterized in the " Key " above, are arranged in order of succession, in accordance 

 with the development of the androconial marks. 



Table showing certain Indian Species of Euplceina, of one Section, which resemble Species 

 OP OTHER Genera in the different Sections. 



Section A. 



No sexual mark on 



forewing. 



Menama mod est a 

 Menama simulatrix 



Tronga Bremeri 



Section B. 



One Eexual mark on 



forewing. 



Penoa Limborgii 



Crastia Camorta 



Penoa Deione 



Crastia Core 



Crastia Asela 



Crastia Godarti 



Mahintha snbdita 



Karadira 



Andamanensis 



Trepsichrois Linnaei 



Section C. 

 Sexual mark on hind- 

 wing. 



Section D. 

 One Bexual mark on 

 forewing, and on hind- 

 wing. 



Isamia margarita 



Isamia splendens 

 Pademma Kollari 

 Pademma Sinhala 

 Pademma crassa 

 Pademma Masoni 

 Timna Roepstorffii 



Section B. 



Two sexual marks on 



forewing. 



Stictoploea Harrisii 



Stictoploea binotata 

 Narmada coreoides 

 Narmada montana 



Burma. 

 Nicobars. 

 N.E. India 

 Lower India 

 Ceylon. 

 Burma. 

 Tenasserim. 

 Andamans. 



Geogkaphical Distribution.— This is an Eastern-Asiatic group, being most highly 

 developed in the Malay Archipelago, extending to the extreme eastern islands of the 

 New Hebrides, Fiji, and Samoa, and also to Australia. Four species are known also 

 to occur only on certain islands in the Indian Ocean, namely, one on the Island of 

 Mahe, Seychelles, one on Bourbon and Madagascar, another at Mauritius, and the 

 fourth on Rodriguez. Of those species occurring within the Indian area, Troncja 

 Nicevillei, Crastia Core, Trepsichrois Kalinga, Pademma Kollari, and Narmada core- 

 oides are peculiar to the lower part of India, the four latter species being commonly 

 found in the southern portions of the Continent. In the Himalayas and north- 

 east districts are found Crastia vermiculata, Penoa Deione, Trepsichrois Linncei, 

 Danisepa Ramsayi, Pademma Klugii, P. indigofera, &c., Isamia splendens, Stictoploea 

 Hopei, 8. binotata, and S. pygmcea. In Burma, besides those extending upward to 

 N.E. India, are found Menama Camaraheman, M. modesta, Penoa Limborgii, 

 Crastia Godarti, Mahintha subdita, Pademma Erichsoni, &c., Isamia Carpenteri, and 

 the following species, which occur also in the Malay Peninsula ; — Tronga Bremeri, 

 Euploea phmbus, Calliploea Ledereri, Danisepa Ehadamanthus, Salpinx leucogonys, 

 and Isamia margarita. In the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, seven or eight 

 species occur, of which Menama simulatrix, Tronga biseriata, Crastia Esperi, C. 



