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veinlet. Foreiving witli an oblique ochreous-wliite band broadly externally bordering 

 the discal line ; beyond is a submarginal row of four prominent purple-bordered 

 ocelli and two small upper apical incipiently foi-med spots ; marginal line purple- 

 grey bordered. Hincliving witli a submarginal series of six prominent ocelli, tlie 

 upper one very large, oval, the fifth smaller, round, the others more elongated, the 

 lowest being duplex, each ocellus deep black, the first and fifth perfect and with a 

 white pupil, the others black speckled, an ochreous and then a brown outer ring, 

 and all again encircled by a purple-white ringleted line ; marginal line purple-bordered 

 internally and ochreous externally. 



Female. Upperside. Foreivincj with two prominent ochreous-white apical 

 spots, and three oblique transverse discal spots, the small blackish ocelli of the 

 underside being slightly visible. Hinchoing with the pale-ringed blackish ocelli of 

 the underside more distinctly visible, the upper two or three being externally 

 bordered with ochreous-white ; marginal lines ochreous bordered. Underside as in 

 the male, but brighter coloured ; markings the same, except that on the forewing 

 the oblique discal ochreous-white band is broader and irregularly continuous, and 

 extending to the posterior angle ; the lower ocellus is absent, though indicated by a 

 small black central spot. Body beneath brownish- ochi'eous ; palpi at the sides, 

 fore-legs and femora beneath, whitish. 



Expanse, 2f to 2| inches. 



Adult Caterpillar. — Fusiform, elongated ; head conical, the vertex being pro- 

 longed to an acute point projecting forward; anal segment also prolonged to a point 

 projecting hindward. Colour green, with darker dorsal and lateral stripes, and a 

 slight ochreous subdorsal stripe. " Feeds on grasses " (E. E. Green). 



Chrysalis. — Unknown. 



Habitat. — Central and Southern India; Ceylon. 



This species is distinguishable from L. Dyrta, in the male, by the upperside 

 having a more prominent costal and apical spots, and in the presence of a lower 

 marginal spot between the middle and lower median veinlets, and on the underside, 

 though extremely alike, the middle, pale band crossing the cell on the forewing is 

 always broader. In the female the oblique discal ochreous-white band on the 

 forewing is macular, and is composed of three widely-separated spots. 



Distribution.— Mr. J. A. Betham (Journ. Bombay N. H. Soc. 1890, 158) 

 records it from the Central Provinces, noting that " its habits are the same as 

 L. Europa." According to Mr. de ISTiceville (Butt. India, 154-), " Colonel Swinhoe 

 has taken it at Mhow in the autumn, and also commonly at Abu." Colouel Swinhoe 

 (P. Z. S. 1885, 127) also records it from " Belgaum, and fi'om Pooua, in November," 

 and (P. Z. S. 1886, 424) from " Mhow in April and May." He also obtained it at 



