NYMPHALIN^. (Group SYilPSALiyA.) 53 



joined on the subcostal veinlet ; the discocellular veinlets defined with a fine black 

 line ; beyond which is a bow-shaped figure composed of two fine lines joined at their 

 lower ends, the outer line straight, the inner one curved, with their points resting 

 on the second median veinlet and subcostal veinlet ; below the cell a pair of streaks 

 reaching the posterior margin, the origin of the first one being where the first 

 median, and the outer one where the second median veinlet is given oif, the interspace 

 being thickly irrorated with black scales, leaving but little of the ochreous ground- 

 colour visible; two transverse discal black lines from the subcostal to posterior 

 margin, the outer line lunulate, the inner one sinuate, the tn'o lines being nearest 

 together at their middle, and both inwardly edged with black scales ; a subraarginal 

 series of seven bright ochreous spots, bi'oadly inwardly defined with black, one in 

 each interspace except the two lower, which are smaller and placed between the lower 

 median and submedian vein ; the outer margin broadly black, bearing two obsolete 

 paler lines. Eindwing crossed by four black lines, the space between each pair, and 

 between both pairs being thickly irrorated with black scales, especially at the lower 

 extremity of the outer pair, where the ground-colour is entirely black, at the upper 

 extremity the ground-colour increasingly to the costa is very pale oclireous ; a 

 submarginal line composed of six lunules, each lunule having a bright ochreous spot 

 placed outwardly against it ; the outer margin more broadly black than in forewino-, 

 the black portion ending at the lower median veinlet, bearing two intensely black 

 marginal lines, the outer line defined on both sides with a pale fine line, the outer of 

 these two pale lines becoming almost pure white from the tail to anal lobe ; the lobe 

 and a round spot above it, is bright ochreous, defined, especially outwardly, with 

 black ; there are also some small white, black, and metallic steel-blue markino-g 

 above the round ochreous-spot ; tail black, the tip white. Underside pale ochreous, 

 the outer portion of the wings, and on either side of the submarginal lunules on the 

 hindwing, somewhat deeper ochreous, becoming ferruginous at the anal ano-le. All 

 the markings of the upperside, but narrower and better defined, with no black 

 irrorations, the outer margins, except the extreme edge, which is black, concolourous 

 with the rest of the wings ; the veins throughout pale ochreous. Bod;/ rich ochreous 

 above, marked with three black lines, beneath pale ochreous ; antennae black, the 

 tip ochreous " {de Niceville I.e.). 



Female. " Differs from the male in being white below instead of pale orano-e- 

 ochreous ; above it is only slightly tinged with ferruginous, and is somewhat like 

 C. Thyodamas, except that the lighter spaces are heavily clouded with gi'ey " 

 {Doherty, Lc). 



Expanse, 2^) to 2^-0 inches. 



Habitat.^ — Great Nicobar. 



Note. — "It is somewhat variable, the type specimen is very much darker than 



