NYMPHALINjE. (Group ymi'MALiyA.) 79 



Aleyoneis Asterie, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Sclimett. p. 35 (1816). 



Vanessa Asterie, HorsfieM, Catal. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. pi. 7, fig 1, la, larva and pupa (1829). 



Junonia Agterie, Doubleday and Hewits. Gen. D. Lep. p. 209 (1849). Moore, Catal. Lep. Mus. 

 E. L C. i. p. 142, pi. 5, fi-. 6, 6a, larva and pupa (1857) ; Lep. Ceylon, i. p. 43, pi. 22, fig. 2 

 (1881). Butler, Catal. Fabr. Lep. B. M. p. 72 (1869). Distant, Rhop. Malay, p. 94, pi. 11, 

 fig. 1, 2 (1882). de Niceville, Butt. India, etc., ii. p. 67 (1886). 



Papilio Almana, Clerck, Icon. Ins. iii. pi. 5, fig. 3 {ined.) ; Linn. Mus. Ulr. p. 272 (1764). 



Junonia Nicohariensis et Javana, Felder, Verb. Z. B. Gesch. 1862, pp. 482, 487. 



Imago. — Male and female. Forewing with the outer margin slightly angular 

 below the apex^ and slightly scalloped. Hindwing with the exterior margin convex 

 and slightly scalloped, anal angle pointed. Upperside ochreous-red, basal area 

 slightly infuscated. Both wings with all the markings as in dnj -season iorm, except 

 that the marginal lines are darker and more prominent. Underside pale brownish- 

 ochreous. Forewiixj crossed by blackish basal, discal, and marginal sinuous lines, 

 those of the two former with pale inter-area, the two upper and the lower ocellus 

 well defined. HinJwunj crossed by a subbasal wavy blackish line inwardly bordered 

 by ochreous-white, and a similar whiter-bordered straight discal line, the ocelli 

 prominent, the upper oval and duplex, the lower larger than on upperside; marginal 

 lines distinct. Budij above ochreous-red, palpi brown, beneath and legs pale whitish- 

 ochreous. 



Expanse, <? l^^o to 2^%, ? 2i^o to 2 1*0 inches. 



Larva. — Cylindrical. Head blackish, slightly hairy. Body pale ochreous- 

 brown, with a dorsal, subdorsal and lateral blackish line, and a row of small 

 black-ringed spots below the latter ; second segment anteriorly with a transverse 

 reddish stripe ; second, third, and fourth segment posteriorly with a transverse 

 blackish stripe ; second to last segment armed with a dorsal, subdorsal, and two 

 lateral rows of short fine branched-spines. 



Pdpa.— Rather short and thick; head and thorax broad, head-piece pointed 

 beneath ; thorax and abdomen dorsally with short tubercular points ; colour 

 brownish-ochreous. (Described from Mr. A. Grote's Calcutta Drawing.) 



Habitat. — India; Ceylon; Burma; Tenasserim ; Andaman and Nicobar Isles ; 

 Malay Peninsula; Sumatra; Java; Borneo; S.China; Hong Kong; Formosa; 

 Philippines ; Japan. 



Distribution, Seasonai, Appearance, Habits, etc.—" This species {Almana) 

 occurs throughout continental and peninsular India and in the outer Himalayas up to 

 about 6000 feet elevation. It is not recorded from Ceylon or the Malay Peninsula, 

 but is common through Assam, Silhet, Cachar to Burma, Mergui and Upper 

 Tenasserim. It occurs in the Andamans, in Java and China, and wherever met 

 with is a common insect. It will be seen from the localities quoted above, that 



