180 LEPIDOPTERA INDICA. 



CETHOSIA NIKOBAEICA (Plate 349, fig. 1, la, b, c, c? ? ). 



Cethoiia NiJcohariea, Felder, Verh. Z. B. Gesells. Wien. xii. p. 484 (1862) ; id. Reisen Novara, 

 Lep. iii. p. 384, pi. 48, fig. 7, 8, <$ (1867). Moore, Proc. Zool. See. Lond. 1877, p. 583. de 

 Nice'ville, Butt, of India, etc., ii. p. 37 (1886). 



Imago. — Male, Upperside. Foreinng with the basal area ricli deep fulvous- 

 red, the streaks crossing the cell, and the apical half fulvescent-black, the latter 

 bearing a slight bluish flush ; beyond the cell is a series of bluish-white streaks from 

 the subcostal to upper median, the two lowest being very small, less defined, and 

 inwardly disposed, followed by a medial upper-discal series of bluish-white marks, 

 the upper three being very slender and acutely angled, with the point inward, the 

 fourth placed between upper and middle medians, large, and obliquely quadrate, the 

 lowest small and curved or sometimes ringed ; beyond is a submarginal row of very 

 small white spots, the lower three being lunular and the last red, followed by a 

 marginal row of very ill-defined slender pale dentate lunules ; below the cell is a 

 subbasal black excurved streak, and two discal similar streaks. Hlndwing rich deep 

 fulvous-red ; with a broad fulvescent-black outer marginal band, inwardly bearing a 

 row of red lunules, which are either entirely enclosed within the band or are partly 

 bi'oken up by the black edge, and then the inner edge of the baud is bordei'ed by a 

 series of black lunules ; a mai-ginal row of very ill-defined slender pale dentate 

 lunules is also sometimes apparent ; a subbasal upper series of slightly-defined 

 slender black sinuous marks, a more prominent black discal upper dentate mark, 

 below which is a round spot and a slightly-defined broken sinuous line extending to 

 above anal angle, and near the outer band is a row of more or less distinct black 

 spots. Underside deep red ; marginal borders black, bearing slender white dentate 

 marks and central streak. Foreioing also with black cell-bars interspaced with red 

 and grey ; a subbasal black lunule and a transverse inner-discal row of black lunular 

 marks, which are outwardly broadlj' bordered by fulvous-white, followed by the 

 outer-discal complete I'ow of black-bordered white dentate marks and outer bordering 

 small spots, the inner series being also black centred. Hindiving also with a basal, 

 two subbasal, aud a medial black sinuous line, the two former bordered and 

 interspaced with fulvous-white, the latter bordered by a similar-coloured broader 

 fascia, followed by an outer-discal row of black dentate spots, and a contiguous 

 parallel row of spots in pairs between the veins, all encompassed by a white band. 

 Body fulvous-red ; thorax clothed with olivescent hairs ; head black, and white 

 spotted ; palpi olive-brown above, white beneath ; thorax beneath banded with 

 black, abdomen slightly spotted with black ; legs whitish, femora black streaked ; 

 autennse black. 



Female. Upperside olivescent-black. Forewing with the lower discal area and 



