NYMPHALIN.E. (Group .17?«r.ViV/.VJ.; 193 



ocbreous sinuous line, followed liy an outer-discal duskj fascia, and two ocellate 

 spots, the upper one placed between the subcostal and discoidal veinlet, the lower 

 one between the middle and lower medians, a much smaller ocellus is slightly 

 apparent above the anal angle ; Ijej'ond are two black sinuous marginal lines. 

 Underside paler ochreous-yellow, basal areas more or less reddish ; markings 

 narrower than in the upperside, the apical spots on forewing white ; the outer area 

 of hindwing partly suffused with violaceous-grey ; the ocelli distinct. 



Female. Upperside rich dark bluish-grey, brightest and paler on the hindwing ; 

 outer borders ochreous-brown. Forewing with black cell-streaks .; a bluish-white 

 transverse discal sinuous baud formed by broad black-edged lunules traversed 

 exteriorly by a black sinuous line, beyond which is au outer-discal row of black 

 diffused spots, and then two submargiual sinuous lines. Hindwing with a short 

 dull bluish-white upper discal black-edged sinuous band confined to the costal and 

 subcostal interspaces, its inner black line obsolescent hindward; two ocelli, as in 

 male, larger and prominent, their inner ring being olive ; a much smaller similar 

 ocellus also near anal angle ; submai'ginal sinuous lines black. Underside. 

 Ground-colour pale dull olivescent j^ellowish-ochreous ; markings as in male; the 

 discal area sullied white ; ocelli prominent. 



Expanse, S Z-^q to S^,, ? 4 to 4^=^ inches. 



Larva. — Pale yellow, reddish-brown beneath ; segments brown streaked ; 

 spiracles black ; head spinous, armed with two long hindwai*d-curved thick spinous 

 processes ; segments armed with two dorsal and two lateral rows of long slightly- 

 branched spines, the dorsal and upper lateral row arising from a red round tumid 

 spot. 



Pupa. — Pale reddish-brown ; truncated at both ends ; head-piece short and 

 thick, with two short points ; thorax conically pointed at top; anterior abdominal 

 segments subdorsally produced on each side into a broad alary expanded appendage, 

 which is pointed hindward into a short process, and forward into a lengthened 

 slender process ; middle segments with a short subdorsal tubercle, the two anal 

 segments with longer basally-thickened processes. 



Habitat. — Ceylon . 



Distribution. — " Found everywhere in Ceylon, both in the plains and up to 

 6000 feet, in forest lands, all the year ; most plentiful from May to October. 

 Flight low, very tame ; a dozen at a time will alight on the ground close to 3'ou " 

 (Capt. Hutchison). " It is locally common in the low couutry and the middle 

 hill districts. It is generally found in thick jungle near water. The female is 

 much less commonly seen than the male" (Dr. N. Manders, J. A. Soc. Bengal, 1899, 

 191). 



Indo-Malatan Species. — Ci/nfliia Erofella, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc. Loud. 



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