NTMPHALIN^. ianap AEorymyA.) l9l 



broader and more diffused, the two ocelli being also comparatively smaller. Under- 

 side paler throughout than in Erota, the basal area being of the same tint of colour 

 as the outer area. 



Female. Upperside. Basal and outer areas paler and more olivescent-grey 

 than in Erota, paler still in the dry-season form ; the outer borders also paler and 

 olivescent, being still more diffusedly paler olivescent-grey on the outer-discal area 

 of the hindwing. Underside much paler throughout than in Erota, the medial discal 

 fascia whitish. 



Expanse, <? 3j^o. ? 3j^o to 4^0 inches. 



Habitat. — South Andaraans. 



CYNTHIA SALOMA (Plate 356, fig. 1, larva and jmpa, fig. la, b, cJ ? , Wet-season. Plate 357, fig. 1, 



la, b, c, (^ ? , Dry-season). 



Cynthia Saloma. Swinhoe, de Niceville's Butt, of India, ii. p. 43 (1886) ; Proc. Zool. Soc. 1889, 

 p. 396. Davidson and Aitken, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 1890, p. 270, pi. B, fig. 2, 2a, 

 larva and pupa. 



Imago. Male. Upperside with the basal and external areas in both the wet 

 and dry-season forms darker ferruginous-ochreous than in typical Erota, most con- 

 spicuously so in the dry-season, in which latter form the discal transverse area is 

 also distinctly much paler, and the two medial sinuous lines are very slightly defined 

 or obsolete. In both forms the inner-discal black line on the forewing is much 

 straighter, the two outer marginal lines on forewing also somewhat less sinuous ; 

 the inner line on hindwing more sinuous and its two ocelli less prominent ; the 

 violaceous anal patch absent. Underside paler, the discal area still paler ; markings 

 as above ; on the hindwing the violaceous washing is duller and more restricted, or 

 in some specimens barely traceable. 



Female. Upperside. Basal areas much deeper and richer olive than in Erota, 

 much the darkest in wet-season form, the outer borders also much darker. Forewing 

 with the transverse discal white band broader anteriorly, the medial-discal traversing 

 sinuous line less defined or diffused, the outer-discal black-pointed patches more 

 prominent, the lower patch being bordered with olive-grey. Hindwing with the 

 discal white band restricted to the costal and subcostal interspace, the discal area 

 below it being broadly dark olive-grey or bluish-grey ; ocelli larger and the pupil 

 central. Underside paler than in Erota, the ground-colour pale olivescent yellowish- 

 ochreous ; markings similar ; ocelli on hindwing larger. 



Expanse, Wet, <? 4, ? 4 to 4:^^ inches. 

 Dry, S Z^Q, ? Z^q inches. 



Laeva. — " Larva cylindrical ; head armed with two large, curved, spiny horns, 



