208 LEPIBOPTERA INBIUA. 



marks slender ; subapical spot obsolescent brownisli-oclireous ; lower-discal black 

 spots very small and more or less slightly defined. Hindwing with a transverse 

 inner-discal slender black sinuous Hue, medial-discal straight lunular Hue outwardly- 

 bordered by whitish lunules ; an outer-discal row of small black spots, followed by a 

 submarginal sinuous line, a marginal lunular line, and an extreme outer mai'ginal 

 line. Underside pale browuish-ochreous. Forewing with the discal band of the 

 same colour as the base, its lower outer area only being paler ; markings on both 

 wings similar to those in Eri/mantliis. 



Expanse, 6 1^% to 2^%, ? 2 to 23^0 inches. 



Habitat.— Ceylon. 



Distribution. — " A low country insect. Found sometimes in the hilly districts. 

 Numerous only about April and May (F. M. Mackwood). Taken at Galle and 

 Kandy " (Capt. Wade). " Widely distributed in Ceylon, but not abundant ; more 

 common in the low country ; found rarely at Nuwara Eliya, in jungle near water, 

 and is not easy to capture in good condition " (Dr. N. Manders, J. A. S. Bengal, 

 1899, 191). 



CUPHA ANDAMANICA (Plate 363, fig. 2, (J ). 

 Cupha Erymanthis, de Niceville, Butt, of India, ii. pi. 23, fig. 105, J . 



Imago. — Male and female. Upperside very dark olivescent ochreous-brown, 

 darker than in S. Indian G. Maja. Forewing with the transverse yellow band much 

 paler and of more uniform width throughoiit its course than in Indian, Burmese, 

 and Nicobar Erymanthis, its inner sinuous edge more diffusedly-black, the three 

 lower-discal spots large ; subapical ocbreous spot small. Hindwing with the two 

 inner-discal black sinuous lines comparatively wider and moi'e continuous, the 

 outer-discal row of black spots larger, and the outer lines more sinuous. Underside 

 v/ith similar markings to Erymanthis ; the band on forewing of the same width as on 

 upperside. 



Expanse, S 9 2i-„ to 2^^^ inches. 

 Habitat. — South Andamans. 



Distribution. — Numerous examples received from Port Blair, South Andamans. 

 It is quite different from the Nicobar foi'm. 



Philippine Species. — Gupha Arias (Messaras Arias, Felder, Keis. Novara Lep. 

 iii. p. 391 (1867). Semper, Reis. Phil. Lep. p. 109, pi. 20, fig. 6, 7, S (1888). 

 Friihstorfer, Berl. Ent. Zeit. 1897, p. 324. Habitat. Philippines. — Gupha Dapatana 

 (Messaras Dapatana, Grose-Smith, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1887, p. 267). Habitat. Dapatan 

 Island, PhiHppines. 



