92 LEPIDOPTERA INBICA. 



Underside also similar, the strigae generally more distinct, the discocellular spot 

 more prominent and white. Normal tuft, and glandular patch, similar. 



Female. Upperside. Foreioing with the outer band comparatively narrower 

 than in female of Wet form, the subapical confluent lunules anteriorly restricted and 

 less defined, the discocellular spot similar. R'mdiving with a more or less slightly- 

 apparent dentate dot at tip of the veins. Underside brighter yellow-tinted, and the 

 strigas more apparent. Both wings with the discocellular spot more distinctly 

 defined, that on the hindwing always accompanied by a similar upper spot, and a 

 small nacreous-centred ringlet within the upper end of the cell ; a very slightly 

 apparent upper subapical transverse series of pale reddish dentate lunules on 

 foreiving, and a curved discal series of similar lunules on the hindwiiuj. Antennae 

 as in Wet form. 



Expanse, S 2^^, ? 2j^o inches. 



Extreme Dry form (figs, e, f, g, c? ?). Larger than ordinary Dry form. Male. 

 Upperside either bluish-white or olivescent-white, Forewlng with a narrow black 

 apical marginal band, which is macular from below the apex ; the discocellular 

 spot more or less slender. Underside pale olivescent-yellow, the strigee more 

 distinct than in ordinary Dry form, and the discocellular spot more prominent ; a 

 subapical lunular fascia on foreiuing, and a discal fascia on hindwing more or less 

 slightly apparent. 



Female. Upperside olivescent-white, and tinted outwardly with pale, olivescent- 

 yellow. Forewing with the marginal band broader, and more dentate than in male, 

 or macular from below the apex ; discocellular spot larger than in ordinary Dry 

 female. Underside. Both wings brighter olivescent-yellow than in male, the 

 strigas more apparent; the extreme marginal edge of wings red-tinted. Foreiuing 

 with a prominent large single or duplex-reddish-centred discocellular spot, and 

 distinct reddish upper discal dentate-lunular fascia. Hindwing with two (sometimes 

 one only) prominent discocellular dark-red bordered nacreous centred spots, and a 

 much larger similar spot within upper end of the cell, the discal series of dentate 

 lunules also distinct. 



Expanse, c? 2^% to 2^%, 9l,% to 2^\ inches. 



Habitat. — Western, Central, Eastern Himalayas ; Upper and Lower Continental 

 India ; Ceylon ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Siam ; Annam ; Malay Peninsula; Sumatra; 

 Java; Borneo; Formosa; Hainan. 



Life History. — " Egg. f line long ; fusiform ; attached to the leaf, on which 

 larva feeds, by one end. Colour clear glossy-white. Solitary as regards position, 

 several, however, under one leaf of Gassia. 



Larva. — When hatched 1^ line long. Colour deep rich glossy-green; lateral 

 line yellowish-white. bordered above by a black dotted line. The whole of the back 



