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silvery streak in the cell, touching the sub-costal nervure, reaching a little beyond the 

 middle of the cell, a round silvery spot at the end of the cell, a discal series of four 

 spots in a straight line, in pairs, the upper two below the costa, the other two in the 

 middle of the disc, the upper and lower portions of the wing paler than the centre 

 portion. Hindwing with a very prominent, curiously-shaped silvery band, which 

 extends from the base where it is narrow, suddenly broadens, has a point upwards 

 and a lobe downwards, then narrows somewhat and turns upwards and expands into a 

 large lobe near the middle of the costa ; a small silvery spot below the band, two 

 angulated, outwardly curved pale whitish indistinct lines, from the abdominal margin 

 across the wing, ante and post medial, also terminal and sub-terminal indistinct 

 whitish lines, anal lobe black, with a long somewhat spatulate tail, black tipped with 

 white at the end of the internal vein. Antennae black, the tips pale orange-red ; head 

 and body black above, brown beneath ; palpi white beneath, eyes ringed with white. 



Female. Upperside varying in colour from purplish -brown to bright shining 

 blue, with black borders, varying very much in width in different specimens. Under- 

 side like the male, but all the markings larger and more prominent, a medium-sized 

 filamentous tail at the end of vein 2, in addition to the tail at the anal lobe. 



Expanse of wings, $ $ l-j^^ to ly^^ inches. 



Dry-season Brood (Figs. 3d, $). 



Both sexes on the upper and under side like those of the Wet-season brood, but 

 on the underside the prominent silvery band on the hindwings beneath is entirely 

 absent, or only very faintly indicated. 



Expanse of wings, $ ? l-j^ to l-j^ inches. 



This is the form known as msecenas, Fabricius ; there can be no possible doubt that 

 it is but a seasonal form of timoleon, Stoll, because as in all such cases many intergrades 

 occur. 



Larva, onisciform, "9 of an inch in length ; head very small ; second segment 

 rather large, third and fourth progressively larger, then gradually decreasing in width 

 to the anal segment ; constrictions between the segments very shallow ; head pinkish ; 

 dorsal area pale pink, shading ofi" laterally into pale greenish, the anal segment entirely 

 pale greenish ; three series of annular dots on each side, no prominent markings what- 

 ever, but gradually becomes dark green before pupating. Feeds on the leaves of the 

 banian tree, Flcus bengalensis. 



Pupa, very short and thick, dark brown, streaked with darker brown ; head case 

 well marked ; the abdomen very slightly constricted behind the thorax, posteriorly 

 much rounded. 



We fio-ure both Horsfield's and Grote's figures : the latter from Grote's notes of 

 the larva and pupa reared by him in Calcutta. 



