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Wings below much as in A. garuda, but all more strongly glossed with 

 amethyst-purple submarginally and having their basal halt* coloured greyish- 

 green and conspicuously marked with black as in the female. 



Length of anterior wing 1*28 ; whence expanse = 2*72 inches. 



The characters of the venation and the structure of the palpi remove 

 this species from the genus Tanaecia, in which it has been placed by Moore, 

 to Adolias, whilst the form and colouration of the wings in the male assign 

 it a position in the system next to, or in the immediate neighbourhood of, 

 A. garuda, of which, indeed, the above described insect might, on a cursory 

 view of the upperside, be mistaken for a black local race. 



43. Sympil^dea teuta, var. teutoldes. 



44. Nymphalis athamas, Drury. 



Family EKYCINIDJE. 

 *45. Abisaea kausambi, Felder. 



46. Abisaea bifasciata, Moore. 



Our specimens of the female all agree wibh Moore's figure of the 

 upperside, but they all have three anterior ocelli on the underside of the 

 posterior wing ; the front one, however, reduced to an almost rudimentary 

 condition. 



Our numerous males all have the discal light bands of the anterior 

 wing less bent than in the females, but all except two (which have a rudi- 

 ment of the foremost one) present only two ocelli in the anterior series ; 

 and our unique Nicobarese specimen agrees with them except in having 

 the discal band if anything a little more angled. 



It is probable that the two foregoing species will prove to be identi- 

 cal. 



Family LYOZENIDiE. 



47. CUEETIS THETYS, Vai*. SAEONIS. 



48. Pithecops hylax, Fabr. 



49. Castalius ethion, Hewitson. 



Four males and a female from S. Andaman. 



50. Castalius ekna, Hewitson. 



Three males and a female from S. Andaman, variable in the size and 

 connections of the black spots and bands of the underside and wanting the 

 minute black spot at the anterior end of the common white band of the 

 upperside. 



51. Castalius eoxus, Horsfield. 

 Three males and two females. 



52. Lampldes iELiANUS, Fabr. 



53. Lampides steabo (Fabr.), Butler. 

 A single male from S. Andaman. 



