EUPLCEA. 27 



Key to the forms 0/ Euplcea {typical). 



a. Of large size. Expanse 114-124 mm. Wings 



not glossed with blue. 



a' . Subterminal and terminal series of white spots 

 on fore wing* very incomplete, more or less 

 obsolescent E. corns, p. 27. 



b'. Subterminal and terminal series of white spots 

 on fore wing complete, blurred, not well- 

 defined, but never obsolescent E. phcebus, p. 27. 



b. Smaller. Expanse under 84 mm. Fore wings 



partially glossed with blue E. ledereri, p. 28. 



26. Euploea corns, Fair. (Papilio) Ent. Syst. iii, 1793, p. 41, $ ; 



Moore, Lep. Inch i, 1890-92, p. 107, pi. 37, figs. 1, larva & pupa, 

 la,lb >( $2. 

 Euplcea elisa, Butler, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 270 ; Moore, (Macroplaea) Lep. 

 Ceyl. i, 1880, p. 9, pi. 5, figs. 2, 2 a, <$ $ ; M. $ de N. Butt. hid. 

 i, 1882, p. 72, pi. 8, fig. 14. 



c? . Eore wing as in fig. 9 A (p. 23). $ . Eore wing as in fig. 9 C. 

 Hind wing in both sexes ovate. <S 2 • Upperside golden olive- 

 brown, lower portion of both wings shaded with fuscescent purple. 

 Eore wing : a spot at apex of cell, two discal and a more or less 

 incomplete subterminal and terminal series of white spots. Hind 

 wing : a faintly marked spot in apex of cell and a very incomplete 

 subterminal and terminal series of white spots, varying from two 

 or three in the subterminal and none in the terminal to six or 

 seven in each series. 2 with some faintly defined discal spots 

 also. Underside similar, the spots better defined. Antennae, head, 

 thorax and abdomen dark brown, the abdomen glossed with blue 

 above ; the palpi, thorax beneath and legs spotted with white. 



Exp. S 2 114-120 mm. (4-1-4-75"). 



Hab. Ceylon. Confined apparently to the littoral tracts. 



Larva. " Cylindrical, purple-brown, with a pair of black-tipt 

 fleshy filaments on the 3rd, 4th, and 12th segments, each of the 

 segments with transverse dark brown streaks ; lateral line paler ; 

 head and legs dark purple-brown." {Moore.) 



Pupa. " Broad, thorax above oblique, uneven ; abdominal seg- 

 ment dorsally convex, purplish silvery grey, fasciated with golden 

 brown ; abdominal segments brown-spotted." {Moore.) 



Eood-plant unknown. 



27. Euplcea phoebus, Butler, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 270 j Moore, Lep. hid. 



i, 1890-92, p. 109, pi. 38, figs. 1, 1 a, tf $ . 

 Euplcea castelnaui, Felder, Novara Reise, Lep. Rhop. 1867, p. 315 ; 

 M. # de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 72. 



c? $ . I am in doubt whether this is not merely a race of 

 E. corus, Eabr., and not a distinct form. It certainly is very 

 closely allied to the Ceylon form, from which it differs chiefly in 

 the spots on both wings being larger, more blurred and dusky 

 white, the centres of these often purer white ; the discal and 

 terminal series of spots on the fore wing are more complete, 



