32 



NYMPHA11DJE. 



b' . Hind wing with subterminal and terminal 

 spots always present, though series often 



incomplete Race limborgi, p. 36. 



b. Gloss on fore wing deep Prussian-blue, difficult [p. 36. 



to see except in certain lights Race menetriesi, 



31. Euplcea core, Cramer (Papilio), Pap. Exot. iii, 1780, pi. 266, 

 figs. E, F, 6 ; M. 8? de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 80, pi. 9, fig. 16, 

 cf ?; Moore (Crastia), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 81, pi. 23, figs. 1, 

 1 a, larva & pupa, 1 6-1 d, S 2 '■> JDav ' $ Aitk - Jour - Bomb. N. H. 

 Soc. v, 1890, p. 266. 

 Euplcea vermiculata, Butler, P. Z. S. 1866, p. 276 ; M. $ de JV. Butt. 

 Ind. i, 1882, p. 81 ; Moore (Crastia), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 80, 

 pi. 22, figs. 1, 1 a-\ c, xS 2 • 



Race asela. 

 Euplcea asela, Moore, A. M. N. H. (4) xx, 1877, p. 45 ; id. Lep. Ceyl. i, 

 1880, p. 11, pi. 6, figs. 2 $ , 2 a, larva & pupa ; M. $ de N. Butt. 

 Ind. i, 1882, p. 81 ; Moore (Crastia), Lep. Lid, i, 1890-92, p. 84, 

 pi. 24, figs. 1,1 a, larva & pupa, lb-Id, 6 2- 



<S 2 • Fo re wing as in fig. 9 B and C respectively (p. 23) ; 

 hind wing as in fig. 9 D, but termen more evenly arched. Upper- 

 side dark brown, broadly paler 

 along terminal margins ; fore 

 and hind wing with subterminal 

 and terminal series of white 

 spots ; on fore wing the former 

 more or less oval, curved inwards 

 opposite apex, the latter series 

 often incomplete, not reaching 

 apex, the spots smaller ; often 

 there is a small costal spot, and 

 very rarely a spot in apex of 

 cell and one or more discal spots; 

 on the hind wing the inner series 

 of spots are elongate, the outer 

 conical. Underside similar, but 

 ground-colour more uniform ; cell, 

 costal and discal spots on both 

 iore and hind wing nearly always 

 present. 

 Exp. S 2 78-98 mm. (3-3-9"). 



Hah. Throughout Continental India, and recorded from the 

 Andamans. 



Yar. vermiculata, Butler, the common form in the foot-hills and 

 lower ranges of the Himalayas, differs in the spots of the sub- 

 terminal series on the fore wing being conspicuously larger and 

 either quadrate or cordate. Numerous intermediate forms 

 between it and typical E. core are recorded. 



Race asela, Moore, seems more or less confined to Ceylon, 

 though incidentally recorded from Western India. It differs 



Fig. 11. — Euplcea core, $ . 



