36 ^YMPHALTD^. 



Race menetriesi. 

 Euploea menetriesi, Felder, Wien. ent. Monatsch. iv, 1860, p. 398 ; 

 M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 87 ; Moore (Penoa), Lep. Ind. i, 

 1890-92, p. 95, pi. 32, figs. 1, 1 a-\ c, <S $ . 



3 2 • Wings as in E. godarti but more elongate, and the tornus 

 of ore wing in the tf more rounded ; hind wing somewhat pear- 

 shaped in both sexes. Upperside very dark brown. Fore wing, 

 except a narrow apical margin, entirely suffused with a brilliant 

 iridescent blue ; a spot at apex of cell, a discal and a costal spot 

 white. These spots rarely absent. Hind wing uniform brown, 

 without or with only a faint blue iridescence in the middle, and 

 subobsolete, somewhat incomplete subterminal and terminal series 

 of dusky white spots. Underside chocolate-brown, the spots as on 

 the upperside, but more distinct ; in the fore wing an additional 

 comparatively large spot in interspace 2 ; in the hind wing a small 

 white spot in apex of cell and five or six discal spots beyond ; the 

 subterminal series of spots sometimes wanting. 



Exp. S 2 94-110 mm. (3-7-4-35"). 



Hah. Northern India ; Sikhim ; Sylhet ; Assam ; Upper Burma, 

 on Western frontier. 



Mace limborgi, Moore, differs from typical dione as follows : — 

 Hind wing somewhat paler, subterminal and terminal series of 

 spots more complete, pure white not dusky, the former 

 elongate, the latter more or less truncate exteriorly and rounded 

 interiorly. Fore wing on the upperside generally but not in- 

 variably unspotted, on the underside in addition to the cellular, 

 discal and costal spots there are often a few terminal white dots 

 at apex and tornus. 



Exp. 3 $ 92-106 mm. (3-6-4-2"). 



Hah. Burma ; Tenasserim ; Siam. In Upper Burma the range 

 of this race overlaps that of the typical form and in Southern 

 Tenasserim that of the race menetriesi. 



Race menetriesi, Felder. — Differs from dione in the ground- 

 colour of the wings, which are of a dark Prussian-blue only 

 iridescent in certain lights. As in dione, the subterminal and 

 terminal series of spots on the upperside of the hind wing are 

 dusky white and incomplete. 



Exp. 3 2 85-90 mm. (3-4-3-6"). 



Hah. The extreme south of Tenasserim, extending far into the 

 Malayan Subregion. 



38. Euplcea alcathoe, Godart (Danais), Encycl. Meth. ix, 1819, p. 178 ; 

 M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 86, pi. 9, fig. 17, tf 2 5 Moore 

 (Penoa), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 94, pi. 31, figs. 1, 1 a-lc, <$ $. 



6 2 . Shape of wings as in E. dione. <S . Upperside very dark 

 velvety brown without any blue gloss. Fore wing unspotted or 

 with only two or three white dots near the tornus. Hind wing : 

 a dull opaque fuscous patch from base nearly to termen through 



