4 NYMPHALIDJE. 



b. Hind wing comparatively short and 

 broad; termen not compressed ante- 

 riorly, arched between veins 6 and 7. 



a. Terminal third of fore wing with more 



or less of white in interspaces 5, 6 

 and 8. 

 a'. Terminal margin of hind wing 

 white, with elongate black spots 



in the interspaces H. agamarschana, p. 5. 



b'. Terminal margin of hind wing all 



black Race cadelli, p. 6. 



b. Terminal third of fore wing all black, 



no white in interspaces 5, 6 and 8 . . H. hadeni, p. 6. 



1. Hestia malabarica, Moore, A.M. N. H. (4) xx, 1877, p. 46; M. $ 



de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 26, pt. ; Moore, Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, 

 p. 18, pi. i, figs. 1,1a, larva & pupa, 1 b, 1 c, <S 2> 



Hestia lynceus, pt, M. § de N. (nee Drury) Butt. Ind. i, 1882, p. 25. 



Hestia kanarensis, Moore, Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 21, pi. 2, figs. 2, 2 a, 



c? $ . Ujoperside semitransparent white, sometimes slightly 

 infuscate with a powdering of black scales. Fore wing with the 

 following black marks : — narrow margins on both sides of the veins, 

 a dusky streak along dorsum, large subbasal spots in interspaces 1 

 and 2 (produced inwardly in former), a large oval spot crossing 

 three streaks in discoidal cell, a spot above it in interspace 11, a 

 broad margin to the discocellulars and three rows of spots on 

 outer half of wing, the discal series outwardly conical and curved 

 sharply inwards opposite apex, the subterminal series in pairs 

 coalescent on the veins, the terminal series elongate on veins and 

 in interspaces ; costa with a black streak at base, beyond black and 

 white alternately. Hind wing with similar markings ; cell with 

 two streaks, the upper forked towards apex ; costa white, two 

 spots not touching the vein below in interspace 8; paired spots on 

 veins 5, 6 and 7 not coalescent but one behind the other, black. 

 Underside similar. Antennae black ; head and thorax streaked 

 and spotted with black ; abdomen white, with broad dusky black 

 streak above. 



Exp. 6 2 120-154 mm. (4-7-6-1"). 



Hab. Western Ghats, Travancore. 



Yar. H, kanarensis, Moore, is identical in markings but always 

 smaller. It is recorded from the Konkan and North Kanara. 



2. Hestia linteata, Butler, Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. i, 1879, 



p. 536, pi. 69, fig. 6. 



S 2 • Resembles H. malabarica, Moore. Differs as follows : — 

 Wings comparatively broader, apex more rounded, termen of 

 hind wing from apex to vein 5 arched, not straight. Ground- 

 colour a purer white, black markings very much smaller. Fore wing 

 with an additional spot in interspace 1 a and on veins 2, 3 and 4, 



