202 STMPHALTDJE. 



more or less prominent diffuse subterminal band irrorated with 

 lilac scales crosses both fore and hind wing. — $ similar to the $ 

 of D. celinde, but much paler. 



Exp. <$ 2 80-104 mm. (3-15-4-09"). 



Hah. S. India, Ceylon. 



Larva. " Cylindrical or slightly fusiform ; head large ; anal 

 segment furnished with two stout conical processes widely sepa- 

 rated, but scarcely divergent ; colour of head greenish yellow ; 

 eyes black ; body brown, with a broad pure white dorsal band 

 flanked with conspicuous black marks, and a yellow lateral mark 

 on segments 6 to 11 ; head and body clothed with long reddish 

 or brown hair." {Davidson, Bell § AitJcen.) 



Pupa ..." head-case produced into two long conical adjoined 

 processes, the thorax slightly convex and carinated dorsally, the 

 wing-cases evenly expanded, abdomen strongly curved dorsally ; 

 surface finely rugose ; colour semi-transparent yellowish, like a 

 clean white bone, with the dorsal line and the veins of the wings 

 marked in faint flesh-colour, loosely attached by the tail." (Ibid.) 



236. Discophora tullia (PI. IV, fig. 30), Cramer (Papilio), Pap. 



Kvot. i, 1775, pi. 81, figs. A, B ; M. § de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, 



p. 298, fig. 6 2 • 

 Discophora zal, Westivood, in Dblday., Westw. 8f Heiv. Gen.Di. Lep. 



ii, 1851, p. 331, footnote ; M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 299 ; 



Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 191, pi. 152, figs. 1,1 *-l c, <$ $ . 

 Discophora tullia, var. indica, Staudinger, Exot. Schmett. i, 1887, 



p. 190, 2 • 

 Discophora spiloptera, de N. fy Moller, Trans. Bnt. Soc. 1888, 



p. 331. 

 Discophora indica et spiloptera, Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, 



pp. 192 & 195, pi. 153, figs. 1, 1 a-1 d, J 2 , larva & pupa, and 



pi. 154, figs. 1, 1 «, <S $ . 



J . Upper side dark brown. Fore wing with transverse discal, 

 postdiscal and subterminal series of bluish spots, the latter two 

 series closely approximate. Hind wing uniform except for the 

 prominence of the discal secondary sex-mark, and faint indications 

 of a subterminal series of pale spots. Underside dull ochraceous 

 brown, the basal half of the wing darker, defined outwardly by a 

 still darker but obscure transverse band ending in a lilacine difYuse 

 small patch at the tornus of the hind wing ; both fore and hind 

 wing irrorated somewhat spa.rsely with short transverse brown 

 striaB and obscurely tinted with lilac ; two ill-defined ocelli on the 

 hind wing as in D. celinde. Antennas ochraceous ; head, thorax 

 and abdomen brown, paler beneath. — 2 • Upperside purplish 

 brown. Fore wing with three transverse series of white spots, 

 the inner or discal series continued to the costa by two large 

 elongate obliquely-placed white spots. Hind wing also w r ith 

 three transverse rows of somewhat obscure spots, but ochraceous 

 in colour. Underside similar to that in the J , but paler. 



Exp. 6 2 ( J0-102 mm. (3-55-4-05"). 



JIab. Bengal ; Sikhim ; Bhutan ; through Assam, Burma and 



