EUPLCEA. 45 



spots as on the upperside, with the addition in the fore wing of a 

 lunate spot in the apex of the cell and 5 discai spots beyond, the 

 lowest elongate rectangular, the next quadrate, the others minute, 

 the terminal row complete up to the apex of wing. The hind 

 wing has, in addition, a spot in apex of cell and 6 discai minute 

 spots. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen darker brown, the 

 head, thorax and abdomen spotted and marked with white. 



Exp. d 98 mm. (3-9"). 



Hah. Andamans. 



The 2 is unknown. The above description is taken from a 

 solitary specimen of a 6 in the collection of Mr. H. Druce. I am 

 indebted to Mr. Hamilton Druce for kindly lending me the 

 specimen. The insect seems to be very rare. 



Key to the forms of Trepsichrois. 



<i. Hind wing immaculate. 



a'. Fore wing shot with brilliant blue, discai, 



subterminal and terminal spots bluish 



white E. mulciber <$ , p. 45. 



b'. Fore wing with less brilliant blue, discai, 



subterminal and terminal spots pure 



white Var. kalinga <$ , p. 46. 



b. Hind wing streaked with white E. mulciber $ , p. 45. 



c. Hind wing not streaked with white, a line of 



obscure subterminal dots Var. kalinga 2, p. 46. 



46. Euplcea mulciber (PI. I, fig. 6). 



Papilio midamus, pt., Linn. Mus. Ulr. 1764, p. 251. 

 Euploea et Trepsichrois midamus, Linn, apucl auct. 

 Papilio mulciber, Cramer, Pap. Exot. ii, 1799, pi. 127, figs. C, D. 

 Trepsichrois linnaei, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1883, p. 286, pi. 29, fig. 4 ; id. 

 Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 100, pi. 35, figs. 1, larva & pupa, 1 «, 



Euplcea (Trepsichrois) kalinga, Doherty, J. A. S. B. 1886, pt. 2, 

 p. 256 ; Moore (Trepsichrois), Lep. Ind. i, 1890-92, p. 104. 



$ . Pore wing as in fig. 9 B (p. 23), but apex and tornus more 

 broadly rounded, the termen straighter. 2 . Fore wing as in 

 fig. 9 C. — S 2 - Hind wing ovate. Upjjerside : in the S dark 

 brown entirely glossed with brilliant blue ; the following violescent 

 white spots — a spot in apex of cell, a much curved series of five 

 or six discai spots, a subterminal sinuous row of larger spots 

 and an incomplete terminal series of dots. Hind wing uniform, 

 unmarked except for a large patch of light-brown, densely-set 

 hair-like scales on the outer upper third of the wing. The 2 

 is a lighter brown, the fore wing only glossed with blue on the 

 disc ; spots white, and more or less similar to those on the fore 

 wing of the c? , but larger and pure white ; in addition a streak in 

 cell and another curved streak in interspace 1 showing through 

 faintly from the underside. Hind wing : narrow white streaks 

 in cell and in the interspaces beyond and a terminal row of 



