YPTHIMA. 143 



Race kashmira. 



Ypthima kasmira, Moore, J. A. S. B. 1884, p. 17; id. Lep. Ind. 

 ii, 1893-96, p. 76, pi. 112, figs. 1,1 a, <5 $; Elwes fyEdw. Trans. 

 Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 10, pi. 1, fig. 2. 



Race ceylonica. 



Ypthima ceylonica, Hewitson, Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) ii, 1864, p. 288, 

 pi. 18, figs. 14, 15, c?; Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 25, pi. 12, 

 figs. 5, 6 a, 2; M.8f de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 228 ; Moore, Lep. 

 Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 81, pi. 112, figs. 2, 2 a, d" $ ; Elwes # Edw. 

 Trans. Ent. Soc. 1893, p. 11, pi. 1, fig. 8. 



Wet-season form. — S 2 • Upperside greyish brown. Fore wing 

 with the usual comparatively large, bipupilled, yellow-ringed, black 

 preapical ocellus. Hind wing usually with two, sometimes with 

 three, very rarely without any, smaller similar unipupilled post- 

 discal ocelli. Underside greyish white, not very densely covered 

 with transverse short brown striae. Eore wing with the preapical 

 ocellus as on the upperside, obscure discal and subterminal dull 

 brown transverse fasciae and a narrow brown ring round the 

 ocellus diffusely produced posteriorly. Hind wing with one 

 apical and typically three postdiscal posterior ocelli placed in a 

 curve ; traces of transverse brown discal and subterminal fasciae in 

 most specimens. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen greyish 

 brown, the abdomen paler beneath. Male without secondary 

 sex-mark. 



Dry-season form. — <5 $ . Similar, somewhat paler on both upper 

 and under sides ; the discal and subterminal transverse fasciae more 

 pronounced ; the ocelli on the underside of the hind wing minute 

 or absent. 



Exp. <$ 2 40-44 mm. (1 -58-1-72"). 



Hab. Throughout peninsular India, Assam and Burma. 



Larva. About one inch in length, with two divergent processes 

 from the anal segment pointing backwards. " Colour entirely 

 green with a dorsal line somewhat darker green, which becomes 

 white at the fourth segment, and extends right through the crown 

 of the head; there is also a paler green lateral line below the 

 spiracles " {de Niceville). 



Pupa. "Green or brown, with the head rounded, the edges of 

 the wing-cases raised and angled anteriorly ; the thorax humped 

 and marked like the abdominal segments, with some dark brown 

 waved lines and spots " {de Niceville). 



Ypthima howra, Moore, was founded on a specimen of the dry- 

 season form. 



Yar. jocularia, Swinhoe, is the pale form from Western India 

 said by Messrs. Elwes and Edwards to be nearest to kashmira, 

 Moore. 



Race kashmira, Moore, differs from the typical form in the 

 darker and more uniform colour of the upperside, in the ground- 

 colour on the underside being dull brownish not white, and the 



