156 NYMPHALIDJE. 



mark consists of the discocellulars of the hind wing inflated, 

 covered by a tuft of long hairs on the upperside. 



The forms of Ragadia constitute a well-marked and homo- 

 geneous group very closely allied to each other. In fact, they are 

 all really slightly differentiated races of one form. Three are 

 found within our limits. 



Key to the forms of Ragadia. 



a. Veins crossing the discal transverse white band 



on both fore and hind wing not margined with 

 black. 

 a'. Discal and postdiscal white bands far apart, 

 intervening dark area broader than discal 



band B. cvisilda, p. 156. 



b' . Discal and postdiscal white bands closer, 

 intervening dark area narrower than discal 

 band B. critolaus, p. 157. 



b. Veins crossing the discal transverse white band 



on both fore and hind wing margined with 



black B. crito, p. 156. 



188. Ragadia crisilda (PI. Ill, fig. 23), Heivitson, Exot. Butt, iii, 



1862, Ragadia, pi., figs. 5, 6, $ ; M. Sf de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, 

 p. 235, pi. 15, fig. 36 $ ; Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 110, 

 pi. 120, figs. 1, la,lb, S%. 



6 2 • Upperside dull brownish black. Eore and hind wings 

 crossed by a white oblique discal band attenuate at apex, broader 

 in the 2 than in the tf ; the white bands of the underside in- 

 dicated by transparency above ; hind wing in addition with a 

 curved narrow postdiscal white band. Underside similar, but 

 both fore and hind wing crossed by five white bands, the post- 

 discal and subterminal bands on the hind wing curved ; between the 

 discal and postdiscal bands there is, on both fore and hind wing, 

 an oblique series of silvery-centred, fulvous-ringed, black ocelli, 

 eight on fore, seven on hind wing ; three of the median ocelli on 

 the hind wing encircled by the same fulvous ring. Antennae, 

 head, thorax and abdomen brownish, antennas ringed with white ; 

 club of antennae and the body beneath more or less ochraceous. 



Exp. S 2 45-48 mm. (1-78-1 "9"). 



Hah. Assam, Sylhet, Shillong ; Cachar ; Arakan, Tenasserim. 



189. Ragadia crito, de Niceville, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, 



p. 199, pi. D, figs. 1, 2, S 2 5 Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, 

 p. Ill, pi. 120, figs. 2,2 a, 2 b, tf$. 



6 2 • Upperside dusky black ; cilia blackish. Fore and hind 

 wings crossed obliquely by four white bands, the basal two narrow 

 and less distinct ; the discal band the broadest, broader on the 

 hind wing than on the fore wing ; on the latter broken by the 

 veins, which are margined with dusky black, into subquadrate 

 spots decreasing in size towards costa. Beyond this the post- 



