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203. Elymnias cottonis, Heiuitson (Melanitis), A. M. N. H. (4) xiv, 1874, 

 p. 358 ; M. fy de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 268 ; Moore, Lep. Lid. ii, 

 1893-96, p. 151, pi. 136, figs. 1, 1 «, 1 b, <$ $ . 



Race obnubila. (PI. Ill, fig. 26.) 



Elymnias obnubila, Marshall, in M. 8f de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, 

 p. 272 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 153, pi. 137, figs. 1, 1 a, 



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S . Upper side rich velvety black ; both fore and bind wing 

 with the terminal margins broadly chestnut-red. Underside dull 

 brown, thickly overlaid with transverse striae and blotches of very 

 dark ferruginous, which on the basal two-thirds of the wings are 

 almost continuous ; on the terminal third the striae are more 

 scattered and delicate, and the ground-colour in certain lights has 

 a suffusion of minute silvery scales • a prominent subtriangular 

 pale preapical patch on the fore wing and white subcostal spot 

 on the hind wing. Antennae brown ; head, thorax and abdomen 

 darker velvety brown. — $ . Similar. Upperside : ground-colour 

 fuscous dark brown; terminal margins paler chestnut-red with a 

 series of diffuse white spots, sometimes more or less obsolescent. 

 Underside : similar to that in the S , but the transverse ferruginous 

 striae more scattered and open over the whole area of the wings. 



Exp. 6 2 72-78 mm. (2-85-3-1"). 



Hah. The Andamans. 



Race obnubila, Marshall. — Closely resembles the typical form, 

 but the hind wing is more prominently caudate at apex of vein 4, 

 Upperside : ground-colour slightly paler, the terminal margins of 

 both fore and hind wing much more broadly chestnut-red and 

 paler; on the fore wing the apex is brown, the chestnut-red of the 

 terminal margin below the apex being continued as an oblique 

 preapical band to the costa. Underside similar to that in cottonis, 

 but the preapical patch on the fore and both fore and hind wing 

 outwardly paler with a pinkish tint. Hind wing with a curved 

 postdiscal series of six black dots with inward specks of diffuse 

 white. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the typical form. 

 Male with sex-mark on the hind wing. The female is larger and 

 paler, the terminal chestnut-red area much broader ; hind wing 

 with two or three postdiscal black spots on the upperside. 



Exp. 6 2 62-72 mm. (2-22-2-85"). 



Hab. Middle and South Tenasserim. 



204. Elymnias caudata (PL III, fig. 25), Butler, P. Z. S. 1871, 

 p. 520, pi. 42, fig. 4 ; M. $ de N. Butt. Ind. i, 1883, p. 270 ; 

 Moore, Lep. Ind. ii, 1893-96, p. 150, pi. 135, figs. 1, 1 a, larva & 

 pupa, 1 6-1 d, $ 2 1 Davidson fy Aitken, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. 

 v, 1890, p. 268, pi. A, figs. 2, 2 a, larva & pupa. 



S 2 • Resembles E. undularis, Drury, but both sexes have the 

 wings longer, proportionately to their breadth, and the tail at 

 apex of vein 4 on the hind wing longer. Upperside : S differs 

 from E. undularis as follows : — the subterminal and preapical 



