APATURA. DILIPA. 235 



262. Apatura OSteria, West wood, in Dblday., Westiv. § Heiu. Gen. Di. 

 Lep. 1850, p. 305 ; Butler (Eulaceura), P. Z. S. 1871, p. 726 ; de 

 N. (Eulaceura) Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 55 (footnote) ; Moore 

 (Eulaceura), Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 21, pi. 195, figs. 1, 1 a, 1 b, 



c? . Upperside purplish brown. Eore and bind wings with a 

 purplish-white, posteriorly broadening, discal bar, commencing in 

 interspace 4 of fore wing and terminating in interspace 1 of the 

 hind wing, throughout its length parallel to the terminal margin ; 

 followed by a postdiscal series of obscure oval, dark brown, pale- 

 ringed spots, with an ocellus in interspace 2 of both fore and 

 hind wings. Hind wing with a subterminal, somewhat sinuous, 

 very obscure dark line ; the dorsal margin broadly pale. Underside 

 pale purple ; the discal band, the ocelli, and subterminal dark line 

 as on the upperside ; a spot in cell, a line along the discocellulars, 

 the costal margin except at base on fore wing, a transverse line 

 bordering the discal band on the inner side and a postdiscal dark 

 shade across both fore and hind wing, pale ochraceous brown. 

 The postdiscal markings much broken and interrupted. Antennae, 

 head and thorax dark brown; abdomen brown, paling to sullied 

 white posteriorly ; beneath, head, thorax and abdomen white. — 

 $ . Upyperside brown, basal half of wings suffused with ochraceous ; 

 a transverse discal white band of spots, interrupted and outwardly 

 angulated on vein 4 of fore wing, followed by a series of postdiscal 

 elongate, outwardly pointed, pale oval marks with brown centres, 

 better defined on the hind than on the fore wing, and an 

 obscure subterminal dark line ; the two ocelli as in the <$ ; the 

 discal band on the hind wing posteriorly ochraceous. Underside 

 as in the $ but paler, the postdiscal markings better defined. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the tf . Eyes in both 

 sexes hairy. 



Eccp. 6 2 70-75 ram. (2-77-2-97"). 



Hab. The Malay Peninsula, creeping up into the extreme south 

 of Tenasserim. 



Genus DILIPA. 



Dilipa, Moore, Cat. Lep. Mus. E. I. C. i, 1857, p. 201 ; de N. Butt. 

 Ind. ii, 1886, p. 47; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 11. 



Type, D. morgiana, Westw., from Northern India. 



Range. N. India, the Himalayas ; Assam ; Upper Burma. 



S 2 • Fore wing : costa widely and slightly arched ; apex some- 

 what produced ; terrnen slightly concave ; dorsum straight ; cell 

 slenderly closed, short, not half the length of wing ; upper disco- 

 cellular minute, middle short, deeply concave, lower straight ; 

 vein 10 from upper apex of cell ; vein 1 1 free, from upper fourth 

 of subcostal vein. Hind wing : costa arched at base, then nearly 

 straight ; apex broadly rounded ; termen slightly arched ; dorsum 

 long, tornus produced. Antennas long, more than half the length 



