DOPHLA. 255 



as in that race, bluish white, and not ochraceous as in clirtea. On 

 the underside, however, the ground-colour is rich ochraceous. 



Exp. J 2 80-112 mm. (3-15-4-41' ). 



Hah. Sikhim ; Bhutan ; hill-rauges of Assam. 



Genus DOPHLA. 



Adolias, pt., Felcler, Ein Neues Lep. 1861, p. 35. 



Euthalia, pt, de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 191. 



Dophla, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i, 1880, p. 33 ; id. Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, 



p. 103. 

 Bassarona, Rangasa, Limbusa, Makaldia, Zalapia, Labranga, Moore, 



Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, pp. 59, 65, 130, 132, 135 & 139. 



Type, D. evelina, Stoll, from Ceylon. 



Range. Indo-Malayan Region. 



<S 2 • Fore wing : costa strongly arched, apex rounded and 

 produced ; termen deeply concave below apex, then convex ; 

 tornus rounded, dorsum straight ; cell closed ; upper discocellular 

 very short, middle and lower together concave, the latter very 

 slender ; vein 3 from just before apex of cell, 4 from apex, 9 

 from basal third of vein 7, 10 aud 11 free, from apical half of 

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

 straight, apex broadly rounded, termen convex, dorsum arched, 

 tornus slightly produced ; cell slenderly closed, very short, about 

 one-third length of wing ; veins 3 and 4 from lower apex of cell. 

 Antennas long, over half length of wing ; club slender ; palpi 

 broad, third joint very acute ; eyes naked. 



Key to the forms of Dophla. 



A. Upperside ground-colour : $ dark brownish 

 black ; 2 similar or paler brown. 

 a. White or yellowish-white macular discal 

 band crossing wrings complete, slightly 

 curved ; underside ground-colour ochra- 

 ceous brown. 

 a'. Without a crimson spot at tornal angle 

 of hind wing. 

 a 2 . Anterior three spots of discal band 



smaller than rest D. teuta, p. 257. 



b 2 . Anterior three spots of discal band 

 in <3 smaller than rest ; in 2 °f 



equal size with rest or larger Race teutoides. p. 258. 



b' . With a crimson spot at tornal angle of 



hind wing Race recta, p. 258. 



b. White or yellowish- white macular discal 

 band crossing wings : ^complete; § in- 

 complete and with spots separate. 

 Underside either ochraceous white or 

 pale lilacine grey. 

 a . $ underside pale ochraceous white ; 

 2 discal band not continued below 



interspace 4 on hind wing I), goodrichi, p. 258. 



b' . (? underside pale lilacine grey ; 2 

 macular discal band confined to fore 

 wing . Race gupta, p. 259. 



