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and a broad terminal pale lilac band not reaching the apex, bordered 

 narrowly along the termen with dark brown. Hind wing with 

 four or five slender black loops at base, a posteriorly obsolescent 

 postdiscal series of diffuse black marks and a subterminal series 

 of black dots ; the termen near apex touched with Dale lilac. 

 Antennas, head, thorax and abdomen dark brown, the antennas 

 ochraceous at apex, the body paler beneath. — $ . Similar but of a 

 paler shade. Upperside : fore wing differs from that of the <$ in 

 tbe absence of the dark discal and subterminal bands, and in the 

 series of discal spots being elongate, much larger. Hind wing : 

 the discal series of outwardly pointed black markings nearly 

 obsolescent. Underside similar to that of the <$ , but the ground- 

 colour more ochraceous, the markings larger, more diffuse. 



Exp. 6 2 68-79 mm. (2-65-3-1"). 



Hah. Throughout peninsular India, except in the desert tracts, 

 and the higher ranges of the Himalayas ; Assam ; Burma ; 

 Tenasserim, extending to the peninsula, and Sumatra. Moore 

 gives Ceylon as a habitat, but I have seen no typical specimen from 

 there. 



Yar. merilia, Swinhoe, is probably a seasonal form of garuda. 

 It differs in the paler shade of both upper and under sides, while 

 the discal series of white spots is reduced to two or altogether 

 absent ; the dark tran verse fasciae obsolescent. 



Exp. 6 2 64-77 mm. (2-5-3"). 



Race vasanta, Moore. — Closely resembles the typical form, but in 

 the S the white spots on the fore wing are entirely absent, above 

 and below ; the discal band on both fore and hind wing on the 

 upperside is more irregular and not nearly so well-defined ; on the 

 fore wing the interspace between it and the subterminal band 

 and on the hind wing the posterior half suffused with dark 

 green ; the terminal margin of the fore and anterior half of 

 the hind wing tinged with pink. Underside similar, but both the 

 ground-colour and markings paler ; the latter less prominent. — 

 2 . Differs prominently on both upper and under sides in the discal 

 row of white spots being more oblique and complete, extending 

 from the costa to near the apex of interspace 2. The rest much 

 as in E. garuda 2 ■ 



Exp. 6 2 67-76 mm. (2-7-3"). 



Hab. Ceylon. 



Race acontius, Hewitson. — <5 . Closely resembles the S of the 

 typical form, but the ground-colour is very much darker and 

 consequently the blackish-brown markings, though similar, are 

 less prominent. There are on the upperside of the fore wing 

 only traces of the discal and preapical white spots so conspicuous 

 in the typical form. On the underside, with the exception that 

 the discal white spots are absent, the markings are similar, 

 but the brownish ground-colour is overlaid, especially on the 

 basal halves of both fore and hind wings, with lilacine white. — 



