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Exp. 6 2 66-84 mm. (2-6-3-3"). 



Hob. Sikhim ; through Assam and Cachar to Burma down to 

 the south of Tenasserim. 



307. Euthalia nais, Forster (Papilio), Nov. Sj)ec. Ins. Cent, i, 1771, 

 p. 78 ; Moore (Symphsedra), Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 35 ; de N. 

 (Symphsedra), Butt. Ind. ii. 1886, p. 186; Moore (Syinpheedra), 

 Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 56, pi. 209, figs. 1, 1 a-\ g, larva & pupa, 



Symphaedra alcandra, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 1816, p. 40. 



$ 2 • tJpperside tawny yellow, base of both fore and hind 

 wing dusted with fuscous scales ; cilia black, alternated with 

 white. Fore wing with the following black markings : a trans- 

 verse line below apex of cell, an oval transverse spot beyond 

 encircling a small yellow spot, a broad short oblique discal bar 

 and an angulated postdiscal lunular band ; the costa narrowdy 

 and the termen shaded with black. Hind wing : a comparatively 

 large triangular patch below the middle of the costa, a post- 

 discal evenly-curved series of spots and a broad band along the 

 termen black. Underside dark ochraceous red. Pore wing : the 

 base shaded with fnscous black, two spots at base of cell and 

 a transverse line beyond crimson-pink, edged with black; a 

 very broad oblique discal band, angulated downwards below 

 vein 4, bordered posteriorly by a large black spot on the inner 

 side and outwardly and anteriorly by an oblique broad black 

 band, followed by tour anterior obliquely-placed ochraceous-white 

 spots, and beyond by a very narrow lunular black band bent 

 downwards below vein 6. Hind wing: a crimson short line at 

 extreme base, two crimson black-bordered spots in cell; a compara- 

 tively broad transverse discal white band often broken up into a 

 large spot below middle of costa, with two or three spots in line 

 below it ; finally, a postdiscal series of small black spots. Antennae 

 black, bright ochraceous at apex ; head, thorax and abdomen 

 tawny red above, brown shaded with crimson-pink below. 



Exp. $ 2 58-70 mm. (2-2-2-75"). 



Hab. The plains of India and the Lower Himalayas ; Southern 

 India ; Ceylon. 



Larva. " Light green with a dorsal row of purple spots, the 

 sides armed with a row of ten very long horizontally-projected 

 fleshy spines numerously covered with fine green hairs of a non- 

 irritating character." {Moore.) 



Pupa. " Short, broad, dorsum keeled ; broadly triangular across 

 the middle ; head bifid ; colour green, with dark gold spots and 

 lines." {Moore.) 



Genus PARTHENOS. 



Parthenos, Hiibner, Verz. bek. Schmett. 1816, p. 38 ; Moore, Lep 

 Ceyl. i, 1880, p. 46; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 146; Moore, Lep. 

 Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 49. 



Mimetra, Boisduval, Voy. Astrol., Lep. 1832, p. 126. 



Type, P. sylvia, Cramer, from Java. 



