MODrzA. 291 



branched spines, which are longest on the 3rd, 4th, 11th and 12th 

 segments.'' (Moore.) " Feeds on Modecca." (Thwaites.) 



Pupa. " Boat-shaped, pale purplish brown ; head pointed and 

 cleft." (Moore.) 



Genus MODUZA. 



Liminitis, pt., Felder, Ein Nenes Lep. 1861, p. 30 ; de N. Butt. 2nd. ii, 



1886, p. 155. 

 Moduza, Moore, Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 47 ; id. Lep. hid. iii, 1896-99, 



p. 161. 



Type, M. procris, Cramer, from India. 



Range. Indo-Malayan Region. 



6 2 . Fore wing : costa arched ; apex produced, rounded ; 

 termen scalloped, concave in the middle, slightly convex below 

 apex and above tornus ; dorsum straight ; cell about half length 

 of wing, slenderly closed ; upper discocellular very short, middle 

 sloping outwards, lower transverse, outwardly convex ; vein 3 from 

 well before apex of cell, 4 from apex, 10 and 11 free. Hind wing 

 subtriangular ; costa much arched at base, then nearly straight to 

 apex, which is well marked ; termen arched, scalloped ; dorsum 

 slightly arched ; cell open ; vein 7 at base closer to 8 than to 6. 

 Antenuae loug, well over half length of fore wing ; club very long, 

 narrow and gradual ; palpi broad, third joint short, conical; eyts 

 naked. 



Key to the forms of Moduza. 



a. Ground-colour of upperside of wings ferru- 



ginous red. 

 a'. Ground-colour bright; white spot at apex 



of cell on upperside of fore wing generally 



large, always present M. procris, p. 291. 



b'. Ground-colour dark ; white spot at apex of 



cell on upperside of fore wing small or 



entirely wanting Var. anarta, p. 293. 



b. Ground-colour of upperside of wings fuliginous 



brown Race calidasa, p. 293. 



310. Moduza procris, Cramer (Papilio), Pap. Exot. ii, 1777, pi. 106, 

 figs. E, F, 2 ; d <> N. (Liminitis) Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 163 ; 

 Davidson 8f Aitken (Limenitis), Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, 

 p. 274 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. iii, 1896-99, p. 161, pi. 253, figs. 1,1 a- 

 1 d, larva & pupa, 3 $ . 

 Liminitis anarta, Moore, P. Z. S. 1877, p. 585 ; de N. (var. anarta) 

 Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 164; Moore (Moduza), Lep. Ind. iii, 

 1896-99, p. 164, pi. 254, figs. 1, 1 a, tf $ . 



Race calidasa. 



Liminitis calidasa, Moore, A. M. N.H. (3) i, 1858, p. 48; id. (Moduza) 

 Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 48, pi. 25, figs. 1, 1 a, 3 , larva & pupa ; de 

 N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 164 ; Moore (Moduza), Lep. Ind. iii, 

 1896-99, p. 165, pi. 254, figs. 2, 2 a, 2 b, larva & pupa, <5 $ . 



6 2 • Upperside rich ferruginous red. Fore and hind wings with 



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