ATHTMA. 315 



one form hairy ; thorax short and robust ; intermediate and 

 posterior tibiae shorter than the femora, spined along the under- 

 side. 



Key to the forms of A thyma. 



A. Eyes not hairy. 



a. Fore wing upperside : discoidal streak 



divided. 



a'. Fore wing upperside : macular discal 

 band not interrupted, all spots com- 

 posing it present A. perius, p. 815. 



b' . Fore wing upperside : macular discal 

 band interrupted, spot in interspace 3 

 absent A. larymna, p. 316. 



b. Fore wing upperside : discoidal streak 



not divided. 

 a'. A spot beyond apex of discoidal streak. 

 a 1 . Hind wing underside : spots com- 

 posing postdiscal macular band with 



black centre in each A. asura, p. 317. 



b 2 . Hind wing underside : spots com- 

 posing postdiscal macular band 



without black centre spots Race idita, p. 318. 



b' . No spot bej^ond apex of discoidal 



streak A. pravara, p. 318. 



B. Eyes hairy A.jina, p. 319. 



331. Athyma perius, Linn. (Papilio) Syst. Nat. x, 1758, p. 471 ; de N. 

 Butt. hid. ii, 1886, p. 166, pi. 20, fig. 89 $ ; Moore, Lep. Ind. 

 iii, 1896-99, p. 184, pi. 260, figs. 1, 1 a-l d, larva & pupa, <S $ . 



J 2 . Upperside black (in the $ blackish brown) with the 

 following white markings : — Fore 

 wing : a clavate discoidal streak, 

 twice divided, a cone-shaped large 

 spot beyond ; a much curved discal 

 macular band, the spots composing 

 it in interspaces la, 1 and 2 broad, 

 rectangular, in interspace 3 small, 

 sub triangular, in interspace 4 cir- 

 cular or oval, in 5 and 6 elongate, 

 shifted obliquely inwards ; a post- 

 discal sinuous line of narrow trans- 

 verse spots, and a subterminal line 

 of obscure short lunules. Hind 



Fig. 58.— Athyma, perius. \. win g : discal » and of £ore win g 



continued subbasally across, broad 

 and not macular, traversed only by the veins ; a postdiscal 

 macular band, inwardly margined by a series of round black dots, 

 and a subterminal line of obscure lunules as on the fore wing. 



Underside golden ochraceous yellow ; the white markings as on 

 the upperside but heavily margined and denned with black ; 

 interspace 1 a with subbasal and preapical patches in interspace 1 



