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NYMPHALIDiE. 



B 



Key to the forms of Vanessa. 



Dorsum of fore wing straight or slightly 

 convex, not sinuous ; tornus not lobed. 



a. Costa of fore wing not studded with stiff 



anteriorly projecting hairs. 

 a. Termen of hi ad wing not produced into 

 a prominent tooth or tail at apex of 

 vein 4. 

 a 2 . Hind wing upperside with terminal 

 half more or less ochraceous or orange- 

 yellow V. cardui, p. 365. 



b' 1 . Hind wing upperside : terminal margin 

 only, and a postdiscal band confluent 



with it, orange-yellow V. indica, p. 366. 



b' . Termen of hind wing produced into a 

 prominent tooth or tail at apex of 

 vein 4. 

 cr. Upperside of hind wing with a sub- 

 terminal series of blue spots. 

 a 3 . Disc of fore wing on upperside red, 



not crossed by a yellow transverse [p. 367. 



band V. cashmirensis, 



b :i . Disc of fore wing on upperside red, 



crossed by a yellow transverse 



band. 



aK Termen of fore wing produced 



and angulated between veins 5 



and 6 V. rizana, p. 368. 



b*. Termen of fore wing not produced 

 or angulated between veins 5 



and 6 V. ladakensis, p. 368. 



b' 2 . Upperside of hind wing without a sub- 

 terminal series of blue spots V. vau-album, p. 369. 



b. Costa of fore wing studded with stiff an- 



teriorly projecting hairs. 

 a '. Upperside ground-colour deep maroon ; 

 terminal margins of both fore and hind 



wings broadly creamy white V. antiopa, p. 370. 



b'. Upperside ground-colour dark orange- 

 yellow ; terminal margins of both fore [p. 369. 



and hind wings narrowly brown V. xanthomelcena, 



, Dorsum of fore wing strongly sinuous, tornus 

 lobed. 



a. Upperside ground-colour dark indigo-blue- 



black ; fore and hind wings crossed by a 

 prominent broad postdiscal blue band. 

 «'. Upperside fore wing : postdiscal blue 

 band continued anteriorly to preapical 



white spot V. canace, p. 371. 



V . Upperside fore wing : postdiscal blue 



band not continued anteriorly to pre- [p. 372. 



apical white spot Race haroniea, 



b. Upperside ground-colour fulvous. 



a'. Upperside hind wing : dorsal margin very 

 broadly dusky brown irrorated with grey 

 scales. 



