386 3JYMPHA.LID.<E. 



Genus HYPOLIMNAS. 



Hypolimnas, Hubner, Verz. bek. Sehmett. 1816, p. 45; de N. Butt. 



Lid. ii, 1886, p. 121. 

 Diadema. Boisduval, Toy. Astr.. Lep. 1882, p. 185 ; Wcdlace, Trans. 



Unt. Soc. 1869, p. 277. 

 Apatura, Moore, Lep. hid. iv, 1899-1900, p. 135. 



Type, H. bolina, Linn., from India. 



Range. Indo-Malayan Region. 



<S 2 • Fore wing : costa well arched ; apex slightly produced 

 and very broadly rounded ; termen slightly concave, tornus 

 rounded ; dorsum straight ; cell closed, rather short, not half 

 length of wing ; upper discocellular minute, middle deeply concave, 

 lower very slender, slightly concave ; vein 3 from before lower 

 apex of cell, 4 from apex, 9 from about middle of 7, 10 and 11 

 free. Hind wing very broadly oval; costa arched; termen strongly 

 curved, scalloped ; dorsum arched, emarginate above tornus ; cell 

 slenderly closed ; veins 3 and 4 from apex of cell. Antenna? not 

 quite half length of fore wing, club well-developed but gradual ; 

 palpi subporrect, broad in front, third joint short, pointed ; eyes' 

 naked ; thorax moderately robust. 



Key to the forms of Hypolimnas. 



a. Upperside c? 2 black : fore and hind wings with 



a postdiscal series of white spots always 



present H. bolina, p. 386. 



b. Upperside <$ black : fore and hind wings with- 



out a postdiscal series of white spots ; 2 



tawny H. misippus, p. 388. 



397. Hypolimnas bolina, Linn. (Papilio) Syst. Nat. ed. x, 1758, 

 p. 479; Moore (Apatura), Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 58, pi. 30, 

 tigs. 1, 1 b, tf, larva & pupa ; de N. Butt. Lid. ii, 1886, p. 123 ; 

 Davidson fy Aithen, Jour. Bomb. N. H. Soc. v, 1890, p. 273 ■ 

 Moore (Apatura), Lep. Lid. iv, 1899-1900, p. 137, pi. 329', 

 tigs. 1, 1 a-lf, larva & pupa, S 2 > & P 1 - 330 > figs. 1, 1 a-lf, $ 2 • 



Wet-season form.— $ . Upperside velvety black. Fore wing : an 

 oval shining iridescent blue patch broadly centred with white and 

 traversed by the black veins obliquely crossing interspaces 3, 4 

 and 5 ; two preapical, obliquely placed, elongate white spots and a 

 postdiscal inwardly curved transverse series of minute white dots. 

 Hind wing : a central oval shining iridescent blue patch broadly 

 centred with white and traversed by the black veins as on the 

 fore wing but larger ; a postdiscal series of minute white dots in 

 continuation of that on the fore wing. Fore and hind wings : 

 cilia white alternated with black. Underside deep purplish brown. 

 Fore wing : some minute white flecks on and just below basal 

 half of costal margin, an oblique discal series of three very slender 

 streaks and elongate oval spots from costa to interspace 3, two 



