400 



^YMPHALIDJi. 



b' '. Oblique discal band on upperside of fore 

 wing cream-coloured ; veins crossing it 



indistinct, concolorous C. hypsina. p. 402. 



b. Broad black streaks followed by a series of 

 large oval spots in interspaces beyond apex 



of cell on upperside of hind wing C. mahratta, p. 403. 



B. Without a broad oblique discal band on upper- 

 side of fore wing in either sex. 



a. A. few or no black spots in interspace beyond 



apex of cell on upperside of hind wing. 

 a'. Black terminal margins of both fore and 



hind wings broad, uniform ; white lunular 



markings obsolescent C. nidbbarica, p. 401. 



b' . Black terminal margins of both fore and 



hind wings narrower, not uniform ; white 



lunular markings prominent C. bibh's. p. 402. 



b. Broad black streaks followed by a series of 



large oval spots in interspaces beyond apex 



of cell on upperside of hind wing C. nietneri, p. 404. 



407. Cethosia cyane, Drury (Papilio), III. Exot. Ent. !, 1770, pi. 4. 

 tig. 1 ; Kollar, in HilgeVs Kaschmir,i\, 1844, p. 448 ; de N. Butt, 

 hid. ii, 1886, p. 33: Moore, Lep. Lid. iv, 1899-1900, p. 177. 

 pi. 348, figs. 1, 1 a-\ e, tf $ . 



c? . Upperside tawny, in fresh specimens a rich reddish tawny. 

 Fore wing : anterior and apical two- 

 thirds black, the margin of this colour 

 waved and irregular, following a line 

 dividing the cell longitudinally and 

 circling round to near the posterior 

 angle ; a short, broad, oblique, white 

 bar beyond apex of cell, the veins 

 crossing it and a spot in interspaces 3 

 and 4 black ; a transverse indistinct 

 row of small spots and a terminal 

 series of <-shaped lunules white. 

 Hind wing : three or four spots just 

 beyond apex of cell, a subterminal row 

 of spots and the termen broadly 

 black, the last with a series of white 

 lunules as on the fore wing. Under- 

 side variegated with red, white, pale 

 blue, ochraceous and black ; the ter- 

 minal margins of both wings broadly 

 black with white lunules as on the 

 upperside ; in the middle of each 

 lunule a short white streak from the margin ; cilia alternately 

 black and white. Fore wing : the cell with transverse bands of 

 red, blue and black ; the base and disc below the cell red 

 spotted with black, followed by pale blue, ochraceous and black ; 

 the white oblique band as on upperside, beyond it a trausverse 

 incomplete row of lanceolate white marks, with three black 



Fig. 71. — Cethosia cyane. 



