408 NYMPHALIDiE. 



Underside very similar to that in the c? •> but differs as follows : — 

 ground-colour ochraceous yellow, the basal area on both fore and 

 hind wings darker ochraceous without any tinge of cinnabar- 

 red ; all the markings similar as to form to those in the <$ , 

 but chestnut-brown ; the ocelli on the hind wing larger, but 

 otherwise similar. Antennae dark ochraceous, turning to brownish 

 black on the apical half ; palpi ochraceous ; head, thorax and 

 abdomen olivaceous green; beneath, the palpi, thorax and abdomen 

 pale ochraceous. 



Dry -season form. — $ $ • Smaller, the tail at apex of vein 4 in 

 the hind wing very much shorter as a rule. <S . Upper and under 

 sides similar to those in the wet-season form, but the ground- 

 colour very much paler ; on the underside entirely suffused with 

 pale cinnabar-red ; the markings smaller, often more or less obso- 

 lescent, always more faintly defined; above, the markings are 

 dusky brownish black, beneath pale chestnut-red; the pale purplish 

 suffusion on the terminal margins of both fore and hind wings on 

 the underside, so couspicuous in the wet-season form, entirely 

 wanting. — $ . Differs very remarkably from the wet-season form. 

 Upperside : fore and hind wings with a very broad pale ochraceous- 

 white discal band from costa of fore wing to the dorsal margin 

 just above the tornus on the hind wing, narrowing posteriorly on 

 the latter wing. Fore wing : basal area olivaceous green on the 

 inner side of the discal band, as in the wet-season form, but the 

 space between the outer two of the three dusky transverse lines 

 crossing the cell ochraceous ; the medial zigzag line and the series 

 of diffuse spots traversing the discal band very ill-defined. Hind 

 wing : basal area ochraceous, owing to the colour of the underside 

 showing through by transparency ; a very pale shading of oliva- 

 ceous green at base of cell ; terminal portion of the wing beyond 

 the discal band bright ochraceous ; the postdiscal ocelli and the 

 inner and outer subterminal dark lines as in the wet-season form. 

 Underside : ground-colour pale yellow ; the basal area on both 

 fore and hind wings suffused with cinnabar-red ; the markings 

 similar to those in the wet-season form, but very much fainter 

 and paler. Antennae ochraceous, palpi and a line behind the eyes 

 cinnabar-red; head, thorax and abdomen olivaceous green, beneath 

 bright ochraceous. 



Exp. Wet-season form, 6 $ 104-110 mm. (4- 1-4-35"); dry- 

 season form, S 2 78-90 mm. (3-07-3-55"). 



Hah. Sikhim ; Assam ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; Andamans. 



It is with some doubt that I have united Cynthia pallida, 

 Staudinger, from the Andamans, to this form. The males are 

 always paler than the Continental form, and might constitute an 

 insular race ; one form of the 2 also is generally paler, with the 

 discal band less heavily marked with dusky black ; but many speci- 

 mens of the 2 have been received from the Andamans which 

 are absolutely indistinguishable from specimens from Assam and 

 Burma. 



Larva. " Full-fed 1| inches in length. Pale olive-green, con- 

 siderably darker between the segments ; six short spines on each 



