TERINOS. 



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Genus TERINOS. 



Terinos, Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. 1836, pi. 9, fig. 4 ; de N. Butt. 

 Ind. ii, 1886, p. 37 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 194. 



Type, T. clarissa, Boisduval, from Java. 



Range. Indo-Malayan Region. 



S 2 - Fore wing : costa strongly arched, apex much produced, 

 broad and rounded ; termen oblique, concave below apex, thence 

 slightly sinuous ; tornus obtuse ; dorsum nearly straight ; cell 

 short, about one-third the length of the wing, its upper apex 

 acute ; upper discocellular nearly obsolete or very short, middle 

 half length of lower, concave, lower also concave, both the latter 

 sloping obliquely inwards ; veins 3 and 4 stalked well beyond lower 

 apex of cell, 8 and 9 out of 7, 10 from apex of cell, 11 free ; 12 very 

 short, terminating on the basal half of the costal margin. Hind 

 wing ovate ; costa slightly arched ; apex rounded ; termen strongly 

 arched, produced and angulate at apex of vein 4 ; dorsum slightly 

 convex ; cell very short, very slenderly closed ; veins 3 and 4 forked 

 well beyond apex of cell ; a perceptible transverse fold in the mem- 

 brane between veins 4 and 5, vein 6 closer to 7 than to 5 ; precostal 

 spur simple, curved. Antennae slender, slightly less than half 

 length of fore wing ; club short, abrupt ; palpi long, third joint very 

 slender and acute. Male with secondary sex-marks consisting of 

 a large conspicuous patch of specialized shining, densely-set scales, 

 placed posteriorly on the fore and on apex of the hind wing. 



415. Terinos Clarissa (Plate X. fig. 77), Boisduval, Spec. Gen. Lep. 

 i, 1836, pi. 9, fig. 4 ; de N. Butt. Ind. ii, 1886, p. 39, pi. 23, 

 fig. 101 <J ', Moore, Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 195, pi. 359, 

 figs. 1, la, (S. 



cJ . Upperside dark brown, suffused with rich purple, except on 

 the secondary sex-marks and on the terminal third of the hind 

 wing ; the sex-marks dark brown, at times lustrous, at times 

 opaque, according to the angle at which the light falls ; the 

 terminal third of the hind wing rich yellow, bearing a postdiscal 

 complete or incomplete series of broad purple lunular marks. 

 Underside brown, with numerous transverse dull-coloured, narrow, 

 very sinuous bands of ochraceous brown and lilacine white, these 

 bands very dull and obscure on the apical portions of the fore 

 wing ; the broadest of the bands on the hind wing bears a 

 postdiscal irregular transverse series of purplish-brown spots. 

 Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen purplish black ; the antennae 

 beneath ochraceous, the palpi, thorax and abdomen dingy white. — 

 5 . Upperside very similar to that of the <$ , but the purple suffusion 

 confined to the base of the wings and to three irregular transverse 

 bands. Underside similar to that of the <$ , the postdiscal series of 

 spots large and well-defined. 



Exp. 6 9. 80-90 mm. (3-15-3-45"). 



Hab. Recorded only within our limits from Tenasserim. Found 

 in the Malayan Subregion down to Java. 



