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NYMPH ALID^. 



obliquely but interruptedly to vein 1 ; beyond the cell an excurved 

 short, broad, irregular band with a spot below it at base o£ inter- 

 space 3, followed by a short oblique subcostal bar, a transverse 

 series of postdiscal spots, a subterminal broad highly sinuous line, 

 and a comparatively broad terminal band, black. Hind wing : basal 

 two-thirds crossed by a number of very slender, sinuous, transverse 

 black lines, followed by a postdiscal series of spots in interspaces 

 2-5, a broad, curved, highly sinuous, conspicuous line, a sub- 

 terminal straighter line, and a terminal narrow band, all black. 

 Underside paler ochraceous, the spots and markings as on the 

 upperside, but very obscure, the postdiscal markings and sub- 

 terminal and terminal bands dark ochraceous. On the fore 

 wing the posterior two or three spots of the postdiscal series are 

 black, large and conspicuous. On the hind wing the postdiscal 

 spots are placed on a slightly purplish band. Antennae, head, 

 thorax and abdomen dark ochraceous ; thorax and abdomen 

 beneath whitish. — $ differs on the upperside in the markings 

 being broader and heavier ; the apex of the fore wing is black up 

 to the short subcostal bar, and encloses four quadrate spots of the 

 ochraceous ground-colour. On the underside the markings are 

 also broader, but identical with those in the <$ . 



Exp. <$ 2 54-59 mm. (2-14-2-34"). 



Hob. Sikhim ; Assam ; Cachar ; Arrakan ; Burma ; Tenasserim ; 

 extending to the Malay Peninsula. 



The Indian forms of this insect are separable as a race from the 

 true dlcip-pe of Cramer, found in Batjan, Ceram and Amboina. 

 This latter has on the underside " the outer discal and the two 

 submarginal sinuous lines black and prominently white-bordered ; 

 the spots of the outer discal row on both wings are also prominently 

 black." {Moore.) 



A. fi'aterna, Moore, from the Nicobars, I am unable to separate 

 from the Continental form, which varies considerably in the 

 disposition of its markings, but a well-marked race has been 

 described by Major Manders from Ceylon. A brief description of 

 it is given below. 



The wet- and dry-season forms of the Indian race (alcippoides, 

 Moore) differ slightly, the ground-colour being paler and the 

 markings more slender in the latter. Specimens taken in the wet- 

 season in Burma and the Andamans are often beautifully glossed 

 with iridescent purple. 



Race ceylonica, Manders. — Differs from the Continental Indian 

 race on the upperside chiefly in the broad, immaculate, black apex 

 of the fore wing in both sexes, and in the greater breadth of the 

 terminal band on both fore and hind wings. On the underside the 

 difference is less marked. 



Exp. S 2 38-56 mm. (1-5-2-2"). 



Hob. Ceylon. 



