416 KTMPHALIDJE. 



pale purplish, the interspaces beyond the apex of the cell very pale 

 ochraceous, followed by a transverse series of purple-white lunules, 

 a row of dark brown spots, a subterminal inner series of dark 

 ochraceous lunules and an outer dark ochraceous transverse line. 

 Hind wing: the disc purplish brown, lightening to pale purple 

 broadly along the dorsal and tornal areas ; an obscure subbasal, dark 

 brown, highly sinuous and irregular transverse line, followed by a 

 sinuous transverse series of pale purple lunules, a discal series of 

 dark ferruginous spots, obscure postdiscal and more clearly defined 

 subterminal lines of dark lunules ; the terminal margin narrowly 

 brown. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen dark ochraceous, the 

 thorax and abdomen beneath sullied white. 



Exp. s 2 64-70 mm. (2-55-2-75"). 



Hob. The Himalayas, from Mussooree eastwards ; Bengal ; 

 Assam; Cachar; Burma; Tenasserim; extending into the Malayan 

 Subregion as far as the Philippines. 



Genus CUPHA. 



Cupha, Bilberg, Enum. Ins. 1820, p. 79 (teste Scudder) ; Moore, 

 Lep. Ceyl. i, 1881, p. 204; deN. Butt. hid. ii, 1886, p. 21 ; Moore, 

 Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 204. 



Type, C. erymanthis, Drury, from Northern India. 



Range. The Indo-Malayan Eegion. 



c? 2 - Fore wing : costa arched ; apex moderately acute but 

 not produced ; termen slightly convex ; tornus rounded ; dorsum 

 slightly sinuous, cell slenderly closed ; upper discocellular obsolete, 

 middle very concave, lower erect, placed well beyond the middle 

 discocellular and not in a line with it ; veins 3 and 4 from lower 

 apex of cell, 9 from a little beyond middle of 7, 10 from basal 

 half of 7, 11 free. Hind wing broadly oval ; costa slightly arched ; 

 apex and tornus broadly rounded ; termen strongly arched, slightly 

 scalloped, angular at apex of vein 4 ; cell open. Antennae about 

 half length of fore wing ; club very slight, narrow ; palpi com- 

 paratively broad in front, third joint very short and acute ; eyes 

 naked. 



Key to the forms of Cupha. 



a. Upperside fore wing : subapical yellow 



spots on black apical area prominent ; 

 spots posteriorly on discal band large, 

 conspicuous; lowest spot much larger 

 than the others. 

 a'. Ground-colour, upperside, bright ochra- 

 ceous brown C. erymanthis, p. 417. 



b'. Ground-colour, upperside, very dark 



ochraceous brown Race andamanica, p. 418. 



b. Upperside fore wing; subapical yellow 



spots on black apical area absent or very 

 faintly marked ; spots posteriorly on 

 discal band small, not conspicuous, sub- 

 equal C. plaeida, p. 418. 



