430 



NYMPHALID^:. 



bluntly angular at base, thence almost straight to apex ; apex 

 rounded ; termen broadly arched, more or less scalloped ; tornus 

 rounded; cell slenderly closed ; lower discocellular oblique ; veins 

 3 and 4 from lower apex of cell ; vein 7 closer to 6 than to 8 

 at base. Antennae about half length of fore wing ; club short, 

 broad, abrupt; palpi comparatively broad and thick, densely 

 hairy, third joint attenuate, acute at apex ; eyes naked. 



In the ' Lepidoptera Indica/ the rather extensive group of the 

 Fritillaries, as the forms of Argynnis are popularly called, are 

 arranged under a number of genera, but as the coloration of the 

 whole group is so distinctive, and the venation so little varied, for 

 the Indian forms at any rate this division does not seem necessary. 

 In this work Argynnis includes all the forms found within our 

 limits. 



Key to the forms of Argynnis. 



A. Fore wing- : vein 10 out of subcostal. 



a. Underside hind wing : basal two-thirds or 

 more dark green or shining metallic green, 

 continuous, not broken up into patches or 

 spots. 

 a . Underside hind wing with silvery mark- 

 ings close to base. 

 a 2 . Underside hind wing : silvery mark- 

 ings arranged in detached spots. 

 a 3 . Underside hind wing without a 



transverse postdiscal series of ferru- [p. 432. 



ginous spots A.aglaia } v&cevitatha } 



b 3 . Underside hind wing with a trans- 

 verse postdiscal series of ferruginous 



spots A. jainadeva, p. 433. 



I' 2 . Underside hind wing : silvery mark- 

 ings arranged in transverse bands. 

 a 3 . Upperside hind wing: terminal 

 margin posteriorly not suffused 

 with blue. 

 « 4 . Underside hind wing : basal area 

 crossed by three short silvery 



bands A. karnala, p. 433. 



6 4 . Underside hind wing : basal area 

 crossed by one short silvery 



band A. maia, p. 434. 



b 3 . Upperside hind wing : terminal 



margin posteriorly broadly suffused 



with blue. 



« 4 . Upperside ground-colour rich 



fulvous ; blue suffusion on hind 



wing very broad A. childreni, p. 435. 



b*. Upperside ground - colour pale 



fulvous ; blue suffusion on hind [p. 437. 



wing narrow Race sakontala, 



b'. Underside hind wing without silvery 



markings close to base A. rudra, p. 437. 



