ARGYNNIS. 



431 



b. Underside hind wing : basal half brownish 



olive-green broken up into patches or 



large spots. 



a'. $ . Upperside hind wing: subterminal 



line of lunules blue on posterior half of 



wing. 2 • Upperside fore wing with an 



oblique white conspicuous band A. hyperbius, p. 438. 



b'. <$ . Upperside hind wing : subterminal 

 line of lunules tawny yellow throughout. 

 9 . First form : upperside fore wing 

 with an oblique white conspicuous 

 band ; second form : upperside fore wing 

 without oblique white band ; similar 

 coloration to tf Race castetsi, p. 440. 



c. Underside hind wing without a trace of green. 



a'. Hind wing : tornus angulate ; underside [iss<ea, p. 441. 



silvery spots comparatively large A. lathonia, race 



b'. Hind wing: tornus rounded; underside 



silvery spots comparatively small .... A. gemmata, p. 442. 

 B. Fore wing : vein 10 out of 7. 



a. Underside hind wing more or less strongly 



suffused with green. 



a'. Underside hind wing: green not ex- 

 tending to terminal margin, latter 

 narrowly ochraceous A. clara, p. 443. 



b'. Underside hind wing : green extending 

 up to terminal margin, no ochraceous 

 edging Race manis, p. 444. 



b. Underside hind wing with no trace of green. 

 a'. Underside hind wing : terminal series of 



white or silvery spots elongate, oval. 

 a 2 . These spots very narrow, not placed on 

 a red terminal edging. Expanse 34- 



36 mm A. altissima, p. 445. 



b 2 . These spots shorter and broader, placed 



on a red terminal edging. Expanse [p. 446. 



38-40 mm. . .^ Race macMnnoni, 



b' . Underside hind wing : terminal series of 

 white or silvery spots quadrate. 



a 2 . Hind wing apex rounded A. jerdoni, p. 446. 



b 2 . Hind wing apex angulated. 



a 3 . Upperside : ground-colour fulvous 

 tawny, black markings compara- 

 tively large. Expanse 38-42 mm. . A. pales, p. 447. 

 b' 6 . Upperside : ground - colour bright 



fulvous, black markings compara- [p. 449 



tively small. Expanse 49-51 mm. . Race generator, 

 c'. Underside hind wing : terminal series 

 of white or silvery spots conical or 

 scutiform, pointed on the inner side .... A. hegemone, p. 449. 



429. Argynnis aglaia, Linnceus (Papilio), Syst. Nat. ed. x, 1758, p. 465. 

 Race vitatha. 

 Argynnis vitatha, Moore, P. Z. S. 1874, p. 568 tf ; de N. Butt. Ind 

 ii, 1886, p. 136 ; Moore, Lep. Ind. iv, 1899-1900, p. 239, pi. 374 

 figs.2,2«,2& ;C? $. 



